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| Welcome To al-Walaja District of Jerusalem الولجة - אל-ולג'ה Ethnically cleansed days ago |
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| Israeli occupation date | October 21, 1948 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance from district center | 8.5 (km) West of Jerusalem | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation from the sea | 750 (meters) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Map location | See location number #30 on the map | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Israeli military operation | Either Operation Dani or Operation Ha'ar | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Israeli attacking brigade | Eighth Battalion of the Etziyyoni Brigade | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Village defenders | Egyptian Muslim Brotherhoods, some Arab Liberation Army volunteers, and some local Palestinian militia. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Exodus Cause | Military assault by Jewish troops | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Village remains after destruction by Israelis | Walaja was completely destroyed, only few deserted and partially destroyed houses remain standing to this date. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Ethnically cleansed by Israelis | al-Walaja inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Village clans (hamolas) | In 1850, Walaja was the home village of the powerful Darwish family, which controlled the district of Bani Hasan (Nablus) and ten other villages. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Land ownership before occupation |
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| Land usage in 1945 |
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| Schools | One elementary school | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Religious institutions | Walaja had a mosque known by the Arba'in Mosque | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Nearby wadies & rivers | Walaja is situated on the north side of Wadi al-Sarar. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Water supplies | Many abundant wells around the village, especially in the southern parts of its lands; most of the village crops were watered by irrigation from these wells and springs, see Picture section for details. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands | 'Amminadav | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Related Maps | خرائط تفصيلية للمحافظة Town's map on MapQuest View from satellite Help us map this town at WikiMapia |
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According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
A few stone houses still stand on the village site. Otherwise, the site is covered with stone rubble, and with almond trees that grow on the western terraces of the village and to the north. A spring in a valley west of the site still flows out of a stone-and-concrete structure. The 1948 Arrnistice line passed through the southern lands of the village. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) built refugee shelters and an elementary school on the land that became part of the West Bank. There is a white marker on the grave of one village woman; her first name, Fatima, is visible on it, but her last name is illegible. The village area is used as an Israeli picnic site; the Israeli Canada Park now lies north of it
| Display Name | Clan/Hamolah | Country of Residence |
| walajyeh | الوهادنة | عمان |
| اسحاق الدراس | حجاجلة | الكويت, الكويت |
| عطيه | walaji | riyadh |
| Hasan Khalifa | الحجاجلة | Amman, Jordan |
| صلاح الدين طارق صبحه | الوهادنة | الزرقاء, الاردن |
| احمد | عبد ربه | الرصيفة |
| حسين خليل شحاده | الاعرج | الكويت |
| razan saifi | عبد ربة | - |
| basel sabha | whdane | jordan, al-walja |
| بشار صبحا | الوهادنه | عمان, عمان |
| talal sabha | الوهادنه | amman |
| علاء اسحق | رباح | الاردن, الاردن |
| yasar daoud | - | - |
| layth hamdan | - | - |
| محمد صالح محمود شلعب | الأعرج | عمان, الأردن |
| Bayan Abu Ali | Al-23raj | Jordan/Amman |
| محمود اسماعيل خليل أبو عثمان | عبد ربه - أبو عثمان | عمان, الاردن |
| سعد الصيفي | - | jordan |
| ابو سلطان | الوهــادنــة - الولجي | الاردن, الولجة - القدس |
| كفاح | - | عمان, الاردن |
| محمد داود | عبدربه | - |
| jefree | - | dubai, dubai |
| شرف | عوده الصالح | JORDAN, JORDAN |
| فداء دغش | عبد ربه | california, U.S.A |
| Saad Abu Sheikhah | - | Dubai, UAE |
| wisam shihadeh | - | - |
| mohammed shihadeh | shihadeh | - |
| abu teen | abu teen | - |
| m7mad 7amdan | - | - |
| Anaam Irsheid | Wahadneh | Amman, Jordan |
| Manal Irsheid | Wahadneh | 1896, Jordan |
| Moh'd AlSaifi | Abed Rabbuh | Amman |
| fadwa darras | Hajajleh | california, usa |
| Issam | - | ILLINOIS, USA |
| مح عوض الله | الحجاجله | - |
| علي الشيخ علي | الأعرج | دبي, الإمارات |
| Omar Abu Dayyeh | Wahadneh | Amman, Jordan |
| Basheir.Darras | hajajleh | amman, jordan |
| Dua'a Al Saifi | abd rabbu | - |
| wala' abukhyarah | - | الولجة |
| a | Hajajlah | - |
| a | Hajajlah | - |
| ماهر محمد محمود دغش | عبد ربه | عمان |
| حسين الجعيدي | - | Jeddah, Saudi Arabia |
| Khaled Flaifel | - | Amman, Jordan |
| anas al absi | abedrabuo | dmmam, KSA |
| محمد رباح | الاعرج | الدوحة, قطر |
| abla Al a'raj | Al A'raj | Amman, Jordan |
| Ibrahim Abuhasan | Ala3raj | Boson, Ma, USA, USA |
| ENG_ASHRAF WHDAN | whdan | jordan_amman |
| عبير عمر | عبد ربه | عمان , الاردن |
| محمد خضر ابو التين | - | florida |
| maher rabah | - | amman |
| علي الامام علي | الوهادنه | - |
| ابو التين | الاعرج | - |
| Muneer Al-Saifi | Abed Rabbu | Amman, Jordan |
| وهيب أبو التين | الأعرج | Amman, Jordan |
| محمد نظام دغش | عبد ربه | الزرقاء, الاردن |
| Mahmoud Darras | Hajajleh | Amman, Jordan |
| Mahmoud Al Haj | - | jordan, Amman |
| ابو عادل ارشيد | وهدان | الرياض, السعودية |
| اراهيم | عبد ربه | عمان, الاردن |
| gigi_walajeeya | Awadallah | nj, usa |
| ALBERTO DARRAS | HASSAN | Cochabamba, Bolivia |
| وجيه ابوعلي | الاعرج | - |
| مهندالاطرش | الاطرش | - |
| yazan zahi al-shalabi | صبيح | jordan, kufor ra3i |
| اية احمد ابو حسين | عبد ربه | الاردن, الاردن |
| رياض عبد النبي | عبد النبي | القدس |
| Aziz Ali Abu-Khiarah | Hajajleh | JORDAN |
| Ali Aziz Abu-Khiarah | HAJAJLEH | JORDAN |
| حاتم المصري الشيخ علي | - | - |
| abo alteen | ابو التين | الولجه |
| mahdi abu dahab | جمهور | بيت عنان, بيت عنان |
| Rasheed Darras | Al-Hajajlah | - |
| Azmi Al sheikeh | - | - |
| Mohammad Hasan Khalifa | Al-Hajajleh | - |
| Jamil Darras | Hajajlah | - |
| Khalil Al Saifi | عبد ربه | - |
| Sulieman Sabha | Wahdan | amman, Jordan |
| areen fayes kamal abu keshek | - | - |
| alaa azmi ibrahim alshiekh | al-araj | ramallah, plaestine |
| SAID ABDELHADI DARRAS | Hajajleh | ALBERTA, CANADA |
| ABO OMAR DARRAS | HAJALI | UAE, UAE |
| Nabil Sari | Al-Hajajlah | Amman, Jordan |
| Awad abu ali Abu Ali | al - araj | - |
| Raba'a Salameh | Salameh | Jordan, Jordan |
| Mohammed Abu-Khiarah | Hajajleh | Frankfurt, Germany |
| Jamil Al-Saifi | Abed Rabbu | Amman, Jordan |
| kuba3ee | wahdan | amman, jordan |
| Ahmad Jubran | Wahadnah | Valencia, Espaٌa |
| ali darras | hajajlah | amman, jordan |
| khaled | wahdadneh | Zarka, jordan |
| Tareq Absi | Abed Rabbu | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates |
| Mohammed El Aydi | Wahadneh | Amman, Jordan |
| yousef darras | hajajleh | jordan, jordan |
| AZZAM KHALIFA | HAJAJLEH | VIRGINIA, USA |
| Ra'ed Abu Rizeq | Al-A'araj | Amman, Jordan |
| Moawia khalifeh | Hajajlah | - |
| Nidal Khalifa | Hajajlah | - |
| Alex Ali Irshaid | Wehadneh | CA, USA |
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