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| Arabic | جرِيشة | |
| Also Spelled | Jerisha, Jarush | |
| District | Jaffa | |
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| Population | 190[1] (1945) | |
| Area | 555[1] dunums | |
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| Current localities | Tel Aviv,[2] Ramat Gan | |
Jarisha (Arabic: جرِيشة, also transliterated Jerisha) was a Palestinian Arab village located 200 meters (660 ft) from the ancient site of Tell Jarisha (Tel Gerisa), on the south bank of Al-Awja (Yarkon River).[3][4] After the establishment of Tel Aviv, it was one of five Arab villages to fall within its municipal boundaries.[2] Jarisha was depopulated in the lead up to the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, and the site has since been, "completely covered over by highways and suburban houses."[4]
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Jarisha was located only 200 meters (660 ft) from Tel Gerisa, an archaeological site dating to the Early Bronze II period (2800-2600 BC). In the Middle Bronze period (2000-1500 BC) the site was a fortified Hyksos town. It was succedeed by a Philistine settlement around the 12th century BC.[5]
Under the rule of the Ottoman Empire, in 1596, Jarisha was a village in the nahiya ("subdistrict") of Bani Sa'b ( liwa' ("district") of Nablus), with a population of 121. The villagers paid taxes on buffalo, goats and beehives.[6]
In the late 19th century, the village, transcribed as "Jarush", was described as being built of adobe bricks and flanked by an olive grove. It had a well and a mill.[7]
During the British Mandate in Palestine, the population was entirely Muslim, with 43 occupied houses and 183 inhabitants in 1931.[8] The villagers worked in the service industry, but some also grew fruits and vegetables; in 1944-45 a total of 302 dunums of village land was used for citrus and bananas, and 89 dunums were irrigated or used for orchards.[9]
According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the state of the village site in 1992 was as follows: "The site has been completely covered over by highways and suburban houses."[10]
