The District of Ramleh

Abu al-Fadl
In 1949, Abu al-Fadl was erased from the map with the establishment of the settlement of Sitriyya. The settlement of Talmey Menashe is also on village lands. It has been partly absorbed into the suburbs of the city of Rishon Le-Tziyyon. Of the original village houses, no more than 5 still stand, deserted and nearly collapsing.

Abu Shusha
Abu Shusha was first attacked in the early months of the war in what the Haganah called "the model of a studied retaliatory operation". According to the account given by the History of the Haganah, the hit-and-run attack was carried out after a guardsman from the nearby settlement of Gezer was killed while trespassing on the fields of Abu Shusha. The Israeli settlement of Ameilim occupies much of the site.

Ajanjul
There are no Israeli settlements on village land. The area is closed and is located along the 1967 border between Jordan and Israel

Aqir
Baron Edmond de Rothschild established the settlement of 'Eqron in 1883, 1 km south of the village site on land purchased by the settlers; it was later renamed Mazkeret Batya. The settlement of Qiryat 'Eqron was established in 1948 on village lands; its name was later changed to Kefar 'Eqron. A number of small houses remain, several of which are occupied by Jewish families.

Tal-Barriyya
Currently there are two Israeli settlements on village lands. The village site is mostly cleared and has been leveled.

Al-Barriyya
No information available.

Bashshit
There are seven Israeli settlements on village land. Three houses and a pool remain. Two of the houses are deserted and an Israeli family occupies one. Israelis cultivate the surrounding lands.

Khirbat Bayt Far
The settlement of Beyt Pe'er was founded on village lands in 1948. Its name was later changed to Tal Shachar. All that is left of the village are debris and girders heaped together in a small area.

Bayt Jiz
Three Israeli settlements are on village land. The site, overgrown with wild vegetation, is used as a recreation area. The school is the only remaining landmark and is used as a recreation facility, although a fire observation tower has been added to it. A number of houses remain. Some are used for storage, other are deserted.

Bayt Nabala
The Settlement of Kefar Truman (in honor of American president Harry Truman), was established in 1949. The site is overgrown with grass, thorny bushes, and cypress and fig trees. The surrounding land is cultivated by Israeli settlements.

Bayt Shanna
Moshav Ta'oz was established on village lands. Bulldozers have leveled the site. The remains of walls from houses can be seen on the southern edge.

Bayt Susin
The military settlement of Makkabim was established on village lands in 1986. Two deserted building with crumbling walls can be seen on the site, which is otherwise overgrown with cacti. Part of the surrounding land is used for target practice and other Israeli military purposes, and Israeli farmers cultivate part of it.

Bir Ma'in
In 1949, Abu al-Fadl was erased from themap with the establishment of the settlement of Sitriyya. The settlementof Talmey Menashe is also on village lands. It has been partly absorbedinto the suburbs of the city of Rishon Le-Tziyyon. Of the original villagehouses, no more than 5 still stand, deserted and nearly collapsing.

Bir Salim
The site is now occupied by the Israeli settlement of Netzer Sereni. All of the former houses are gone. The old village water tank remains.

Al-Burj
The agricultural settlement of Kefar Rut is on village lands. Only one crumbled houses remains on the hilltop. The nearby settlement uses the village land for hothouse agriculture.

Khirbat Il-Buwayra
There are no Israeli settlements on village land. The village has been reduced to rubble, which is scattered. Today the village is a military training area.

Daniyal
The village took its name from the Hebrew prophet Daniel, called al-Nabi (the prophet) Daniyal in Arabic. It was not uncommon for Palestinian Muslims to honor such Old Testament prophets by building shrines for them. Some of these shrines were built over the supposed tombs or birthplaces of these prophets, while others simply commemorated the appearance of a prophet to a local believer. The settlement of Kfar Daniyyel was established on the village site in 1949. The shrine of al-Nabi Daniyal, the school, and 7 houses are all that remain of the village. The shrine, deserted amid weeds and a few trees, is made of stone, a second storey rising on one side. Residents of Kfar Daniyyel use the old school.

Dayr Abu Salama
There are no Israeli settlements on village lands. The site has been converted into an Israeli picnic area and is surrounded by stands of pine and cypress trees. Workers for the Jewish National Fund have used stones retrieved from the destroyed village houses to construct a watchtower and an amphitheater on the village site.

Dayr Ayyub
There are no Israeli settlements on village lands. The eastern segment of Canada Park lies on the village site. The park, which was open in 1978 was financed by donations from Canadian Jews, was established on the ruins of three other villages (Bayt Nuba, 'Imwas, and Yalu) destroyed by the Israeli army in June 1967. The remains of houses can be seen on a high hill. The cemetery contains the remains of a tombstone, and the entire area is fenced in.

Dayr Muhaysin
The settlement of Beqoa' is on village land. Wild vegetation spreads across the village site, which has been leveled by bulldozers.

Dayr Tarif
Israel established the settlement of Beyt 'Arif on the ruins of the village in 1949. The site, covered with the debris of destroyed houses, is overgrown with thorns and other wild plants.

Khirbat Al-Duhayriyya
There are no Israeli settlements on village lands. The walls of some ten houses still stand. The site is fenced in and serves as a pasture for animals.

Al-Haditha
The settlement of Chadid was established in 1950 on village lands. The stone and concrete rubble of destroyed houses is visible on the site. Only one house remains, sealed and deserted.

Idnibba
There are no Israeli settlements on village lands. The site and the surrounding lands have been converted into pastures and woods. Bulldozers have leveled a large area. Demolished walls and the remnants of stone houses lie at various points on the site.

Innaba
The settlements of Kefar Shemu'l was established on village land in 1950. The site, which overlooks the Jerusalem-Tel Aviv highway a few km from al-Latrun and its abbey, is fenced off and difficult to enter. The debris from the school and the former local headquarters of the Arab Palestine Party are visible.

Jilya
There are no settlements on village lands. The area is fenced in and inaccessible.

Jimzu
The settlement of Jimzo was established on village land in 1950. All that remains of the houses are stones, strewn over the site, and some crumbled walls.

Kharruba
There are no settlements on village lands. The site is covered with the stone rubble of the destroyed houses, overgrown with vegetation. Many of the plants that grow on the site are ones that Palestinians traditionally planted near their homes: cacti, castor oil, cypress, and olive trees. Israelis use the surrounding land as a grazing ground.

Al-Khayma
There are no settlements on village land. All that remains of the village are three mounds to the east, west, and south of the site that contain the remnants of houses.

Khulda
Kibbutz Mishmar David was established in 1948 on village lands. Only two houses are left. Otherwise, the site is covered with wild vegetation.

Al-Kunayyisa
There are no Israeli settlements on village lands. More than thirty partially destroyed buildings, including houses, still stand. The nearby kibbutz cultivates the lands in the vicinity.

Al-Latrun
This strategically located hamlet, which controlled the Jerusalem-Jaffa road, was the scene of a long series of battles in the course of the war. Six separate Israeli attacks were launched to capture the al-Latrun salient. The residents of al-Latrun moved to the neighboring village of 'Imwas destroyed in 1967. Their houses remained empty until 1967, when the Israeli army captured al-Latrun during the June War. All the houses have been destroyed. There are also a few almond and carob trees and cacti on the site. Ironically, using original village land –leased from the nearby Trappist Latrun monastery- the Israeli settlement of Newe Shalom was established in 1983: This village is run and settled by Jewish Israeli and Palestinian Israeli families, in a unique experiment of peaceful coexistence

Al-Maghar
The settlement of Beyt El'azari, built in 1948, is on village land. A number of houses still stand: Jewish families occupy four of them and the rest are deserted.

Majdal Yaba
No Informaation available.

Al-Mansura
There are no Israeli settlements on village land. The site is planted with sycamore trees and there are also cactuses growing on it.

Al-Mukhayzin
The settlements of Chafetz Chayyim, Revadim, Yad Binyamin, and Beyt Chilqiyya were established on village land. The village has been completely leveled so that only flat, cultivated fields can be seen.

Al-Muzayri'a
The settlement of Nechalim was founded in 1949 on the northwestern part of the village land. The settlement of Mazor was established in 1949 on the western side of the village lands. The site is largely forested. While a few houses remain, most have been reduced to rubble.

Al-Na'ani
Zionists established the settlement of Na'an on village land. Ramot Me'ir was built on village land, west of the village site, in 1949. The main landmark, the railway station, is now deserted. The railway line itself is used by Israel and now extends south to Beersheba. The land around the site is cultivated.

Al-Nabi Rubin
The village was located 3 km away from the Mediterranean. For Palestinians al-Nabi Rubin had great significance because it was the site of a shrine for al-Nabi (The prophet) Rubin, who was honored with annual mawsim (pilgrimage season), during which Islamic and popular celebrations were held. The mawsim lasted from July through September. People flocked to the shrine from Jaffa, Lydda, al-Ramla, and the region's villages. They sang religious as well as secular/popular songs; danced the dabka, held dhikr sessions; watched horse races and magic shows; and listened to preachers or zajjals. The participants camped in tents and were served refreshments at makeshift cafés and restaurants. They shopped for wares at booths that entrepreneurs set up for the occasion. The village land area was designated as an Islamic waqf (pious endowment). Shops as well as movie theaters were built in the neighborhood of the shrine.

Zionists established Kibbutz Palmachim, and the settlement of Gan Soreq on village land. The shrine of al-Nabi Rubin stands amid shrubs and other wild vegetation

Qatra
Zionists established the settlement of Gedera in 1884; it is now a town, and many of its buildings are on village land. Qidron was built on village land in 1949. Only the school and a few deserted houses remain. Israelis cultivate the surrounding lands.

Qazaza
The site is within an inaccessible military zone.

Al-Qubab
The settlement of Gezer was built on what was traditionally village land in 1945. Zionist immigrants from Czechoslovakia established the settlement of Mishmar Ayyalon on the ruins of al-Qubab in 1949. In 1952 Kefar Bin-Nun was added, also on village land. The only landmark that remains is the school; a number of stone houses that have rectangular doors and windows still stand, and some of them are used as Israeli residences.

Al-Qubayba
Zionists established the settlements of Ge'alya, and Kefar Gevirol on the site. The walls and rubble of collapsed houses intermingle with the buildings of the Israeli settlements that have been established on the site. Some houses remain, another village house is now used as a restaurant. Part of the school still stands.

Qula
There are no Israeli settlements on village land. A forest covers much of the village site. The rubble of crumbled houses and terraces lies among the trees. The only remaining landmark is the school.

Sajad
There are no Israeli settlements on village lands. The site is an inaccessible military zone.

Salbit
The kibbutz of Sha’alvim was established in 1951 on village lands. Nothing remains except some cactus plants and shrubs.

Sarafand Al-‘Amar
Israel established the settlement of Tzerifin, which included a military camp, on the ruins of the village in 1949. The settlement of Nir Tzevi, built in 1954, is also on village land. The site, which contains what may be the largest Israeli army camp as well as air base, has been designated a military area. No more than six houses remain; most of them are deserted, but Israelis occupy one or two.

Sarafand El-Kharaba
Yad Eli’ezer established in the early 1950s, is on village land. It was named after Eliezer Margolin, a commander of the British army’s Jewish Legion during the World War I who, disobeying orders, allowed his troops to use British weapons from the military base in Sarafand al-‘Amar against Palestinian nationalists in 1921. A major part of the village has been destroyed. Many houses, however, remain; Israeli families occupy some of them. Israeli students use the school. The cemetery is overgrown with cactus plants.

Saydun
There are no Israeli settlements on village lands. Israelis use the surrounding lands for agriculture.

Shahma
There are no Israeli settlements on village land. The site has been incorporated into a fenced-in military airfield.

Shilta
Israel established the agricultural settlements of Shilat and Kefar Rut on village lands. The site is overgrown with mountain flora, several wells are visible

Al-Tina
There are no Israeli settlements on village lands. The village has been completely effected. Next to the site is a wide area, overgrown with bushes and thorns, that is fenced-in.

Al-Tira
Immigrants from Eastern Europe established the settlement of Tirat Yehuda in 1949 on village land. The site, situated next to a paved road, is partly deserted and overgrown with a variety of trees. A number of stone houses survive, however; some are deserted, others are occupied by Israelis, and still others are used as stables for livestock.

Umm Kalkha
The settlement of Yesodot was built on village land in 1948.

Wadi Hunayn
Kefar Aharon, established in 1948 on village lands. Has been merged with Nes Tziyyona. The mosque has been converted into a synagogue, Gulat Yisra’el. About ten houses survive, inhabited by Jewish families, converted into a mental hospital, or utilized for unspecified purposes by the Israel Defense Force.

Yibna
9 settlements were built on village lands. A railroad crosses the village. The dilapidated mosque and minaret, together with a shrine, still remain.

Khirbat Zakariyya
There are no Israeli settlements on village land. From a distance, the village appears as a bare hill overgrown with thorns and other wild vegetation. The site, which is used as a grazing area by Israelis, is strewn with stones. It is difficult to distinguish between the stones that are naturally found in the soil and those that once were parts of the houses. The remains of village wells and the cut stones that were used to cover them are visible.

Zarnuqa
In late 1948 the settlement of Zarnoqa was established on the village site. It is now a neighborhood on the outskirts of Rehovot. The settlements of Gan Shelomo, Gibton, and Giv’at Brenner have also spread onto village lands and are merging with the suburbs of Rehovot. The houses of the Israeli settlements dominate the site, on which mulberry trees and cacti grow. The few houses that remain are either occupied by Jewish inhabitants or fenced in and used for storage.


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