Al-Jalama, Tulkarm
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This article is about the village in the Tulkarm District. For other places with a similar name, see Al-Jalama.
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.
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Al-Jalama
الجلمه | |
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Village | |
Etymology: "The heap"[1] | |
Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
Coordinates: 32°23′32″N 35°00′35″E | |
Palestine grid | 151/199 |
Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
Subdistrict | Tulkarm |
Date of depopulation | 1 March 1950[2] |
Population (1945) | |
• Total | 70[3][4][5] |
Current Localities | Lehavot Haviva |
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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.