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| Ishwa' District of Jerusalem إشوع - אישוע Ethnically cleansed days ago |
Statistic/Fact
Value
Israeli occupation date
July 18, 1948
Distance from district center
20.5 (km) West of Jerusalem
Elevation from the sea
275 (meters)
Map location
See location number #16 on the map
Israeli military operation
Operation Dani
Israeli attacking brigade
Fourth Battalion of the Har'el Brigade
Village defenders
Egyptian Muslim Brotherhoods, some Arab Liberation Army volunteers, and some local Palestinian militia.
Exodus Cause
Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains
after destruction by IsraelisIshwa' was mostly destroyed with the exception of few houses currently being occupied by Israeli Jewish settlers.
Ethnically cleansing
by IsraelisIshwa' inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership
before occupation
Ethnic Group
Land Ownership (Dunums)
Arab
5,456
Jewish
0
Public
66
Total
5,522
Land usage in 1945
Land Usage Type
Arab (Dunum)
Irrigated & Plantation
473
Area planted w/ olives
414
Planted W/ Cereal
1,911
Built up
18
Cultivable
2,384
Non-Cultivable
3,120
Population
before occupation
Year
Population
1596
450
1922
379
1931
468
1945
620
1948
719
Est. Refugees 1998
4,417
Number of houses
Year
Number of houses
1931
126
1948
193
Town's name through history
The Canaanite and the Romans referred to Ishwa' by Eshta'ol.
Religious institutions
Ishwa' had a mosque named after the prophet Joshua (in Hebrew Yeshu').
Water supplies
Drinking water was provided by 'Ayn Ishwa', north of the village, and from few other smaller springs and wells.
Archeological sites
Ishwa' contains Khirbat al-Shaykh Ibrahim and Khirbat Hammada.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands
Eshta'ol
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According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
Only a few of the village houses remain on the site, interspersed among the settlement's houses; some serve as residences and warehouses. The village cemetery, next to the administrative building of the settlement, has been levelled and planted with grass
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