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Welcome To al-Shaykh Muwannis - الشيخ مونس (א-שיח' מוניס)

District of Jaffa
Ethnically cleansed days ago

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Picture for al-Shaykh Muwannis Village - Palestine: : A Cluster Of STOLEN/LOOTED Palestinian Houses Occupied By Jewish Settlers #1, 2000
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Occupation Date March 30, 1948
Distance From District 8.5 (km) Northeast of Jaffa
Elevation 25 (meters)
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Pre-Nakba Map showing before and after destruction
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Pre-Nakba Aerial View
Map Location See location #9 on the map

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Attacking Units Terror gangs of Irgun Zvai Leumi
Acts of Terror The IZL kidnapped five of the village leaders at the end of March 1948
Exodus Cause Military assault by Zionist troops
Village Temains al-Sheikh Muwnnis was mostly destroyed with the exception of few village houses currently occupied by Israeli Jewish settlers.
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. In late March, al-Shaykh Muwannis inhabitants were intimidate into fleeing after the kidnapping of village leaders.

Pre-Nakba
Land Ownership
Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums)*
Arab 11,456
Jewish 3,545
Public 971
**Total 15,972
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
**Town Lands' Demarcation Maps
Land Usage
As of 1945
Land Usage Arab (Dunum)* Jewish (Dunum)*
Citrus Groves 3,749 690
Irrigated & Plantation 69 18
Planted W/ Cereal 7,185 2,803
Built up 41 0
Arable 11,003 3,511
Non-Arable 1,383 34
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
Population
Year Population*
1922 664
1931 1,154
1945 1,930
1948 2,239
Est. Refugees 1998 13,749
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
Number of Houses
Year Number of Houses
1931 273
1948 529
Near By Townswhat's new
al-Sawalima
       
Mediterranean  
           
Jarisha
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
Who Usurped Village Lands
Tel Aviv University is occupying some of the village lands.
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Village Before Nakba

The village was situated on a sandstone hill on the central coastal plain, about 2.5 km from the seashore and 800 m north of the al-'Awja River. It was located 11 km northeast of Jaffa.

Village Occupation and Ethnic Cleaning

Al-Shaykh Muwannis was taken by Zionist forces before the end of the British Mandate on 15 May 1948. Palestinian historian 'Arif al-'Arif indicates that by this time, Zionist forces were in control of the whole coastal area between Haifa and Tel Aviv. Both al-Shaykh Muwannis and the nearby village of Abu Kishk were located just beyond the border of Tel Aviv and were targeted for attack early in the war. Israeli historian Benny Morris writes that “the final evacuation of the area just north of Tel Aviv was prompted in large measure by IZL action.” An earlier agreemnt between the villagers of al-Shaykh Muwannis 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 1948 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

There are no settlement on village lands.

Village Today

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, toped by a post that supports an electric wire. The site is littered with the debris of fallen houses and is overgrown with weeds and tall wild grasses. The cemetery is unkept and fenced in. The surrounding land, which has been incorporated within the municipal area of Tel Aviv, is in part cultivated but mostly has been covered over by buildings and construction sites. Tel Aviv University is located on this land.

Source

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

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