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Welcome To Abu Kishk - ابو كشك (ערב אבו כישכ)

District of Jaffa
Ethnically cleansed days ago

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Statistic & Fact Value
Occupation Date March 30, 1948
Distance From District 12 (km) Northeast of Jaffa
Elevation 50 (meters)
Before & After Nakba, Click Map For Detailswhat's new
Pre-Nakba Map showing before and after destruction
Map Location See location #6 on the map

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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.

Pre-Nakba
Land Ownership
Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums)*
Arab 17,121
Jewish 901
Public 448
**Total 18,470
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
**Town Lands' Demarcation Maps
Land Usage
As of 1945
Land Usage Arab (Dunum)* Jewish (Dunum)*
Citrus Groves 2,487 437
Irrigated & Plantation 226 0
Planted W/ Cereal 14,018 447
Arable 16,731 884
Non-Arable 838 17
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
Population
Year Population*
1931 1,007
1945 1,900
1948 2,204
Est. Refugees 1998 13,535
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
Near By Townswhat's new
Arab al-Shubaki
         
Tabsur

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Biyar 'Adas
       
   Zionist Colonies
           
al-Sawalima
           
al-Mirr
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 Nakba

The 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 Cleaning

Abu 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 Lands

The village site lies in the suburbs of the expanding town of Hertzeliyya.

Village Today

A 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.

Source

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

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