Al-Jalama, Haifa

This article is about the former Palestinian village in Haifa Sub-district. For other places with a similar name, see Al-Jalama.

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

Al-Jalama الجلمة
Jalame Prison (Kishon Detention Center)
Etymology: The hill[1]
1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Al-Jalama, Haifa (click the buttons)
Al-Jalama Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 32°43′24″N 35°05′27″E
Palestine grid	158/236
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Haifa
Area [2]
• Total	7,713 dunams (7.713 km2 or 2.978 sq mi)

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.^[3]

In the British Mandate period in Palestine, the village was classified as a hamlet in the Palestine Index Gazetteer.^[2] In the 1931 census of Palestine, Al-Jalama was counted under Isfiya.^[4]

In the 1930’s the British mandate built the Jalama Tegart fort as a measure against the 1936–1939 Arab Revolt.^[5] In 1948 the area was incorporated into the State of Israel after the war. The Kishon prison, also known as the Al Jalame detention centre,^[6] was later established in the fort site.

The Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi described the village site in 1992: "A military camp occupies the area, which is covered by eucalyptus trees."^[2]

See also

• Depopulated Palestinian locations in Israel