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Welcome To 'Allar - علار (עלאר)

District of Jerusalem
Ethnically cleansed days ago
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Statistic & Fact Value
Occupation Date October 22, 1948
Distance From District 17.5 (km) West of Jerusalem
Elevation 675 (meters)
Before & After Nakba, Click Map For Detailswhat's new
Pre-Nakba Map showing before and after destruction
Map Location See location #37 on the map

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Military Operation Operation ha-Har
Attacking Units Har'el and Etzioni brigades
Defenders Local militia and Egyptian Army/Muslim Brotherhood Battalion
Exodus Cause Military assault by Zionist troops
Village Temains 'Allar was mostly destroyed with the exception of the village school, and possibly either its shrine or its mosque remain standing.
Ethnically Cleansing A large number of 'Allar's refugees remained encamped in the gullies and caves around the villages, only to be expelled during Israeli raids in subsequent months.
Pre-Nakba
Land Ownership
Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums)*
Arab 12,353
Jewish 0
Public 3
**Total 12,356
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
**Town Lands' Demarcation Maps
Land Usage
As of 1945
Land Usage Arab (Dunum)*
Irrigated & Plantation 353
Planted W/ Cereal 2,234
Built up 12
Arable 2,587
Non-Arable 9,757
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
Population
Year Population*
1596 204
19th century 400
1945 440
1948 510
Est. Refugees 1998 3,134
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
Number of Houses N/A
Near By Townswhat's new
Bayt 'Itab
          ↖
Dayr al-Shaykh
↑
(N)
Ras Abu 'Ammar
↗        
Jarash  ←
'Allar
→   al-Qabu
            ↙
al-Tannur, Khirbat
↓
Surif
↘           
Wadi Fukin
Schools One elementary school (remain standing)
Places of Warship Since 'Allar currently contains a domed structure, then it's possibly that it had at least a mosque before destruction.
Shrines / Maqams One shrine/maqam for al-Shaykh Ibrahim (probably, it's still standing), plus three other unknown maqams.
Nearby Wadies & Rivers The village overlooked a tributary of Wadi al-Sarar.
Water Supply 'Allar has several springs which used to supply the inhabitants with fresh water including 'Ayn al-Tannur.
Archeological Sites Several khirbas are in 'Allar's vicinity including Khirbat al-Shaykh Ibrahim.
Exculsive Jewish Colonies
Who Usurped Village Lands		 Matta' and Bar-Giyyora
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Village Before Nakba

The village stood on the northeastern slope of a mountain range and overlooked a tributary of Wadi al-Sarar that ran parallel to this range. A secondary road connected it to a road that linked Bayt Jibrin to Bethlehem and that ran 1 km south of 'Allar. In 1596 'Allar was a village in the nahiya of Jerusalem (liwa' of Jerusalem) with a population of 204. It paid taxes on wheat, barley, olive trees, molasses, goats, and beehives. The traveler Edward Robinson saw it in 1838 when he passed through the area. He said it was on a hill, slightly above its sister village, 'Allar al-Sufla (see Khirbat al-Tannur, Jerusalem sub-disctrict). By 1875 it had a population of approximately 400. In the late nineteenth century, 'Allar was built on the slope of a ridge with a well to the south and rock-cut tombs to the north. The village stretched out along an approximately east-west axis. Its houses, built of stone, were connected by narrow, winding streets. Small village shops were built along those streets. The residents of 'Allar were Muslims and maintained four maqams (shrines) in the vicinity. Their children were educated in the village elementary school.

The villagers relied mainly on agriculture for their livelihood, and cultivated grain, vegetables, olives, and grapes. Most of these crops were rainfed, but some were irrigated with water drawn from the several springs around the village, including 'Ayn al-Tannur. In 1944/45 a total of 2,234 dunums was allocated to cereals; 353 dunums were irrigated or used for orchards. Wild trees and grass also grew on village lands. The village also had several khirbas in its vicinity, including Khirbat al-Shaykh Ibrahim (156125), named after one of the local religious teachers whose tomb had been made into a maqam.

Village Occupation and Ethnic Cleaning

According to research conducted by Israeli historian Benny Morris, Allar, captured on 22 October, was one of a string of villages occupied during Operation Ha-Har. The population of this region either was expelled or fled under pressure, probably in the direction of Bethlehem and the Hebron hills. A large number of refugees remained encamped in the gullies and caves around their villages, only to be expelled during Israeli raids in subsequent months.

Zionists Colonies on Village Lands

Israel established the settlement of Matta' (155124) on the southern edge of the village site in 1950. Bar-Giyyora (157126), also founded in 1950, is northeast of the site. Both are on the village lands.

Village Today

Stone rubble, concrete blocks and slabs, and steel bars litter the site, together with the remains of stone terraces and walls. One domed stone structure, the former school building, still stands. On the slopes overlooking the site, almond and cypress trees and cactuses grow along the terraces.

Source

Dr. Walid al-Khalidi, 1992: All That Remains.
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