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| al-Shaykh Muwannis District of Jaffa الشيخ موّنس - א-שיח' מוניס Ethnically cleansed days ago |
Either in December 1947 or January 1948 the leaders of al-Shaykh
Muwannis, al-Mas'udiyya, al-Jammasin,
and the mukhtars of 'Arab Abu Kishk and Ijlil
met with Haganah representative in the house of Avraham Schapira in Petah Tikva
and expressed desire for peace. Despite the commitment of these villages not harbor
any Arab Liberation Armies or local Arab Militia, they were all completely ethnically
cleansed. In late March, al-Shaykh
Muwannis inhabitants were intimidate into fleeing after the kidnapping of
village leaders.
Statistic/Fact
Value
Israeli occupation date
March 30, 1948
Distance from district center
8.5 (km) Northeast of Jaffa
Elevation from the sea
25 (meters)
Map location
See location number #9 on the map
Israeli attacking brigade
Terror gangs of Irgun Zvai Leumi
Israeli acts of terror
The IZL kidnapped five of the village leaders at the end of March 1948
Exodus Cause
Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains
after destruction by Israelisal-Sheikh Muwnnis was mostly destroyed with the exception of few village houses currently occupied by Israeli Jewish settlers.
Ethnically cleansing
by Israelis
Land ownership
before occupation
Ethnic Group
Land Ownership (Dunums)
Arab
11,456
Jewish
3,545
Public
971
Total
15,972
Land usage in 1945
Land Usage Type
Arab (Dunum)
Jewish (Dunum)
Area planted w/ citrus
3,749
690
Irrigated & Plantation
69
18
Planted W/ Cereal
7,185
2,803
Built up
41
0
Cultivable
11,003
3,511
Non-Cultivable
1,383
34
Population
before occupation
Year
Population
1922
664
1931
1,154
1945
1,930
1948
2,239
Est. Refugees 1998
13,749
Number of houses
Year
Number of houses
1931
273
1948
529
Town's name through history
al-Sheikh Muwnnis was named after a local religious figure, al-Shaykh Muwannis, whose shrine was in the village.
Schools
al-Shaykh Muwannis had two schools: the 1st was an elementary school for boys founded in 1932 and in 1945 it had an enrollment of 232 boys; the 2nd was an elementary school for girls founded in 1943, and in 1945 it had an enrollment of 34 girls in 1945.
Nearby wadies & rivers
The village is situated 1 (km) north of the al-'Awja River.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands
Tel Aviv University is occupying some of the village lands.
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According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
"A number of houses, exhibiting a variety of architectural features, remain; they are occupied by Jewish families. One of them is a two-storey house with a one-storey annex; it is made of cement and has rectangular doors and windows and flat roofs. Another is a two-storey, two-unit, symmetrical house with two front porches on the top floor. Each porch is defined by five lancet arches. A single wall of another house stands alone, topped by a post that supports an electric wire."
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