Al-Shaykh Muwannis
32.11388888888934.804166666667Koordinaten: 32 ° 6 ' 50 "N, 34 ° 48' 15" E
The place ash- Shaykh Muwannis (Arabic الشيخ مونس, DMG aš - Šaiḫu Muwannis, also al - Sheikh Muannes; Hebrew שייח' מוניס ) was an Arab village, northeast of the Yarkon estuary in the British Mandate of Palestine, whose inhabitants in March 1948, that is fled before the Jewish immigrants before the Palestine war of 1948. The largest part of the village was destroyed before the Israeli state was founded. The village area was added to the metropolitan area of Tel Aviv and now forms the south of the district of Ramat Aviv, and the location of the University of Tel Aviv.
History
The village was founded in either late 18th century or early 19th century. In the 30s of the 19th century, when Palestine was conquered by the Egyptians settled in addition to some farmers. Under the British Mandate the village expanded and became more prosperous. The population of the village and the surrounding area was in 1948 about 2000 inhabitants. These in turn were surrounded by the large Jewish settlements Tel Aviv, Herzliya and others. Therefore, the village was allotted to the Jewish territory in the partition plan of the UN for Palestine.
The Council of the village had even before the Palestine war of 1948 contact to a Zionist military organization, the Haganah and agreed in secret before the Arab forces not to participate in the war. In addition, the Haganah demanded the commitment, any invasion of Arab forces in the strategically important village immediately report to the Israeli military leadership. When finally made Arab organizations in March 1948 on the way to ash- Shaykh Muwannis, the village was surrounded and besieged, to prevent their penetration of the Hagana. During the siege, there were abductions of villagers by Jewish groups who were not members of the Haganah. This, and the suffering of the people under siege meant that the villagers fled through the single opening of the siege ring to the east.
According to its own reports, the Hagana this could then conquer the village without a fight. Leaving and the subsequent conquest of the village is part of what Palestinians call the Nakba. Many of the refugees moved to Qalqiliya and Tulkarem.
After the conquest of most of the houses were destroyed by the Israelis, the remaining relative of Jewish settlers. It was then established on the basis of the village and its surrounding district of Ramat Aviv. In the 1990s, the remains of the village were demolished with the expansion of Tel Aviv University. The only surviving house ( the green house ), which previously belonged to one of the richest families in the area, now used as a club house and canteen of the university. The Israeli group Zochrot organized the Nakba Day in 2004 a protest march and called the Municipality of Tel Aviv on to nominate six streets in memory of destroyed Palestinian villages, one by Ash- Sheikh Muwannis. Among other