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| al-Jalama District of Tulkarm الجلمة - ח'ירבת אל-ג'למה Ethnically cleansed days ago |
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Israeli occupation date
March 1, 1948
Distance from district center
8.5 (km) North of Tulkarm
Elevation from the sea
50 (meters)
Map location
See location number #6 on the map
Israeli military operation
Coastal Clearing
Exodus Cause
Expulsion by Jewish troops
Village remains
after destruction by Israelisal-Jalama was completely obliterated, and only house rubble remains.
Ethnically cleansing
by Israelisal-Jalama was initially inhabitants were intimidated into fleeing by the Haganah on February 8th, 1948, and it was completely evacuated on April 1st, 1948.
Population
before occupation
Year
Population
1922
29
1945
70
1948
81
Est. Refugees 1998
499
Town's name through history
The Crusades referred to al-Jalama by Gelenne.
Inhabitants place of origin
Villagers originally migrated from 'Attil, Tulkarm (currently, in the occupied West Bank).
Nearby wadies & rivers
The village was situated nearby the East banks of Wadi Jalama.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands
Lahavot Chaviva occupies some of Jalama's lands.
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According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
Piles of stones and terraces on the hill, along with a lone fig tree, provide the only evidence that a village formerly occupied the site. Cactuses, wild grass, and thorns also grow on parts of the site
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