Al-Jalama, Haifa Explained

Al-Jalama
Native Name:الجلمة
Native Name Lang:ar
Etymology:The hill[1]
Pushpin Map:Mandatory Palestine
Pushpin Mapsize:200
Coordinates:32.7233°N 35.0908°W
Grid Name:Palestine grid
Grid Position:158/236
Subdivision Type:Geopolitical entity
Subdivision Name:Mandatory Palestine
Subdivision Type1:Subdistrict
Subdivision Name1:Haifa
Established Title1:Date of depopulation
Established Title2:Repopulated dates
Unit Pref:dunam
Area Total Dunam:7713

Al-Jalama (Arabic: الجلمة) was a Palestinian village about 14 kilometres south-east of Haifa. It was depopulated in 1948.

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 CE.[2]

In the British Mandate period in Palestine, the village was classified as a hamlet in the Palestine Index Gazetteer.[3] In the 1931 census of Palestine, Al-Jalama was counted under Isfiya.[4]

In 1948 al-Jalama was depopulated and the area was subsequently incorporated into the State of Israel after the war. The Kishon prison, also known as the Al Jalame detention centre, was later established on the village site.[5]

The Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi described the village site in 1992: "A military camp occupies the area, which is covered by eucalyptus trees."[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Palmer, 1881, p. 109
  2. Weinberg, 1988, cited in Khalidi, 1992, p. 167
  3. Khalidi, 1992, p. 167
  4. Mills, 1932, p. 92
  5. News: Sherwood. Harriet. Palestinian children – alone and bewildered – in Israel's Al Jalame jail. 25 January 2012. The Guardian. 22 January 2012.