Abu Kishk
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::data[format=table title="Infobox settlement"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Abu Kishk |
| native_name | ابو كشْك |
| native_name_lang | ar |
| settlement_type | Village |
| image_skyline | PikiWiki Israel 68926 the bedouin-abu kishek.jpg |
| imagesize | 200 |
| image_caption | Old school of Abu Kishk |
| pushpin_map | Mandatory Palestine |
| pushpin_mapsize | 200 |
| coordinates | |
| grid_name | Palestine grid |
| grid_position | 136/170 |
| subdivision_type | Geopolitical entity |
| subdivision_name | Mandatory Palestine |
| subdivision_type1 | Subdistrict |
| subdivision_name1 | Jaffa |
| established_title1 | Date of depopulation |
| established_date1 | 30 March 1948 |
| established_title2 | Repopulated dates |
| unit_pref | dunam |
| area_total_dunam | 17,121 |
| area_footnotes | |
| population_as_of | 1945 |
| population_total | 1900 |
| blank_name_sec1 | Cause(s) of depopulation |
| blank_info_sec1 | Fear of being caught up in the fighting |
| blank1_name_sec1 | Secondary cause |
| blank1_info_sec1 | Influence of nearby town's fall |
| blank3_name_sec1 | Current Localities |
| blank3_info_sec1 | Herzliya |
| :: |
| name = Abu Kishk | native_name = ابو كشْك | native_name_lang = ar | settlement_type = Village | image_skyline = PikiWiki Israel 68926 the bedouin-abu kishek.jpg | imagesize = 200 | image_caption = Old school of Abu Kishk | pushpin_map = Mandatory Palestine | pushpin_map_caption = Location within Mandatory Palestine | image_map = | map_caption = A series of historical maps of the area around Abu Kishk (click the buttons) | pushpin_mapsize = 200 | coordinates = | grid_name = Palestine grid | grid_position = 136/170 | subdivision_type = Geopolitical entity | subdivision_name = Mandatory Palestine | subdivision_type1 = Subdistrict | subdivision_name1 = Jaffa | established_title1 = Date of depopulation | established_date1 = 30 March 1948 | established_title2 = Repopulated dates | unit_pref = dunam | area_total_dunam = 17,121 | area_footnotes = | population_as_of = 1945 | population_total = 1900 | blank_name_sec1 = Cause(s) of depopulation | blank_info_sec1 = Fear of being caught up in the fighting | blank1_name_sec1 = Secondary cause | blank1_info_sec1 = Influence of nearby town's fall | blank3_name_sec1 = Current Localities | blank3_info_sec1 = Herzliya
Abu Kishk (Arabic: أبو كشك) was a Palestinian village in the Jaffa Subdistrict located 12 km northeast of Jaffa, situated 2 km northwest of the Yarkon River. The village was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on 30 March 1948 by the Irgun.
In 1945 the population of the village was about 1,900; about 300 of them lived in the area that later became Herzliya after the establishment of the state of Israel.
Location
The village was situated about 2 km northwest of the Yarkon River. Secondary roads linked it to the Jaffa-Haifa highway and to neighboring villages.
History
British Mandate of Palestine
In 1925 the village school was founded. By the mid-1940s it had 108 students, including 9 girls.
At the time of the 1931 census, Abu Kishk had a population of 1007 residents, all Muslims.
In the 1945 statistics Abu Kishk had 1,900 Muslim residents, ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b3/AbuKishmeeting.jpg" caption="Seif Eddid AbuKish and prince, (later king) [[Abdullah I of Jordan"] ::
1948 Palestine war
In December 1947 and January 1948 the leaders of al-Shaykh Muwannis, Al-Mas'udiyya, Al-Jammasin al-Sharqi/Al-Jammasin al-Gharbi, and the mukhtars of Ijlil al-Qibliyya, Ijlil al-Shamaliyya and Abu Kishk met with Haganah representatives in Petah Tikva. These villages wanted peace and promised not to harbor any Arab Liberation Armies or local Arab Militia. They further promised that, in the case they were not able to keep them out alone, they were to call on Haganah for help.
By mid-March 1948, the Alexandroni Brigade had imposed isolation, a "quarantine," of al-Shaykh Muwannis, Ijlil al-Qibliyya, Ijlil al-Shamaliyya and Abu Kishk. However, on 12 March LHI kidnapped 5 village notables from al-Shaykh Muwannis. This completely undermined the villagers' trust in former agreements, and many left.
Notes
Bibliography
References
- Morris, 2004, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=uM_kFX6edX8C&pg=PR18 xviii], village #197. Also gives causes of depopulation
- Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. [http://users.cecs.anu.edu.au/~bdm/yabber/census/VSpages/VS1945_p27.jpg 27]
- Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. ''Village Statistics, April, 1945.'' Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. [http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20I/Jaffa/Page-052.jpg 52]
- Khalidi, 1992, p. 236
- '''Herzliya''', "Mother of the Kibbutzim and the Communal Groups", by Dan Yahav. Yaron Golan Publishers.
- Khalidi, 1992, p. 235
- Mills, 1932, p. [https://archive.org/details/CensusOfPalestine1931.PopulationOfVillagesTownsAndAdministrativeAreas 16]
- who owned a total of 17,121 dunams of land. A total of 2,486 dunums of village land was used for [[citrus]] or bananas, 14,018 was planted with cereals; while 226 dunums were irrigated or used for orchards.Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. ''Village Statistics, April, 1945.'' Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. [http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20II/Jaffa/Page-095.jpg 95]
- Morris, 2004, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=uM_kFX6edX8C&l&pg=PA91 91]
- Morris, 2004, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=uM_kFX6edX8C&l&pg=PA127 127]
- Morris, 2004, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=uM_kFX6edX8C&l&pg=PA128 128]
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