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Statistic/Fact	Value
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 1,644
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.

 

 
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Display Name	Clan/Hamolah	Country of Residence
ابو شعيب	-	الهفوف, الهفوف
ابن الخضور	-	الدوحة, دولة قطر
احمد اسعيد	اسعيد	عمان, الاردن
yalu hacker	دار ابراهيم	عمان, الاردن
مصطفى حسين دار ابراهيم	دار ابراهيم	عمان, الاردن
samerabodaya	ابو ديه	-
almallah	-	الزرقاء
ابويالو	ضيف الله	عمان, الاردن
اسماعيل زياد	زياد	الزرقاء, الزرقاء
هكر يالو	نازح	الاردن, الاردن
yalloo	defallah	zarqa, kuwait
Mohammad Ibrahin Nassar	Muarrif	IL, usa
وائل جبرين	حماد	-
احمد عبد السلام ابوديه	ابوديه	فلسطين, فلسطين
ابو طلق	-	الاردن
محمود عوده	-	-
شادي	دار ابراهيم	مدينة الخبر, السعودية
محمد سليمان	الخضور	عمان, الاردن
hoss	حماد	عمان, الاردن
بهاء عادل مطر	الخضور	Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi
طلال الحوراني	الخضور	-
ابراهيم علي محمد سليمان ( ابو شادي )	الخضور	عمان, الاردن
abdel muti ezzat abdel hameed audi	audi	amman, jordan
فضل نصار	-	عمان, الأردن
محمود سلمان ضيف الله	ضيف الله	رام الله
زياد أحمد محمد جبرين	جبرين	ILL, ILL
احمد ضيف الله	-	الاردن, jordan
سوزان المجدوبة	المجدوبة	عمان, الاردن
رأفت محمود محمد ضيف الله	ضيف الله	عمان, الاردن
محمود اسماعيل محمد العرب	العرب	الاردن, الاردن
ابراهيم علي سلامة ضيف الله	ضيف الله	عمان, الاردن
م.عبدالرحيم حسين	ضيف الله	الاردن, الاردن
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
محمد الحاج	-	بيت سيرا, بيت سيرا
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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