Ghuwayr Abu Shusha was a

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village in the Tiberias Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the

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on April 21, 1948. It was located 8 km north of

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, nearby Wadi Rubadiyya.

History

In 1838 Edward Robinson found on the remains of a few dwellings, built of rough volcanic stones, some of which were still used as magazines by the Arabs of the plain. A

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with a white dome marked the spot. He found no traces of antiquity. In 1850-1851 de Saulcy saw the village, which he described as ruined. Of the village, all which remained was a few portions of wall of modern appearance, "but in the midst of these is still standing a square vaulted tower, constructed in fine blocks of Herodian workmanship, or Roman of the early empire. This tower rests against a wall of more recent character." In 1875

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visited and noted the little ''wely'' dedicated to ''Abou-Choutheh''. In 1881, the PEF's ''

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'' (SWP) described it as containing 20 Moslems, with housed built of

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, located round a mill. There were modern ruins in the village, and a number of ruined mills in the valley below.Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p
396
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British mandate era

In the 1945 statistics it had a population of 1,240 Muslims, with 8,609 dunams of land. Of this, 21 dunams were used for citrus and bananas, 1,377 for plantations and irrigable land, 1,848 dunams for cereals,Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. ''Village Statistics, April, 1945.'' Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p
122
/ref> while 6 dunams were classified as built-up (urban) area.Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. ''Village Statistics, April, 1945.'' Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p
172
/ref> Ruins of

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could be seen at the nearby Khirbat Abu Shusha.Khalidi, 1992, p. 516

1948, and aftermath

The village was depopulated after a military assault on 21 and 28 April 1948.

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presently occupy part of what was village land, so does Livnim, established in 1982 ca. 1 km northwest of the Ghuwayr Abu Shusha site. In 1992 the village site was described: "The village site is covered with thorns and wild vegetation, including Christ's-thorn trees and cactuses. The shrine of Shaykh Muhammad and the remains of a mill can be seen among piles of stones and a few olive trees. The lower-lying lands are planted in bananas and citrus, while the highlands are used as grazing areas by the Israelis."

Gallery

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*Survey of Western Palestine, Map 6
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