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District of Jaffa
Ethnically cleansed days ago |
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Occupation Date | March 30, 1948 | ||||||||||||||||||
Distance From District | 12 (km) Northeast of Jaffa | ||||||||||||||||||
Elevation | 50 (meters) | ||||||||||||||||||
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Map Location | See location #6 on the map View from satellite |
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Attacking Units | Irgun Zvai Leurni (IZL or ETZEL) | ||||||||||||||||||
Acts of Terror | By the end of March 1948, the IZL (Irgun Zvai Leumi) infiltrated into the village and kidnapped five of the village leaders. | ||||||||||||||||||
Exodus Cause | Fear of Jewish attack, or of being caught in the fighting | ||||||||||||||||||
Village Temains | The village was mostly destroyed with the exception of two houses | ||||||||||||||||||
Ethnically Cleansing |
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. Early April 1948, village inhabitants were terrorized into fleeing the village soon after the kidnapping of their village leaders. |
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Pre-Nakba Land Ownership |
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Land Usage As of 1945 |
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Schools | Abu Kishk had an elementary school founded in 1925, and in 1945 it had an enrollment of 108 students including 9 girls. | ||||||||||||||||||
Shrines / Maqams | Abu Kishk contained a shrine for Shaykh Sa'd located between Abu Kishk and the neighboring village of al-Sawalima. | ||||||||||||||||||
Nearby Wadies & Rivers | Abu Kishk is situated 2 km northwest of the al-'Awja River. | ||||||||||||||||||
Exculsive Jewish Colonies Who Usurped Village Lands |
City of Hertzeliyya | ||||||||||||||||||
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Village Before NakbaThe village was situated in a flat area on the central coastal plain, about 2 km northwest of the al-'Awja River and 12 northeast from Jaffa. A secondary road linked it to the Jaffa-Haifa highway, and similar roads connected it to the neighboring villages.Village Occupation and Ethnic CleaningAbu Kishk probably fell into Zionist hands some time before the end of the British Mandate on 15 May 1948. Palestinian historian 'Arif al-'Arif indicated that by this time, Zionist forces were in control of the whole coastal area between Haifa and Tel Aviv. Abu Kishk may have been affected by events in the adjacent village of al-Shaykh Muwannis, both villages were located just beyond the borders of Tel Aviv and were targeted for attack early in the war. Israeli historian Benny Morris write that “the final evacuation of the area just north of Tel Aviv was prompted in large measure by IZL (Irgun Zvai Leumi) actions.” An earlier agreement between the villages of Jaffa and the Haganah to observe a truce in the area did not deter the IZL from striking at the community leaders. The IZL infiltrated into the village at the end of March and kidnapped five of the village leaders. The attack prompted a large flight of people from the surrounding coastal area.Zionists Colonies on Village LandsThe village site lies in the suburbs of the expanding town of Hertzeliyya.Village TodayA fenced-in military hardware manufacturing complex occupies the site and a lare area around it. Cactuses and almond trees grow near and overpass that has been built across the highway that runs through the complex. Outside the fence, on the southeast side of the village site, are the remnants of two houses, one of which had been a private school for the chidren of al-Sawalima.SourceDr. Walid al-Khalidi, 1992: All That Remains. |
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Related Maps | Town Lands' Demarcation Maps خرائط للقضاء توضح حدود القرى والاودية Town's map on MapQuest View from satellite Help us map this town at WikiMapia |
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Display Name | Clan/Hamolah | Country of Residence |
احمد ماهر ابو كشك | ابو كشك | نابلس, فلسطين |
يوسف مازن خميس ابوكشك | محمد اليوسف | Caracas, Venezuela |
احمد محمد موسي كشك | - | الشرقيه, مصر |
عبد الله ابو أدعيق | - | - |
مازن خميس مصطفى ابوكشك | محمد اليوسف | عمان, الاردن |
محمد اليوسف | عرب ابوكشك | عمان, الاردن |
محمد أبو ربيع | - | - |
المهر | المهر | الزرقاء, الردن |
Haya abu kishek | abu kishek | Lod |
firas | ابوكشك | istanbul, turkye |
احمد ابوكشك | ابوكشك | - |
omar ahmad zaitoun | Abu Kishik | Amman, Jordan |
Waddah Mohammed Sharef Abu Kishk | Arab Abu Kishk | Amman, Jordan |
Rawan Abu Kishek | - | - |
abu abdul rahman | - | qatar, qatar |
ahmad zaitoun | zaitoun | nc, nc |
yaser | ابوكشك | palestine-west bank, Palestin |
Moamer Sanjak | - | Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia |
hussam abu kishik | - | AL AIN, UAE |
hashem abu keshk | - | bergen, norway |
T.ahmad abu kishek | abu_kishek | nablus, askar camp |
sami abu kishik | - | Al ZARQA, jordan |
رامي | هماش - HammasH | - الخبر -, K S A -AL KHOBAR |
Tariq abu keshek | Abu Keshek | Nablus , palestine |
hassan kishk | - | egypt |
yousif_mazen | - | zagazeg, egypt |
samah abu kishek | abu kishek | uae, dubai |
Dhafer Abu kishk | - | - |
talal abu kishik | abu kishik | palestine, palestine |
Saif AbuKeshek | AbuKeshek | Barcelona, Spain |
Abdelhakim Abukishk | Abukishk | Amman, Jordan |
Dr.Maher | Abu Keshek | West Bank, Palestine |
amjad abukeshek | abukeshek | palestine, 09 |
marwan abu-kishik | - | - |
wael abu kishk | - | zarqa, jordan |
Ahmad Zaben | - | U.S.A |
Linda Tame (Tohmi) | - | Michigan, U.S.A. |
MUFID SAIF ABUKISHK | ABUKISHK | UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, UAE |
falah abukishk | Abukishk | uae, uae |
imad abu kishk | arab abukishk | palestine, palestine |
leen abukishk | abukishk | amman, jordan |
firas el-masri | el-masri | cairo, egypt |
kamal abu kishek | abu kishek | palestaine, palestaine |
daes abukishek | abu kishek | palestaine, palestaine |
Salam Abu Kishk | - | United Arab Emirates |
kholoud abu kishek | abu kishek | jordan, jordan |
AHMAD | ABUKISHK | usa |
Luay Saad | Saad | U.S.A |
JABER ABUKISHK | ARAB ABUKISHK | FLORIDA, USA |
abdallah zaben | Abu Kishik | - |
jamal | Abu Kishik | UAE |