Al-Kunayyisa was a small

Palestinian Arab Palestinians ( ar, الفلسطينيون, ; he, פָלַסְטִינִים, ) or Palestinian people ( ar, الشعب الفلسطيني, label=none, ), also referred to as Palestinian Arabs ( ar, الفلسطينيين العرب, label=non ...

village in the Ramle Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War on July 10, 1948, under the first stage of

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. It was located 12 km southeast of

Ramla Ramla or Ramle ( he, רַמְלָה, ''Ramlā''; ar, الرملة, ''ar-Ramleh'') is a city in the Central District of Israel. Today, Ramle is one of Israel's mixed cities, with both a significant Jewish and Arab populations. The city was f ...

History

In 1838, it was noted it was noted as a place "in ruins or deserted”, called ''el-Kuneiseh'' in the

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District.Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, Appendix 2, p.
121
/ref> In 1883, the PEF's ''

Survey of Western Palestine The PEF Survey of Palestine was a series of surveys carried out by the Palestine Exploration Fund (PEF) between 1872 and 1877 for the Survey of Western Palestine and in 1880 for the Survey of Eastern Palestine. The survey was carried out after the ...

'' (SWP) noted "Foundations and traces of ruins."

British Mandate era

In the 1931 census of Palestine Al-Kunayyisa was counted with

Innaba Innaba ( ar, عنابة) was a Palestinian village in the Ramle Subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War on July 10, 1948 by the Yiftach and Eighth Brigades of Operation Dani. It was located 7 ...

, together they had 1135 Muslim inhabitants, in 288 houses.Mills, 1932, p
20
/ref> In the 1945 statistics Al-Kunayyisa had a population of 40 Muslims, with 3,872 dunams of land. Of this, a 64 dunams were used for plantations and irrigable land, 2,432 were used for cereals, while 20 dunams were classified as built-up areas. A khirba to the east contains rugged stone walls and building remains.

1948, aftermath

Al-Kunayyisa became depopulated after a military assault on July 10, 1948. On 20 August 1948, Al-Kunayyisa was one of 32 Palestinian villagers whose land was given to the

JNF Jewish National Fund ( he, קֶרֶן קַיֶּימֶת לְיִשְׂרָאֵל, ''Keren Kayemet LeYisrael'', previously , ''Ha Fund HaLeumi'') was founded in 1901 to buy and develop land in Ottoman Syria (later Mandatory Palestine, and subsequ ...

for establishing Jewish settlements. Al-Kunayyisas land was given to

Mishmar Ayalon Mishmar Ayalon ( he, מִשְׁמַר אַיָּלוֹן, ''lit.'' Ayalon Guard) is a moshav in central Israel. Located between Latrun and Ramla on the old Jerusalem-Tel Aviv road, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gezer Regional Council. In ...

. However, according to

Walid Khalidi Walid Khalidi ( ar, وليد خالدي, born 1925 in Jerusalem) is an Oxford University-educated Palestinian historian who has written extensively on the Palestinian exodus. He is a co-founder of the Institute for Palestine Studies, establish ...

is on the land of Al-Qubab.Khalidi, 1992, p. 391 In 1992 the village site was described: "From a distance, the site looks like a big stone pile overgrown with a thicket of thorns. More than thirty partially destroyed buildings, including houses, still stand. The remains of arched doors and windows are visible. Fig, almond, olive, and pomegranate trees and cactuses grow among the buildings. The lands in the vicinity are cultivated by the nearby kibbutz; some are planted with cotton."Khalidi, 1992, p. 392

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