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District of Jerusalem
Ethnically cleansed days ago |
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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 Details |
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| Map Location | See location #6 on the map View from satellite |
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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. |
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| 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 |
**Town Lands' Demarcation Maps |
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| Land Usage As of 1945 |
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| 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 TodayAccording 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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| 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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| More Information | في كتاب كي لا ننسى في كتاب بلادنا فلسطين في كتاب النكبة والفردوس المفقود المزيد من موقع هوية |
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| Display Name | Clan/Hamolah | Country of Residence |
| ريما مطير | - | - |
| husam | adwan | pal, jerusalem / bethane |
| احمد حمدان | حمدان | - |
| reem deeb | abdelrahman | dubai, united arab emarites |
| laila alhusseini | alhusseini | U S A |
| mohammad alhusseini | alhusseini | - |
| Amin | / | Amman, Jordan |