Ghuwayr Abu Shusha
Introduction '''Ghuwayr Abu Shusha''' was a Palestinian Arab village in the Tiberias Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on April 21, 1948.It was located 8 km north of Tiberias, 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 wely 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 Victor Guérin  visited and noted the little ''wely'' dedicated to ''Abou-Choutheh''.In 1881, the PEF's ''Survey of Western Palestine'' (SWP) described  it as containing 20 Moslems, with housed built of basalt, located round a mill. There were modern ruins in the village, and a number of ruined mills in the valley below.===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, while 6 dunams were classified as built-up (urban) area.Ruins of watermills could be seen at the nearby Khirbat Abu Shusha.===1948, and aftermath===The village was depopulated after a military assault on 21 and 28 April 1948.Ginosar 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 File:Abu Shusha sheikh 08.jpg|Maqam sheikh Abu Shusha, 2015File:Abu Shusha sheikh 09.jpg|Maqam sheikh Abu Shusha, 2015File:Abu Shusha sheikh 14.jpg|Maqam sheikh Abu Shusha, 2015
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External links * Welcome To Ghuwayr Abu Shusha*  Ghuwayr Abu Shusha, Zochrot*Survey of Western Palestine, Map 6:  IAA,  Wikimedia commons