Jarisha

Jarisha (Arabic: جرِيشة‎, also transliterated Jerisha; Hebrew: ג'רישה) 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). 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, and the site has since been, "completely covered over by highways and suburban houses."

History

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 succeeded by a Philistine settlement around the 12th century BC.

Ottoman era

Under the rule of the Ottoman Empire, in 1596, Jarisha was a village in the nahiya ("subdistrict") of the Bani Sa'b liwa' ("district") of Nablus, with a population of 22 Muslim households. The villagers paid taxes on buffalo, goats and beehives.