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| al-Ruways District of Acre الرويس - א-רויס Ethnically cleansed days ago |
Statistic/Fact
Value
Israeli occupation date
July 15, 1948
Distance from district center
12 (km) East of Acre
Elevation from the sea
35 (meters)
Map location
See location number #26 on the map
Exodus Cause
Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains
after destruction by Israelisal-Ruways was completely destroyed, and only house rubble left behind.
Ethnically cleansing
by Israelisal-Ruways inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership
before occupation
Ethnic Group
Land Ownership (Dunums)
Arab
1,159
Jewish
0
Public
4
Total
1,163
Land usage in 1945
Land Usage Type
Arab (Dunum)
Irrigated & Plantation
222
Area planted w/ olives
40
Planted W/ Cereal
844
Built up
15
Cultivable
1,066
Non-Cultivable
82
Population
before occupation
Year
Population
1922
154
1931
217
1945
330
1948
383
Est. Refugees 1998
2,351
Number of houses
Year
Number of houses
1931
44
1948
77
Town's name through history
The Crusaders referred to al-Ruways by Careblier.
Schools
al-Ruways students attended school in the nearby village of al-Damun.
Religious institutions
One mosque
Archeological sites
The village contains a khirba with caved-in walls, cisterns and rock-hewn tombs.To the southwest, there are also milestones, which once marked an old Roman road.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands
No Israeli settlements on village lands.
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According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
" The site is deserted. The debris of old wells and cement roofs is strewn over the site"
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