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District of al-Ramla
Ethnically cleansed days ago |
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Statistic & Fact | Value | ||||||||||||||
Occupation Date | June 7, 1967 | ||||||||||||||
Distance From District | 13 km Southeast of al-Ramla | ||||||||||||||
Elevation | 300 meters | ||||||||||||||
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Map Location | See location #49 on the map View from satellite |
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Military Operation | Six days war | ||||||||||||||
Defenders | Jordanian Army and at the outbreak of the war some Egyptian commandoes. | ||||||||||||||
Acts of Terror | |||||||||||||||
Refugees' Migration Routes | Like their predecessors, the refugees from al-Lydd and al-Ramla in 1948, the villagers fled towards the Ramallah area. Many slept in Ramallah's bus station for at least a week, until they were invited relatives in the area. Some made it on foot across the bombed al-Lynbi bridge on the Jordan river to Amman, Jordan. | ||||||||||||||
Exodus Cause | Expulsion by Zionist troops | ||||||||||||||
Village Temains | Yalu was completely obliterated and defaced by building on top of it the so called Canada Recreational Park. Please take the time to protest the building of such park on a looted land by registering your complain to your nearest Canadian Embassy. | ||||||||||||||
Ethnically Cleansing | The village has been completely ethnically cleansed. | ||||||||||||||
Terminating Refugee Camps | Many villagers fled to Ramallah and al-Bira to join some of their relatives, and a few made it on foot across the borders to Amman, Jordan. | ||||||||||||||
Neighboring Towns | Dayr 'Ayyub, 'Imwas, Bayt Nuba, Natif, Saris, Bayt Thul, and Salbit. | ||||||||||||||
Pre-Nakba Land Ownership |
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Land Usage As of 1945 |
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Population |
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Number of Houses | In 1931: 245 | ||||||||||||||
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Town's Name Through History | The Canaanites referred to the village by 'Yaloun meaning a "Tile" or Balatah in Arabic, and the Romans called it Alus, which belonged to the district of Nicopolis (see neighboring 'Imwas). | ||||||||||||||
Schools | Two schools: the 1st schools was an elementary and secondary school for boys which was founded in 1947, and in 1967 it had an enrollment of 266 boys who were taught by eight instructors. The 2nd school was an elementary school for girls with an enrollment of 178 girls in 1967, which had four instructors. | ||||||||||||||
Inhabitants Place of Origin | Many of the villagers migrated from the Halhoul (Hebron), Yatta (Hebron), Bayt Jala (Jerusalem), and from the nearby Bayt Muhaysir. Also few of the village inhabitant trace their roots to Egypt. | ||||||||||||||
Places of Warship | One village mosque which had been renovated just before destruction by the Israelis. | ||||||||||||||
Water Supply | The villagers used to obtain their drinking water from a well known by Beir al-Jabar (meaning the mighty well). | ||||||||||||||
Archeological Sites | The village itself was built on an archeological site known by Tall al-Kawkah. Yalu also had many archeological sites and the most famous of these sites:- Khirbat Hyba located between Yalu and 'Imwas, Khirbat al-Badaddeen located between Yalu and Dayr 'Ayyub, and khirbat al-Sweadyah. | ||||||||||||||
Exculsive Jewish Colonies Who Usurped Village Lands |
The Canada recreation park. | ||||||||||||||
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Village TodayThe village has been completely obliterated and defaced by building on top of it what so called Canada recreation park. |
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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 بلادنا فلسطين في كتاب النكبة والفردوس المفقود المزيد من موقع هوية |
Display Name | Clan/Hamolah | Country of Residence |
ابو شعيب | - | الهفوف, الهفوف |
ابن الخضور | - | الدوحة, دولة قطر |
احمد اسعيد | اسعيد | عمان, الاردن |
yalu hacker | دار ابراهيم | عمان, الاردن |
مصطفى حسين دار ابراهيم | دار ابراهيم | عمان, الاردن |
samerabodaya | ابو ديه | - |
almallah | - | الزرقاء |
ابويالو | ضيف الله | عمان, الاردن |
اسماعيل زياد | زياد | الزرقاء, الزرقاء |
هكر يالو | نازح | الاردن, الاردن |
yalloo | defallah | zarqa, kuwait |
Mohammad Ibrahin Nassar | Muarrif | IL, usa |
وائل جبرين | حماد | - |
احمد عبد السلام ابوديه | ابوديه | فلسطين, فلسطين |
ابو طلق | - | الاردن |
محمود عوده | - | - |
شادي | دار ابراهيم | مدينة الخبر, السعودية |
محمد سليمان | الخضور | عمان, الاردن |
hoss | حماد | عمان, الاردن |
بهاء عادل مطر | الخضور | Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi |
طلال الحوراني | الخضور | - |
ابراهيم علي محمد سليمان ( ابو شادي ) | الخضور | عمان, الاردن |
abdel muti ezzat abdel hameed audi | audi | amman, jordan |
فضل نصار | - | عمان, الأردن |
محمود سلمان ضيف الله | ضيف الله | رام الله |
زياد أحمد محمد جبرين | جبرين | ILL, ILL |
احمد ضيف الله | - | الاردن, jordan |
سوزان المجدوبة | المجدوبة | عمان, الاردن |
رأفت محمود محمد ضيف الله | ضيف الله | عمان, الاردن |
محمود اسماعيل محمد العرب | العرب | الاردن, الاردن |
ابراهيم علي سلامة ضيف الله | ضيف الله | عمان, الاردن |
م.عبدالرحيم حسين | ضيف الله | الاردن, الاردن |
شادي الشعيبي الشعيبي | الشعيبي | عمان , الاردن |
محمود محمد عليان سلامه | سلامه | عمان, الاردن |
محمد محمود عودة سلامة | زياد | عمان, الاردن |
خالد كرمه | المجدوبه | عمان, الاردن |
أحمد يوسف محمود العرب | العرب | AMMAN |
خلدون يوسف العرب | العرب | - |
عدنان الخضور | الخضور | - |
samih alkdour | - | fl, yalu |
feras abed al ellh naim hourani | alekdur | - |
خليل محمد خليل العرب | الفواقة | الاردن, الاردن |
ايمن نمر | - | Amman, Jordan |
الملاح الصغير | - | il, usa |
سلمان ضيف الله | ضيفالله | رام الله |
raeda | زياد | القدس |
Ahmad Younes Al Majdoubah | - | Jordan, Jordan |
صلاح الدين سامي | - | - |
حنين خضور | خضور | - |
ibrahim al-sheikh | الشيخ | فلسطين, فلسطين |
Nizar Nassar | Nassar | Ohio, USA |
محمود حسن علي الملاح | المـــلاح | شيكاغو, أمريكا |
علـي حسـن علي الملاح | المـــلاح | شيكاغو, امريكا |
Belal Al-Mallah | - | Amman, Jordan |
عيسى | عيسى | JORDAN, JORDAN |
محمد خليل العرب | - | - |
طه الشيخ | الشيخ | - |
ahmad nassar | nassar | new york, new york |
ياسر زياد | زياد | عمان, الاردن |
محمد الحاج | - | بيت سيرا, بيت سيرا |
Ali Esaiied | Esaiied | Texas, USA |
محمد | - | - |
سامر ابوالرب | ابوالرب | - |
عشيرة الشيخ | - | عمان , الاردن |
ابو رامي | الدايه | ramallah |
Fadi Nimer | - | - |
Ali Nehad | Nashwan | Muharraq, Bahrain |
Bilal Issa Nimer | Audah | - |
mohd almallah | - | - |
Essam | - | - |
eyad nassar | nassar | florida, usa |
Wajih Salem | khdur | - |
abujihad | nassar | florida, usa |
lutfi | nassar | florida, usa |
AHMAD MAHMUOD QARAM'A | al-majdoba | - |