Saris

Saris was a Palestinian Arab village that was depopulated during the major offensive launched by the Haganah on 16 April 1948. Called Operation Nachshon, and launched before the British had left Palestine, its objective was to capture villages between Jerusalem and the coastal plain, in order to break the siege of the Jews of Jerusalem.
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  • Type: Ruin
  • Description: Palestinian Arab village
  • Also known as: “Sārīs” and “Saris, Jerusalem”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Jerusalem Road Brakethroughers and Benedictine monastery in Abu Ghosh.

Monument
Photo: MathKnight, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a monument, which is situated 690 metres northeast of Saris.

Church
Photo: Berthold Werner, Public domain.
The , officially St Mary of the Resurrection Abbey, is a monastery run by the Olivetan Benedictine order in , . is situated 3½ km east of Saris.

Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
is a peak, which is situated 3 km southeast of Saris.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sho’eva and Shoresh.

Village
Sho'eva is a moshav in central . Located west of , it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 579.

Village
Photo: אסף.צ, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a moshav shitufi in central . Located five kilometres from Sha'ar HaGai in the , it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 1,399.

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a moshav shitufi in central . Located west of , it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 1,052.

Saris

Latitude
31.79755° or 31° 47′ 51″ north
Longitude
35.07387° or 35° 4′ 26″ east
Elevation
650 metres (2,133 feet)
Open location code
8G3QQ3XF+2G
Geo­Names ID
293639
Wiki­data ID
Q445159
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Satellite Map

Discover Saris from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Saris” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ساريس”
  • Dutch: “Saris”
  • French: “Saris”
  • German: “Saris”
  • Hebrew: “סאריס”
  • Indonesian: “Saris, Yerusalem”
  • Persian: “ساریس”
  • Polish: “Saris”
  • Urdu: “ساریس”

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