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Welcome To Qula - قولة (קולה)

District of al-Ramla
Ethnically cleansed days ago
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Occupation Date July 10, 1948
Distance From District 14.5 (km) Northeast of al-Ramla
Elevation 125 (meters)
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Map Location See location #3 on the map

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Attacking Units Armored and Alexandroni Brigades
Defenders Jordanian Army
Acts of Terror Massacre occured by Zionist troops against the town's inhabitants.
Exodus Cause Military assault by Zionist troops
Village Temains On September 13th, 1948, Qula was completely obliterated and only house rubble left behind.
Ethnically Cleansing Qula inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Pre-Nakba
Land Ownership
Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums)*
Arab 3,885
Jewish 271
Public 191
**Total 4,347
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
**Town Lands' Demarcation Maps
Land Usage
As of 1945
Land Usage Arab (Dunum)* Jewish (Dunum)*
Irrigated & Plantation 105 0
Olive Groves 460 0
Planted W/ Cereal 2,846 154
Built up 26 0
Arable 2,951 154
Non-Arable 1,099 117
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
Population
Year Population*
1596 380
1922 480
1931 697
1945 1,010
1948 1,172
Est. Refugees 1998 7,195
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
Number of Houses
Year Number of Houses
1931 172
1948 289
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Wilhelma
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al-Tira
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Qibya
Town's Name Through History Qula may have picked its name from the nearby Crusades' fortress, Cola or Chola.
Schools An elementary school for boys was founded in 1919, and in 1945 it had an enrollment of 134 students.
Town's Notable People Qula was the birthplace of the famous Palestinian leader Hasan Salameh, who commanded the defences of al-Lydd and al-Ramla cities during the 1948 war. This Palestinian hero was shot and killed during the battle of Ras al-'Ayn, northwest of Jaffa, in early June 1948.
Places of Warship One Mosque
Exculsive Jewish Colonies
Who Usurped Village Lands		 No Israeli settlements on village lands.
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Village Before Nakba

The village was situated on a limestone hill on the western slope of the Ramallah Mountains, overlooking the coastal plain. A highway from Ramla that led north toward Tulkarm passed 0.5 km west of it, linking it to Tulkarm and other urban centers as well. A number of secondary roads connected it to neighboring villages. QuIa was constructed on the site of a Crusader fortress known as Cola or Chola. In 1596, Qula was a village in the nahiya of Ramla (liwa' of Gaza) with a population of 380. It paid taxes on goats and beehives and a press that was used for processing either olives or grapes. In the late nineteenth century, the village of QuIa was situated on a slope at the edge of a plain; its historical relics dated back to medieval times.

Most of the houses were made of adobe and were scattered along the network of roads that crossed the village, giving it a star-like shape. During the Mandate, however, house construction expanded along the highway above. Qula's population was predominantly Muslim. At the village center was a mosque, a number of small shops, and a school, founded in 1919, in which 134 students were enrolled in the mid-1940s. The villagers cultivated grain, vegetables, and fruit and olive trees; their crops depended for the most part on rainfall. In 1944/45 a total of 2,842 dunums was allotted to cereals; 105 dunums were irrigated or used for orchards. The orchards were planted chiefly in the southeast and southwest. The village contained ruins from pre-Ottoman times, and four khirbas lay east of it.

Village Occupation and Ethnic Cleaning

QuIa changed hands a total of four times before being held by Israeli forces. It was first occupied by units of the Armored and Alexandroni Brigades of the Israeli army after a 'heated battle' on 10 July 1948, according to the History of the War of Independence. At the time, the New York Times correspondent wrote that QuIa was 'situated at an important crossroads north of Lydda on the Arab supply lines from Ramallah and Nablus.' The village was briefly regained a few days later, on 16 July, by an armored column and infantry unit of the Arab Legion (which lost three men in the process), according to Palestinian historian 'Arif al-'Arif. That same afternoon, Israeli units of the Armored Brigade and two infantry platoons recaptured it in a counterattack. However, it fell back into Arab hands the following day, only to be lost again to units of the Alexandroni Brigade. The History of the War of Independence states that Israeli forces incurred 'heavy losses' in the battles over the village.

Qula was one of fourteen villages designated for partial destruction by Israeli prime minister David Ben-Gurion on 13 September 1948.

Zionists Colonies on Village Lands

There are no Israeli settlements on village land. The settlement of Giv'at Koach (144159) was established in 1950 on the lands of al-Tira, 2 km southwest of the village site.

Village Today

A forest covers much of the village site. The rubble of crumbled houses and terraces lies among the trees, and cactuses and fig, mulberry, and eucalyptus trees grow there as well. The only remaining landmark is the school, on the west side of the site. The hilly parts of the surrounding land are used for grazing animals; the rest of the land is cultivated.

Source

Dr. Walid al-Khalidi, 1992: All That Remains.
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