Jisr al-Majamiʿ

Jisr al-Majamiʿ village goes back to the Romaaan era. It is located northeast of the city of Beisan (Baysan). The Palestinian Arab village was depopulated in 1948. Historically, it served as a border point and a major station on the Baysan–Samakh railway line. Its inhabitants were displaced in 1948, and the Israeli settlement of Gesher was later established on its lands.

The village was strategically situated along the Jordan River and included a power generation station. It was known for its cultivation of date palms and bananas.

Jisr al-Majamiʿ lay along the Baysan–Samakh railway and was bordered by the villages of Wadi al-Bira, al-Bira, Kawkab al-Hawa, Khirbat ʿAyn al-Hayya, and Sirin. Before 1948, it was inhabited by Palestinians, with a population of approximately 250 residents in 1945. The village was occupied by the Iraqi army in 1948, before later falling under the control of Zionist forces.

The residents relied primarily on agriculture—especially bananas, date palms, and citrus crops—as well as trade and employment at the local power station.

Among the remaining historical landmarks are an Ottoman bridge built in 1905, the ruins of a caravanserai (khan), a police station, a border post, as well as a mosque and cemetery.

Sources:
Survey of Palestine

Palestine Open Map

Le Strange، G. (Guy) (1890). Palestine under the Moslems; a description of Syria and the Holy Land from A.D. 650 to 1500