Al Jalama, Haifa
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| Arabic | الجلمة |
| Sub-district | Haifa |
| Coordinates | 32°43′24.25″N 35°05′18.52″E / 32.7234028°N 35.0884778°ECoordinates: 32°43′24.25″N 35°05′18.52″E / 32.7234028°N 35.0884778°E |
| Population | |
| Area | 7713[1] dunums |
| Date of depopulation | |
| Cause(s) of depopulation |
Al-Jalama (Arabic: الجلمة) was a Palestinian village about 14 kilometres south-east of Haifa. It was depopulated in 1948.
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[edit] History
The village was situated just above Khirbat Asafna. Excavations between 1964 and 1971 showed that the site had been occupied intermittently from the first to the fourth century A.D.[2]
In the British Mandate of Palestine- period, the village was classified as a hamlet in the Palestine Index Gazetteer.[1]
The Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi described the village in 1992: "A military camp occupies the area, which is covered by eucalyptus trees."[1]
In 1948, Al-Jalama was depopulated.
Israel currently operates a notorious children's prison at Al-Jalama.[3]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Khalidi, 1992, p. 167
- ^ Weinberg, 1988, cited in Khalidi (1992), p. 167
- ^ Sherwood, Harriet (22 January 2012). "Palestinian children – alone and bewildered – in Israel's Al Jalame jail". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jan/22/palestinian-children-detained-jail-israel?CMP=twt_gu. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
[edit] Bibliography
- Hadawi, Sami (1970), Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine, Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center, http://www.palestineremembered.com/Articles/General-2/Story3150.html, Population p.49
- Khalidi, Walid (1992), All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948, Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies, ISBN 0-88728-224-5 p. 201-202
- Morris, Benny (2004): The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited, Cambridge University Press ISBN 0-521-00967-7
[edit] External links
- Welcome to al-Jalama
- Jalame, tour, 10.4.04 from Zochrot
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