Yalu - يالو

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District of al-Ramla
يالو
Ethnically cleansed days ago

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Israeli occupation date

June 7, 1967

Distance from district center

13 km Southeast of al-Ramla

Elevation from the sea

300 meters

Map location

See location number #49 on the map

Israeli military operation

Six days war

Village defenders

Jordanian Army and at the outbreak of the war some Egyptian commandoes.

Israeli acts of terror

On December 2nd, 1954, the Jewish Army murdered three boys (the oldest boy was 12 years old) who were gathering wood fire close to the demilitarized zone.

Based on the orders of the Nobel prize winner, Yitzchak Rabin, armored jeeps broadcasted orders for the immediate eviction of the three villages of 'Imwas, Yalu, and Bayt Nuba to the East Bank. The terrorist, Yitzchak Rabin, gave the inhabitants only a few hours to gather their possessions, and got them on their way to Ramallah. To expedite the ethnic cleansing process, as in 1948 war, the Jewish Army shot over the heads of the fleeing villagers to make sure they would not come back. (see al-Masmiyya al-Kabira, Gaza for an eyewitness account of such terror practices). Soon after, the three villages were bulldozed and dynamited by the 'Jewish Army'. Based on eyewitness account, 12-15 villagers went back to their villages soon after its occupation, and they are still unaccounted for.

Refugees' migration route

Like their predecessors, the refugees from al-Lydd and al-Ramla in 1948, the villagers fled towards the Ramallah area. Many slept in Ramallah's bus station for at least a week, until they were invited relatives in the area. Some made it on foot across the bombed al-Lynbi bridge on the Jordan river to Amman, Jordan.

Exodus Cause

Expulsion by Jewish troops

Village remains
after destruction by Israelis

Yalu was completely obliterated and defaced by building on top of it the so called Canada Recreational Park. Please take the time to protest the building of such park on a looted land by registering your complain to your nearest Canadian Embassy.

Ethnically cleansing
by Israelis

The village has been completely ethnically cleansed.

Terminating refugee camps

Many villagers fled to Ramallah and al-Bira to join some of their relatives, and a few made it on foot across the borders to Amman, Jordan.

Neighboring towns

Dayr 'Ayyub, 'Imwas, Bayt Nuba, Natif, Saris, Bayt Thul, and Salbit.

Land ownership
before occupation

Ethnic Group	Land Ownership (Dunums)
Arab	14,992
Jewish	0
Public	N/A
Total	14,992

Land usage in 1945

Land Usage Type	Arab (Dunum)
Irrigated & Plantation	477
Area planted w/ olives	275
Planted W/ Cereal	6,047
Built up	74
Cultivable	6,524
Non-Cultivable	8,394

Population
before occupation

Year	Population
1922	811
1931	963
1945	1,220
1961	16,441

Number of houses

In 1931: 245

Town's name through history

The Canaanites referred to the village by 'Yaloun meaning a "Tile" or Balatah in Arabic, and the Romans called it Alus, which belonged to the district of Nicopolis (see neighboring 'Imwas).

Schools

Two schools: the 1st schools was an elementary and secondary school for boys which was founded in 1947, and in 1967 it had an enrollment of 266 boys who were taught by eight instructors. The 2nd school was an elementary school for girls with an enrollment of 178 girls in 1967, which had four instructors.

Inhabitants place of origin

Many of the villagers migrated from the Halhoul (Hebron), Yatta (Hebron), Bayt Jala (Jerusalem), and from the nearby Bayt Muhaysir. Also few of the village inhabitant trace their roots to Egypt.

Religious institutions

One village mosque which had been renovated just before destruction by the Israelis.

Water supplies

The villagers used to obtain their drinking water from a well known by Beir al-Jabar (meaning the mighty well).

Archeological sites

The village itself was built on an archeological site known by Tall al-Kawkah. Yalu also had many archeological sites and the most famous of these sites:- Khirbat Hyba located between Yalu and 'Imwas, Khirbat al-Badaddeen located between Yalu and Dayr 'Ayyub, and khirbat al-Sweadyah.

Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands

The Canada recreation park.

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Town Today

The village has been completely obliterated and defaced by building on top of it what so called Canada recreation park.

To contact any of the below members, simply click on the names.

Display Name	Clan/Hamolah	Country of Residence
شادي الشعيبي الشعيبي	الشعيبي	عمان , الاردن
محمود محمد عليان سلامه	سلامه	عمان, الاردن
محمد محمود عودة سلامة	زياد	عمان, الاردن
خالد كرمه	المجدوبه	عمان, الاردن
أحمد يوسف محمود العرب	العرب	AMMAN
خلدون يوسف العرب	العرب	-
عدنان الخضور	الخضور	-
samih alkdour	-	fl, yalu
feras abed al ellh naim hourani	alekdur	-
خليل محمد خليل العرب	الفواقة	الاردن, الاردن
ايمن نمر	-	Amman, Jordan
الملاح الصغير	-	il, usa
سلمان ضيف الله	ضيفالله	رام الله
raeda	زياد	القدس
Ahmad Younes Al Majdoubah	-	Jordan, Jordan
صلاح الدين سامي	-	-
حنين خضور	خضور	-
ibrahim al-sheikh	الشيخ	فلسطين, فلسطين
Nizar Nassar	Nassar	Ohio, USA
محمود حسن علي الملاح	المـــلاح	شيكاغو, أمريكا
علـي حسـن علي الملاح	المـــلاح	شيكاغو, امريكا
Belal Al-Mallah	-	Amman, Jordan
عيسى	عيسى	JORDAN, JORDAN
محمد خليل العرب	-	-
طه الشيخ	الشيخ	-
ahmad nassar	nassar	new york, new york
ياسر زياد	زياد	عمان, الاردن
Ali Esaiied	Esaiied	Texas, USA
محمد	-	-
سامر ابوالرب	ابوالرب	-
عشيرة الشيخ	-	عمان , الاردن
ابو رامي	الدايه	ramallah
Fadi Nimer	-	-
Ali Nehad	Nashwan	Muharraq, Bahrain
Bilal Issa Nimer	Audah	-
mohd almallah	-	-
Essam	-	-
eyad nassar	nassar	florida, usa
Wajih Salem	khdur	-
abujihad	nassar	florida, usa
lutfi	nassar	florida, usa
AHMAD MAHMUOD QARAM'A	al-majdoba	-

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