Al-Jalama, Tulkarm
Al-Jalama
الجلمه | |
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Village | |
1870s map of the area around Al Jalama | |
| Etymology: "The heap" | |
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Al-Jalama, Tulkarm (click the buttons) | |
Al-Jalama Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°23′32″N 35°00′35″E / 32.39222°N 35.00972°E | |
| Palestine grid | 151/199 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Tulkarm |
| Date of depopulation | 1 March 1950 |
| Population (1945) | |
• Total | 70 |
| Current Localities | Lehavot Haviva |
Al-Jalama (Arabic: الجلمه) or Khirbat al-Jalama (Arabic: خربة الجلمه) was a Palestinian Arab village 8.5 kilometres (5.3 mi) north of Tulkarm. Situated close to the eastern banks of a valley of the same name (Wadi Jalama), it was inhabited during the Crusader and Mamluk periods, and again in Ottoman period by villagers from nearby Attil.
Al-Jalama's population was expelled by the Israeli military on 1 March 1950 after it fell under Israeli rule as a result of the 1949 armistice agreement that ended the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. It was subsequently built over by the Israeli kibbutz of Lehavot Haviva.