May 30, 1948 Arab Refugees from Jaffa by hadassah | Jul 12, 2017 | Presence in the Land, State of Israel “Today Jaffa which had 40,000 Arabs, is virtually deserted. All but 500 fled to lower Palestine or Egypt. It resembles a ghost town with hardly any life but stray cats and hungry dogs.” Source: New York Times, May 30, 1948