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Welcome To al-Qastal - القسطل (אל-קסטל)

District of Jerusalem
Ethnically cleansed days ago

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Picture for al-Qastal Village - Palestine: : الصعود لمساندة أهل القسطل--1948 . مشاركة صفافي
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Statistic & Fact Value
Occupation Date April 3, 1948
Distance From District 8 (km) West of Jerusalem
Elevation 790 (meters)
Before & After Nakba, Click Map For Detailswhat's new
Pre-Nakba Map showing before and after destruction
Map Location See location #6 on the map

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Military Operation Operation Nachshon
Attacking Units The Palmach's Fourth Battalion
Defenders

Arab Liberation Army (ALA) headed by 'Abd al-Qadir al-Husseini. Visit the Stories and Memories section for the letter that Abdel Qader sent to the Arab League ,on April 6th 1948, complaining for lack of weapons to defend Palestine and its people.
Click here to read more about the battle for al-Qastal in Arabic

Exodus Cause Military assault by Zionist troops
Village Temains al-Qastal was completely destroyed, only house rubble left behind
Ethnically Cleansing al-Qastal inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Pre-Nakba
Land Ownership
Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums)*
Arab 1,415
Jewish 7
Public 24
**Total 1,446
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
**Town Lands' Demarcation Maps
Land Usage
As of 1945
Land Usage Arab (Dunum)* Jewish (Dunum)*
Irrigated & Plantation 169 0
Planted W/ Cereal 42 0
Built up 5 0
Arable 211 0
Non-Arable 1,223 7
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
Population
Year Population*
1922 43
1931 59
1945 90
1948 104
Est. Refugees 1998 641
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
Number of Houses
Year Number of Houses
1931 14
1948 24
Near By Townswhat's new
Bayt Naqquba
         
Bayt Surik

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Bayt Iksa
       
'Ayn Naquba  
   Qalunya
           
Suba
           
'Ayn Karim
Town's Name Through History al-Qastal's name was derived from the Latin casteum, similarly the nearby Roman castle was also know by. The old Roman castle was renovated and named Belveer des Croises during the Crusade period.
Shrines / Maqams A shrine for a local sage known by al-Shaykh Karaki.
Water Supply al-Qastal has several springs outside its borders to the east.
Exculsive Jewish Colonies
Who Usurped Village Lands
The Jerusalem neighborhood 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:
The southern, northern, and eastern slopes of the site are covered with stone rubble and the ruins of stone terraces, half-concealed by wild grass. The ruins of the old castle lie on the mountain top. An underground shelter has been built on the site, southwest of the fortress
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