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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
         
al-Sawalima
       
Mediterranean  
           
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 Today

According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
"The site has been completely covered over by highways and suburban houses."
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