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Emblem adopted 9th March 1995
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Local Council Abu Ghosh (in Arabic - Father of the Thunder) is
situated 16 km west to Jerusalem, north to the Highway 1
(Tel-Aviv-Jerusalem). Founded in 1520. Pop. 5,000, all Muslims of
one family of Cherkess origin which
controled the Jerusalem Corridor during the Ottoman era. In this
village you can also find two Christian monasteries.
The Local Council informed me that in case of need a white flag
bearing the municipal emblem is used. I was not able to receive
details of the emblem colours. The municipal emblem was published
in the official gazette (Rashumot), 'Publications
Gazette' section (Yalkut ha'Pirsumim), YP 4289, 9 March
1995.
Dov Gutterman, 13 October 2001
In my visit of today, I noticed that all flags are with green
emblem on white.
Dov Gutterman, 6 April 2004
Abu Ghosh is costumery identified as the biblical "Qiryat
Ye'arim" (Jushua 9, Samuel A 7,1) and therefore, thou its
population is almost all Muslims, there are two monasteries:
Notre Dame de l'Arche d'Alliance and Les Soeurs de St. Josef de
l'Apparition. After the Arab conquest, it was renamed as Qariat
al-Anab (town of the grapes). During the Ottoman era, the area
was took over by a Abu Ghosh family which was from a Cherkess
origin and whose descendants are the inhabitants of the village
today. During the 18th and 19th Centuries, the family took over
large areas of Jerusalem mounts and controlled the main road to
Jerusalem. In 1948, the inhabitants kept their good relations
with the nearby Jewish settlements and didn't took part in the
battles around the road to Jerusalem
The village became a Local Council in 1992 and became a tourism
attraction (and especially known for one of the best sources of
Humus in Israel).
Note that the municipal emblem as well other local emblems such
as the community center (<www.matnasim.org.il>)
and the local football team Maccabi Abu-Ghosh (<m-ag.tk>), all feature grapes as
reminder to its former name - Qariat al-Anab (town of the grapes)
which is kept also in the name of the near kibbutz
Qiryat-Anavim established on land purchased from the Abu-Ghosh
family.
Sources: MOTI Site,
Mapa site, Snunit
site, City
Index site.
Dov Gutterman, 5 April 2005