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Imwas
Village in Ramle, Mandatory Palestine / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Imwas or Emmaus (Arabic: عِمواس ʿImwās), known in classical times as Nicopolis (Greek: Νικόπολις, lit. 'City of Victory'), was a Palestinian village located 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) southeast of the city of Ramla and 26 kilometres (16 mi) from Jerusalem in the Latrun salient of the West Bank.[2] It is traditionally (possibly from as early as the 3rd century, but probably incorrectly) identified with the biblical Emmaus.[3] Its population was expelled and its buildings razed by Israeli forces in 1967.
Imwas
عِمواس 'Amwas, Amwas | |
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Village | |
![]() Imwas, early 20th century | |
Etymology: possibly "thermal springs"[1] | |
A series of historical maps of the area around Imwas (click the buttons) | |
Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
Coordinates: 31°50′26″N 34°59′30″E | |
Palestine grid | 149/138 |
Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
Subdistrict | Ramle |
Date of depopulation | 7 June 1967 |
Population | |
• Total | 2,015 |
Cause(s) of depopulation | Expulsion by Israeli forces |
Current Localities | Canada Park |
After the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, Imwas fell under Jordanian rule. Its population at the time was predominantly Muslim although there was a Palestinian Christian minority. Captured by the Israeli Defense Forces during the Six-Day War on June 7, 1967 along with the neighbouring villages of Yalo and Bayt Nuba, the villagers of Imwas were expelled and the village destroyed on the orders of Yitzhak Rabin.[4] Today the area of the former village lies within Canada Park, which was established by the Jewish National Fund in 1973.