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Al-Jalama, Haifa

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

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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]

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