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Umm Khalid
District of Tulkarm
اُم خالد - אום ח'אלד
Ethnically cleansed days ago
 
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Town Statistics & Facts

Statistic/Fact Value
Israeli occupation date March 20, 1948
Distance from district center 15 (km) West of Tulkarm
Elevation from the sea 25 (meters)
Map location See location number #9 on the map
Israeli military operation Coastal Clearing
Exodus Cause Feer of Jewish attack, or of being caught in the fighting
Village remains
after destruction by Israelis
Umm Khalid was mostly destroyed with the exception of few houses remain standing. Currently, these houses are being occupied by Jewish settlers from the nearby Israeli City of Natanya.
Ethnically cleansing
by Israelis
Umm Khalid inhabitants were intimidated into fleeing by the Haganah on March 20th, 1948.
Land ownership
before occupation
Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums)
Arab 1,923
Jewish 882
Public 89
Total 2,894
Land usage in 1945
Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Jewish (Dunum)
Area planted w/ citrus 47 0
Planted W/ Cereal 1,830 882
Built up 23 0
Cultivable 1,877 882
Non-Cultivable 112 0
Population
before occupation
Year Population
1922 307
1931 586
1945 970
1948 1,125
Est. Refugees 1998 6,910
Number of houses In (1931): 131 (includes 'Arab al-Balawina)
Schools Umm Khalid had an elementary school for boys.
Religious institutions One Mosque
Archeological sites Umm Khalid contains archeological remains of towers, fortresses, wells, reservoirs, cisterns, and pottery.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands The Israeli City of Netanya.
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Town Today

According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
The village site has become part of the city of Netanya. Some houses remain and are used either as residences or for commercial purposes such as warehouses for Israeli companies

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  • A village house now used by a Jewish settler, 1987
  • إحدى البيوت المغتصبة
  • A house
  • Wall of the khan, and new buildings.
  • The magnificent sycamore of Umm Khaled. It is estimated to be 1000 years old.
  • On the floor, there's a reproduction of an engraving of the 19th century depicting the tree.
  • Bone Domino from Shiekh House
  • Shabria from sheikh's house
  • Well of the village
  • The Mosque
  • Old Map
  • Tablet that was on the mosque wall
  • Tablet that was on the mosque wall
  • صالح حمدان مختار ام خالد

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    Posted by Webmaster on MAY-7-2001
          Last reply posted on JUNE-19-2001

    Sign Umm Khalid's Guest Book - سجل الزوار
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    Posted by Webmaster on JULY-2-2006

    Marriage Announcements Board - صفحة مناسبات الزواج
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    Posted by Webmaster on JULY-2-2006

    Graduation Announcements Board - صفحة مناسبات التخرج
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    Posted by Webmaster on JULY-2-2006

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    Specific Board for Prisoners- صفحة مخصصة لأخبار الأسرى
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    Posted by Webmaster on FEBRUARY-17-2008

    Will you accept a new homeland & compensation instead of Palestine and you right of return?
    هل تقبل التوطين والتعويض بديل عن الوطن وحق العودة؟

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    411 Directory Service

    To contact any of the below members, simply click on the names.
    Display Name Clan/Hamolah Country of Residence
    Inas Hamshari Hamshari -
    عصام حمدان TULKAREM
    أبو مالك همشري طولكرم
    Estatah استيته استيته Estatah TULLKARWEM, PALESTINE
    Bashar Hamdan AZ-ZARQA, JORDAN
    Jalloudti Jallad OHIO, USA
    Pales Hamdan TULKAREM
    Al jallad Jallad -
    Jallado Aljallad KUWAIT, TULKARM
    Yahya Jallad Jallad -
    JAS Jallad MANILA, PHILIPPINES
    Munzer Jallad Jallad ABU DHABI, UAE
    Ammar Jallad Khader AMMAN - SWILEH, JORDAN
    Amjad Hindi الشيخ ياسين JORDAN
    Said Hamdan Hamdan USA
    Rana Abdulla Mahmoud ONTARIO, CANADA
    Saif eldin Hamdan Hamdan EGYPT, EGYPT
    Jallad Umm khalid ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATRS
    Shadi Shaikh yaseen Shaikh yaseen -

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