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| al-Walaja District of Jerusalem الولجة - אל-ולג'ה Ethnically cleansed days ago |
Statistic/Fact
Value
Israeli occupation date
October 21, 1948
Distance from district center
8.5 (km) West of Jerusalem
Elevation from the sea
750 (meters)
Map location
See location number #30 on the map
Israeli military operation
Either Operation Dani or Operation Ha'ar
Israeli attacking brigade
Eighth Battalion of the Etziyyoni Brigade
Village defenders
Egyptian Muslim Brotherhoods, some Arab Liberation Army volunteers, and some local Palestinian militia.
Exodus Cause
Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains
after destruction by IsraelisWalaja was completely destroyed, only few deserted and partially destroyed houses remain standing to this date.
Ethnically cleansing
by Israelisal-Walaja inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Village clans or hamolas
In 1850, Walaja was the home village of the powerful Darwish family, which controlled the district of Bani Hasan (Nablus) and ten other villages.
Land ownership
before occupation
Ethnic Group
Land Ownership (Dunums)
Arab
17,507
Jewish
35
Public
166
Total
17,708
Land usage in 1945
Land Usage Type
Arab (Dunum)
Jewish (Dunum)
Irrigated & Plantation
2,136
0
Area planted w/ olives
80
0
Planted W/ Cereal
6,205
22
Built up
31
0
Cultivable
8,341
22
Non-Cultivable
9,301
13
Population
before occupation
Year
Population
1596
655
1922
910
1931
1,206
1945
1,650
1948
1,914
Est. Refugees 1998
11,754
Number of houses
Year
Number of houses
1931
202
1948
320
Schools
One elementary school
Religious institutions
Walaja had a mosque known by the Arba'in Mosque
Nearby wadies & rivers
Walaja is situated on the north side of Wadi al-Sarar.
Water supplies
Many abundant wells around the village, especially in the southern parts of its lands; most of the village crops were watered by irrigation from these wells and springs, see Picture section for details.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands
'Amminadav
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According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
A few stone houses still stand on the village site. Otherwise, the site is covered with stone rubble, and with almond trees that grow on the western terraces of the village and to the north. A spring in a valley west of the site still flows out of a stone-and-concrete structure. The 1948 Arrnistice line passed through the southern lands of the village. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) built refugee shelters and an elementary school on the land that became part of the West Bank. There is a white marker on the grave of one village woman; her first name, Fatima, is visible on it, but her last name is illegible. The village area is used as an Israeli picnic site; the Israeli Canada Park now lies north of it
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| Dua'a Al Saifi | Abd rabbu | - |
| Wala' Abukhyarah | - | الولجة |
| A | Hajajlah | - |
| A | Hajajlah | - |
| ماهر محمد محمود دغش | عبد ربه | عمان |
| حسين الجعيدي | - | JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA |
| Khaled Flaifel | - | AMMAN, JORDAN |
| Anas Al absi | Abedrabuo | DMMAM, KSA |
| محمد رباح | الاعرج | الدوحة, قطر |
| Abla Al a'raj | Al A'raj | AMMAN, JORDAN |
| Ibrahim Abuhasan | Ala3raj | BOSON, MA, USA, USA |
| ENG_ASHRAF WHDAN | Whdan | JORDAN_AMMAN |
| عبير عمر | عبد ربه | عمان , الاردن |
| محمد خضر ابو التين | - | FLORIDA |
| Maher Rabah | - | AMMAN |
| علي الامام علي | الوهادنه | - |
| ابو التين | الاعرج | - |
| Muneer Al-Saifi | Abed Rabbu | AMMAN, JORDAN |
| وهيب أبو التين | الأعرج | AMMAN, JORDAN |
| محمد نظام دغش | عبد ربه | الزرقاء, الاردن |
| Mahmoud Darras | Hajajleh | AMMAN, JORDAN |
| Mahmoud Al Haj | - | JORDAN, AMMAN |
| ابو عادل ارشيد | وهدان | الرياض, السعودية |
| اراهيم | عبد ربه | عمان, الاردن |
| Gigi_walajee | Awadallah | NJ, USA |
| ALBERTO DARRAS | HASSAN | COCHABAMBA, BOLIVIA |
| وجيه ابوعلي | الاعرج | - |
| مهندالاطرش | الاطرش | - |
| Yazan zahi al-shalabi | ÕÈíÍ | JORDAN, KUFOR RA3I |
| اية احمد ابو حسين | عبد ربه | الاردن, الاردن |
| رياض عبد النبي | عبد النبي | القدس |
| Aziz Ali Abu-Khiarah | Hajajleh | JORDAN |
| Ali Aziz Abu-Khiarah | HAJAJLEH | JORDAN |
| حاتم المصري الشيخ علي | - | - |
| Abo alteen | ابو التين | الولجه |
| Mahdi Abu dahab | جمهور | بيت عنان, بيت عنان |
| Rasheed Darras | Al-Hajajlah | - |
| Azmi Al sheikeh | - | - |
| Mohammad Hasan Khalifa | Al-Hajajleh | - |
| Jamil Darras | Hajajlah | - |
| Khalil Al Saifi | عبد ربه | - |
| Sulieman Sabha | Wahdan | AMMAN, JORDAN |
| Areen fayes kamal abu keshek | - | - |
| Alaa azmi ibrahim Alshiekh | Al-araj | RAMALLAH, PLAESTINE |
| SAID ABDELHADI DARRAS | Hajajleh | ALBERTA, CANADA |
| ABO OMAR DARRAS | HAJALI | UAE, UAE |
| Nabil Sari | Al-Hajajlah | AMMAN, JORDAN |
| Awad abu ali Abu Ali | Al - araj | - |
| Raba'a Salameh | Salameh | JORDAN, JORDAN |
| Mohammed Abu-Khiarah | Hajajleh | FRANKFURT, GERMANY |
| Jamil Al-Saifi | Abed Rabbu | AMMAN, JORDAN |
| Kuba3ee | Wahdan | AMMAN, JORDAN |
| Ahmad Jubran | Wahadnah | VALENCIA, ESPAÑA |
| Ali Darras | Hajajlah | AMMAN, JORDAN |
| Khaled | Wahdadneh | ZARKA, JORDAN |
| Tareq Absi | Abed Rabbu | ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES |
| Mohammed El Aydi | Wahadneh | AMMAN, JORDAN |
| Yousef Darras | Hajajleh | JORDAN, JORDAN |
| AZZAM KHALIFA | HAJAJLEH | VIRGINIA, USA |
| Ra'ed Abu Rizeq | Al-A'araj | AMMAN, JORDAN |
| Moawia Khalifeh | Hajajlah | - |
| Nidal Khalifa | Hajajlah | - |
| Alex Ali Irshaid | Wehadneh | CA, USA |
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