Ghost Towns
Jarisha
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💥 War & expulsion

Jarisha

Vanished settlement · Mandatory Palestine

Abandoned
unknown
Founded
—
Population
190
Coordinates
32.095, 34.808
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Why it was abandoned

💥 War & expulsion

Detected automatically from the text: Jarisha was depopulated in the lead up to the 1948 Arab–Israeli war.

History

Jarisha was a Palestinian Arab village located 200 meters (660 ft) from the ancient site of Tell Jarisha, on the south bank of Al-Awja. After the establishment of Tel Aviv, it was one of five Arab villages to fall within its municipal boundaries. Jarisha was depopulated in the lead up to the 1948 Arab–Israeli war.

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