| Welcome To Umm Kalkha District of al-Ramla اُم كلخة - אום כלח'ה Ethnically cleansed days ago |
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| Israeli occupation date | April 7, 1948 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Distance from district center | 12.5 (km) South of al-Ramla | ||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation from the sea | 100 (meters) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Map location | See location number #45 on the map | ||||||||||||||||||
| Israeli military operation | Operation Nachshon | ||||||||||||||||||
| Village remains after destruction by Israelis |
Umm Kalkha was completely obliterated and defaced. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ethnically cleansing by Israelis |
Umm Kalkha inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed. | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Nearby wadies & rivers | Umm Kalkha is situated on the Northern banks of Wadi al-Sarar. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands | Yesodot | ||||||||||||||||||
| 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, all that remains of the village:
"The site is now occupied by the settlement of Yesodot."
| Display Name | Clan/Hamolah | Country of Residence |
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-Satellite View & Google Earth: Over 6,000 placemarks identifying all destroyed towns, W. Bank & Gaza Strip Towns, & refugee camps.
-Campgain Against Lice
-PalestineRemembered.com and its Nakba Oral History Project were featured on al-Jazeera Satellite TV.
-Nakba Oral History Video Podcast:
Over 600 Oral History interviews (including 3,000 hours of recording) can be viewed now online.
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-Arabic version now available - النسخة العربية للموقع الان متوفرة
-Videos: Documenting the destroyed villages in video: Tracing all that remains since Nakba.
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-Interview: The ethnic cleansing of Palestine: George Galloway interviews Israeli Historian Ilan Pappe.
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-The Nakba - an event that did not occur (although it had to occur) By Eitan Bronstein
-The Palestinian-Israeli conflict for beginners
-A Survey of Palestine, the official source about Palestine before Nakba produced by the British Mandate; over 1200 pages.
-Satellite View & Google Earth: Over 6,000 placemarks identifying all destroyed towns, W. Bank & Gaza Strip Towns, & refugee camps.
-Campgain Against Lice
-PalestineRemembered.com and its Nakba Oral History Project were featured on al-Jazeera Satellite TV.
-Nakba Oral History Video Podcast:
Over 600 Oral History interviews (including 3,000 hours of recording) can be viewed now online.-Gaza Jail Break
-Arabic version now available - النسخة العربية للموقع الان متوفرة
-Videos: Documenting the destroyed villages in video: Tracing all that remains since Nakba.
-Videos: Responding to Zionist Propaganda
-Interview: The ethnic cleansing of Palestine: George Galloway interviews Israeli Historian Ilan Pappe.
-For Palestinians, memory matters. It provides a blueprint for their future By George Bisharat.
-Zionist FAQ now available in Hebrew שאלות שציונים שואלים, עכשיו בעברית
-Video: The Stephen Walt and John Mearsheimer report on the influence of the Israel Lobby on U.S. Foreign Policy
-The Nakba - an event that did not occur (although it had to occur) By Eitan Bronstein
-The Palestinian-Israeli conflict for beginners