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Welcome To Qalunya - قالونيا (קאלוניא)

District of Jerusalem
Ethnically cleansed days ago

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Statistic & Fact Value
Occupation Date April 3, 1948
Distance From District 6 (km) West of Jerusalem
Elevation 650 (meters)
Before & After Nakba, Click Map For Detailswhat's new
Pre-Nakba Map showing before and after destruction
Map Location See location #5 on the map

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Military Operation Possibly Operation Nahchon
Attacking Units Possibly by IZL (Irgun Zvai Leumi or ITZEL) terror gangs and some Haganah troops.
Exodus Cause Military assault by Zionist troops
Village Temains The village was mostly destroyed with the exception of few deserted houses and the cemetery. One of the houses has been renovated and used by an Israeli Jewish settler.
Ethnically Cleansing Qalunya was mostly emptied of its inhabitants because of nearby fighting on April 2nd, 1948, and upon occupatio it was completely cleansed.
Pre-Nakba
Land Ownership
Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums)*
Arab 3,594
Jewish 1,084
Public 166
**Total 4,844
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
**Town Lands' Demarcation Maps
Land Usage
As of 1945
Land Usage Arab (Dunum)* Jewish (Dunum)*
Irrigated & Plantation 1,022 202
Olive Groves 200 0
Planted W/ Cereal 846 109
Built up 78 149
Arable 1,868 311
Non-Arable 1,814 624
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
Population
Year Population*
1596 110
1922 549
1931 632
1945 1,260 (350 Jewish)
1948 1,056 (350 Jewish)
Est. Refugees 1998 6,483
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
Number of Houses
Year Number of Houses
1931 156
1948 260
Near By Townswhat's new
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Sataf
           
Dayr Yasin
Town's Name Through History The Canaanites known Qalunya by Mozah, the Romans called it Colonia Amosa or Colonia Emmaus (see 'Imwas in al-Ramla district for details), and the Crusades referred to it by as Qalonie.
Places of Warship Qalunya had a mosque named after al-Shaykh Hamad, and believe it or not, it also contained an old synagogue built in 1871.
Nearby Wadies & Rivers Wadi Qalunya passed through the eastern edges of the village.
Archeological Sites Qaluna also has two unnamed khirbas to the north that contains the foundations of buildings and artificial caves carved into the rock.
Exculsive Jewish Colonies
Who Usurped Village Lands
The west Jerusalem suburb of Mevasseret Tziyyon.
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Village Today

According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
Only a few houses still stand, in the southwestern part of the site, by the cemetery .They have arched doors and windows. One of the houses is now occupied by a Jewish family. Stone rubble, parts of collapsed cement roofs, and iron window frames are scattered throughout the site. An old synagogue, built in 1871, still stands; it has arched gates and windows. The wild grass that grows on the site is burned off every year to clear the approaches to the nearby settlement. The village terraces have been preserved. Almond, fig, and olive trees, along
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Mahdi Khatib - الاردن, 108
Sarah Farhan Abu Saad -
Faith Farhan Ayyash and Farhan -
Dr ALI ABED RABBO Khattab Ramallah, Palestine
Dr.Mohammad Abed Saleh Abed Rabbo - Barcelona, Palestine
mohammed kayed alkhatib alkhatib amman, jordan
samer salameh سلامه عسكر خطاب رام الله
malik ahmad mustafa hammad ABU SA'AD illinois, USA
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أنس الصرص الصرص الأردن
رائد خضر خضر -
حازم جبران جبران ابو ظبي
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ناصر askar dubai
ناصر غالب سمرين عسكر دبي , الإمارات
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علي خطاب القدس
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هارون رمضان عسكر -
أبو جاسم عسكر عمان, الأردن
Dana Khalil - Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Safia F Barakat Barakat Ramallah
محمد عبدالرزاق خليل - الكويت
سامر محمد سليمان مشعل مشعل دبي
زكي خضر مشعل الامارات
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