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Welcome To Ism Allah, Khirbat - خربة إسم الله (ח'ירבת איסמאללה)

District of Jerusalem
Ethnically cleansed days ago

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Picture for Ism Allah, Khirbat Village - Palestine: : Village House In 1986
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Statistic & Fact Value
Occupation Date July 17, 1948
Distance From District 26 (km) West of Jerusalem
Elevation 300 (meters)
Before & After Nakba, Click Map For Detailswhat's new
Pre-Nakba Map showing before and after destruction
Map Location See location #12 on the map

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Military Operation Operation Dani
Attacking Units Har'el Brigade
Village Temains Khirbat Ism Allah was mostly destroyed with the exception of few deserted houses.
Ethnically Cleansing Ism Allah, Khirbat inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Pre-Nakba
Land Ownership
Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums)*
Arab 568
Jewish 0
Public N/A
**Total 568
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
**Town Lands' Demarcation Maps
Land Usage
As of 1945
Land Usage Arab (Dunum)*
Irrigated & Plantation 3
Planted W/ Cereal 485
Arable 488
Non-Arable 80
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
Population
Year Population*
1945 20
1948 23
Est. Refugees 1998 143
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
Number of Houses
Year Number of Houses
1931 4
Water Supply Khirbat Ism Allah had a spring to the west which supplied it with fresh water.
Exculsive Jewish Colonies
Who Usurped Village Lands
Kefar Uriyya

Village Before Nakba

The village consisted of two separate clusters of houses that stood on the western slope of a hill; some of the caves nearby, to the north, were also used as dwellings. Ism Allah literally meant "Name of God" in Arabic; the reason for this designation is not known. There was a spring west of the site as well as numerous caves. Secondary roads and dirt paths linked the village to the highways from Gaza and Bayt Jibrin (a major village in the Hebron sub-district) and to the Jerusalem−Jaffa highway. Both the village houses and the entrances that had been attached to the cave dwellings were built of stone. The few families who lived in Khirbat Ism Allah were Muslims. In 1944/45 a total of 485 dunums was allocated to cereals; 3 dunums were irrigated or used for orchards. The village houses stood on the southern edge of a khirba which was an archaeological site; it contained the foundations of walls and a well.

Village Occupation and Ethnic Cleaning

Given the village's location, it may have been captured by the Har'el Brigade on 17−18 July 1948, along with a string of villages on a side road to Jerusalem. These villages were overrun during Operation Dani (see Abu al-Fadl, Ramla sub-district), when Israeli forces widened the corridor they had already forged from the coast to Jerusalem.

Zionists Colonies on Village Lands

In 1944, Zionists established the settlement of Kefar Uriyya (145133) about 1.5 km northwest of the village site, close to, but not on, village land.

Village Today

The caves in the northern part of the site still show evidence of their former use as dwellings; the remains of arched entrances are present. In the southern part of the site, a few ruined houses are surrounded by low stone walls. This area has been recently repopulated by a Jewish shepherd family that renovated and occupied one of the houses. The walled-in area is used as a goat barn, and the entire

Source

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

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