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| Jarisha District of Jaffa جرِيشة - ג'רישה Ethnically cleansed days ago |
Statistic/Fact
Value
Israeli occupation date
May 1, 1948
Distance from district center
7 (km) Northeast of Jaffa
Elevation from the sea
25 (meters)
Map location
See location number #11 on the map
Israeli 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 Jewish troops
Village remains
after destruction by IsraelisJarisha was completely obliterated.
Ethnically cleansing
by IsraelisJarisha inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership
before occupation
Ethnic Group
Land Ownership (Dunums)
Arab
397
Jewish
93
Public
65
Total
555
Land usage in 1945
Land Usage Type
Arab (Dunum)
Jewish (Dunum)
Area planted w/ citrus
302
77
Irrigated & Plantation
89
15
Built up
3
1
Cultivable
391
92
Non-Cultivable
68
0
Population
before occupation
Year
Population
1596
121
1922
57
1931
183
1945
190
1948
220
Est. Refugees 1998
1,354
Number of houses
Year
Number of houses
1931
43
1948
51
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 supplies
Jarisha had its own well for drinking water and used the al-'Awja River water for irrigation.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands
The Israeli City of Ramat Gan has been encroaching 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 has been completely covered over by highways and suburban houses."
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