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Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	May 10, 1948
Distance from district center	5 (km) West of Safad
Elevation from the sea	750 (meters)
Map location	See location number #60 on the map
Israeli military operation	Operation Hiram
Israeli attacking brigade	Sheva' and Cammeli Brigades
Exodus Cause	Influence of fall of, or exoduce from, neighboring town
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	Mirun has been mostly destroyed with the exception of few rooms and rubble of destroyed houses.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	The village was ethnically cleansed in two waves: the 1st was shortly after the capture of Safad by the Haganah on 10 May 1948, and the 2nd wave was by the end of October 1948.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 6,765 Jewish 5,839 Public 1510 Total 14,114
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Jewish (Dunum) Area planted w/ olives 200 0 Planted W/ Cereal 6,734 5,829 Built up 31 10 Cultivable 6,734 5,829 Non-Cultivable 1,510 0
Population before occupation	Year Population 1596 715 19th century 50 1922 154 1931 189 1945 290 1948 336 Est. Refugees 1998 2,066
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 47 1948 83
Schools	Mirun had an elementary school for boys.
Shrines/maqams	A tomb/shrine for Palestinian Jew known by Rabbi Shim'on Bar Yochai
Nearby wadies & rivers	The village was situated just north of Wadi Mirun
Archeological sites	The village contained the remains of a synagogue which was constructed in the 1st century B.C.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Meron
Related Maps	خرائط تفصيلية للمحافظة View from satellite Help us map this town at WikiMapia
More Information	Language External Links Arabic PalGates Hebrew Nakba in Hebrew   Nakba-Online

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Town Today

According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
While the Arab section of the village was demolished, several rooms and stone walls still stand. One of the walls has a rectangular door like opening and another has an arched entrance

To contact any of the below members, simply click on the names.

Display Name	Clan/Hamolah	Country of Residence
Ahmad Mohammed Kawash	Kawash	's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands
wisoo	-	mia mia camp, lebanon
Neveen Kawash	-	Ontario, Canada
mohammed kanaan	-	-
AHMAD SALEH KAWASH	hamada	south , lebanon
said moin kaawach	kaawach	south, lebanon
hatem kaawash	kaawash	syria, syria
Abdel latif Kawash	Kawash	Dubai, united arab emirates
ramez kaawach	-	st.lucia,west indies
ام بهاء	كعوش	حمص, syria
Mahmmoud Kudeh	-	Gaza, Palestine
Lamya Karouni	-	Saida, Lebanon
bissan	-	saida/, lebanon
NIHAL KAWACH	-	SAIDA, LEBANON
amir kaawash	kaawash	uae, uae
Fayrouz Kawash	Kawash	Ontario, Canada
sajed kaawach	-	fl, usa
khaled	-	saida, leb
XM@N	Kaawash	sa, sa
Ahmad Kawash	Kawash	UAE
sam	-	DUBAI, U.A.E
Wissam Kaawach	-	London, Ontario, Canada
Jaenex Kawash	-	-
mairon amer kamal kawash	-	the netherlands
Jamal kaawach	EL-NAIMI KAAWACH	-
ghazi kawasch	kawash	Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Abed Nour-eldeen Kawash	Kawash	Saida, Lebanon
Lama Faisal Kawash	KAWASH	-
Kamal R. Kawash	Kawash	Lebanon, Lebanon
Hussam Kawash	kawash	Athens, Greece
samer kawash	-	lebanon
farid kawash	-	-
abujihad	-	denmark, denmark
sameh kaawach	miron	south lebanon, lebanon-nigeria
Iyad Kaawache	Kaawache	Saida, Lebanon
rabih hussien	kawash	saida, lebanan
rabie kaawash	-	saida, lebanan
Kareem Kawash	Kawash	KSA
karim kawash	Kawash	Saudi Arabia
FARID	-	-
Janan Kaawach	Kawash	Athens , Greece
Nahida Kawash	kawash	Beirut, Lebanon
Faisal kawash	kawash	Beirut, Lebanon
khaled kaawash	kaawash	mieh mieh, lebanon
HANI KAAWACH	kaawach...100%	SAIDA, LEBANON
fawzi kawash	kawash	lebanon, lebanon
Hisham A Kawash	-	-
Malik Abdul Aziz	-	Texas, USA
Ahmad Kawash	-	Damascus, Syria
mazin kawash	-	ad, uae
sherien	-	Utrecht, The Netherlands
Ahmad Kawash	Kawash	Den Bosch, Holland
Ayman Kaawach	-	quebec, canada
osama w. kawash	kawash	dubai
Nadim Kawach	kawach	UAE, UAE
rabia kawasch	kawasch	-, abidjan cote d ivore
Khaled Kawash	kawash	Toronto, Canada
Wassim Kawash	Kawash	Copenhagen, Denmark
Ahmad kawash	kawash	Ma, USA
Amal Kawash	Kawash	Lebanon
mohammad kaawach	-	-
Mohammed kawash	-	Adu Dhabi, uae
Ahmad kawash	-	Adu Dhabi, uae
Jalal Kawash	-	Alberta, Canada
AYMAN KAAWACH	KAAWACH	Q.C. CANADA, CANADA
Ghassan Kawash	Kawash	TX, USA
Luna Kawash	-	-
Jalal Kawash OR Kaaoush	Kawash or kaaoush	USA
Ayman Kaawach	-	Ontario, Canada
Ghassan Kaawach	Kaawach	Slagelse, Danmark
Rani Kawash	Kawash	-
Saeed Kawash	-	-
farid kawash	-	-
Raghida Kaawash	Kaawash	kUWAIT, kUWAIT
Mr.R	-	koumassi, c?te d'ivoire
Aida Kawash	Kawash	-

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