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District of Jerusalem
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| Occupation Date | April 3, 1948 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance From District | 6 (km) West of Jerusalem | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 650 (meters) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Before & After Nakba, Click Map For Details |
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| Map Location | See location #5 on the map View from satellite |
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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 |
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| Land Usage As of 1945 |
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| 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 TodayAccording 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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| Related Maps | Town Lands' Demarcation Maps خرائط للقضاء توضح حدود القرى والاودية Town's map on MapQuest View from satellite Help us map this town at WikiMapia |
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| Display Name | Clan/Hamolah | Country of Residence |
| 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 |
| nader salah | salah | il, usa |
| Nahid | أبوغنيم | صنعاء - الاقامة الحالية, الاردن |
| سوزان حمدان | حمدان | - |
| ياسمين حمدان | حمدان | - |
| أنس الصرص | الصرص | الأردن |
| رائد خضر | خضر | - |
| حازم جبران | جبران | ابو ظبي |
| fatma | - | - |
| ناصر | askar | dubai |
| ناصر غالب سمرين | عسكر | دبي , الإمارات |
| ABU_HUSSAIN | عسكر | amman, jordan |
| علي | خطاب | القدس |
| arwa salah | SALAH | palestine\Al-RAM |
| mohammad alkhatib | alkhatib | athens - greece , greece |
| محمد خضر | خضر | عمان |
| Bassam Al khtaib | - | - |
| ashraf | - | amman, jordan |
| nisreen derbas | - | - |
| Hussam Ahmad Mohammad Alkhatib | Alkhatib | - |
| 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 |
| فردوس | سلامة | ramalah |
| yasmeen salameh | askar | Amman, Jordan |
| أنس جابر | - | عمان, الاردن |
| الخطيب | عسكر | Amman |
| نضال مشاعلة | - | عمان, الاردن |
| dr.mai nayef | حمدان | غزة, 8 |
| kaaes | - | - |
| saleh derbas | derbas | NY, NY |
| kayed | khatib | jordan |
| محمد فضل | - | عمان, عمان |
| فؤاد طه | خطاب | - |
| Wael Khalil | - | - |
| ليلى خالد | عسكر | الأردن |
| فلسطين | عسكر | - |
| خالد رمضان | عسكر | - |
| abu maher | Abu said | - |
| Mohammed Hamdan | Hamdan | IL, USA |
| Bassel Joudeh | - | USA |
| MOEYYED ATIEH | MAKHLOUF | IL, USA |
| kassem khalil,M.D | - | California, usa |
| Aziz Khalil | - | - |
| Osama Hamdan | Hamdan | MI, USA |