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Welcome To Jarisha - جريشة (ג'רישה)

District of Jaffa
Ethnically cleansed days ago
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Picture for Jarisha Village - Palestine: : صورة ساحرة لجانب من قرية جريشة (السبع طواحين) على نهر العوجا قضاء يافا عام 1925..
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Statistic & Fact Value
Occupation Date May 1, 1948
Distance From District 7 (km) Northeast of Jaffa
Elevation 25 (meters)
Before & After Nakba, Click Map For Detailswhat's new
Pre-Nakba Map showing before and after destruction
Map Location See location #11 on the map

View from satellite
Acts of Terror In March 1948, Irgun Zvai Leumi (IZL or ETZEL) kidnapped five of the village leaders despite of a truce between the villagers and the Haganah.
Exodus Cause Expulsion by Zionist troops
Village Temains Jarisha was completely obliterated.
Ethnically Cleansing Jarisha inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Pre-Nakba
Land Ownership
Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums)*
Arab 397
Jewish 93
Public 65
**Total 555
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
**Town Lands' Demarcation Maps
Land Usage
As of 1945
Land Usage Arab (Dunum)* Jewish (Dunum)*
Citrus Groves 302 77
Irrigated & Plantation 89 15
Built up 3 1
Arable 391 92
Non-Arable 68 0
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
Population
Year Population*
1596 121
1922 57
1931 183
1945 190
1948 220
Est. Refugees 1998 1,354
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
Number of Houses
Year Number of Houses
1931 43
1948 51
Near By Townswhat's new
al-Shaykh Muwannis
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al-Shaykh Muwannis
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al-Sawalima
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Mediterranean  ←
Jarisha
→   al-Jammasin al-Sharqi
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al-Jammasin al-Gharbi
↓
Salama
↘           
Zionist Colonies
Town's Name Through History Jarisha may have picked its name from the nearby a grain mill.
Nearby Wadies & Rivers Jarisha was situated on the south bank of the al-'Awja River.
Water Supply Jarisha had its own well for drinking water and used the al-'Awja River water for irrigation.
Exculsive Jewish Colonies
Who Usurped Village Lands		 The Israeli City of Ramat Gan has been encroaching on village lands.

Village Before Nakba

The village was situated on a low hill on the central coastal plain, on the south bank of the al-'Awja River. It was linked to Jaffa and Haifa by the highway connecting the two cities. It was only 200 m from Tall Jarisha, an archaeological site dating to the Early Bronze II period (2800–2600 B.C.) In the Middle Bronze period (2000–1500 B.C.) the site became a fortified Hyksos town. The Philistine settlement that succeeded it dated to the twelfth century B.C. In 1596 Jarisha was a village in the nahiya of Bani Sa'b (liwa' of Nablus), with a population of 121. It paid taxes on buffalo, goats, and beehives. The village may have been called Jarisha (from the Arabic verb jarasha, 'to mill') because it was located near grain mills. In the late nineteenth century, Jarisha was a village built of adobe bricks and flanked by an olive grove. It had its own well and a mill (see photos sction).

The modern population was entirely Muslim. With its convenient location, near woods, and its cafes, parks, and gardens, the village attracted Jaffans who came for recreation. Its outline was rectangular and its houses were made of cement, stone, and adobe. The residents worked in service industries but also grew fruits and vegetables; in 1944/45 a total of 302 dunums of village land was devoted to citrus and bananas and 89 dunums were irrigated or used for orchards.

Village Occupation and Ethnic Cleaning

The fall of Jarisha occurred some time before the end of the British Mandate on 15 May 1948 (see Abu Kishk, Jaffa sub-disctrict). It may have been affected by events in the adjacent village of al-Shaykh Muwannis. An earlier agreement between the villagers of al-Shaykh Muwannis and the Haganah to observe a truce in the area did not deter the Irgun Zvai Leumi (IZL) from striking at the community leaders. The IZL infiltrated into the village at the end of March 1948 and kidnapped five of the village leaders. The attack prompted a large flight of people from the surrounding coastal area (presumably including Jarisha).

Zionists Colonies on Village Lands

There are no settlements on village lands, but Ramat Gan (133165), established in 1921, is very close by, southeast of the village. The land has been used for Israeli urban construction.

Village Today

The site has been completely covered over by highways and suburban houses.

Source

Dr. Walid al-Khalidi, 1992: All That Remains.
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