JARASH – JERUSALEM DISTRICT
31°46′27″N / 34°57′31″E
1948: Population 220; Houses 44
Occupation date: October 21, 1948
Occupying forces: Sixth Battalion of Harʼel Brigade
Occupying operation: Operation Ha-Har (“The Mountain”)
Post 1948: In 1950, Moshav Zanoaḥ was established for immigrants from Yemen, who were replaced the next year by new arrivals from North Africa.13 Over the years, the moshav spread to occupy part of the village land.
Today: No structures remain. The site is overgrown with grass, interspersed with the debris of destroyed houses and stones from the terraces, which can be discerned from above. The ruins of a cemetery lie northwest of the site. Carob, fig, almond, and olive trees grow on the hills west of the site. The Teʼomim cave, where villagers hid during the events of the military operations, can still be reached along a footpath from the road. The village site is within the JNF’s USA Independence Park and the Dolev Stream Nature Reserve.
Official Israeli name: None. The former village of Jarash does not appear on contemporary maps of Israel.