Ma'alul
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Ma'alul (Arabic: معلول) was a Palestinian village, with a mixed population of primarily Muslims with a substantial minority of Palestinian Christians, that was depopulated and destroyed by Israel during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. Located six kilometers west of the city of Nazareth,[7] many of its inhabitants became internally displaced refugees, after taking refuge in Nazareth[8] and the neighbouring town of Yafa an-Naseriyye.[9] Despite having never left the territory that came to form part of Israel, the majority of the villagers of Maalul, and other Palestinian villages like Andor and Al-Mujidal, were declared "absentees", allowing the confiscation of their land under the Absentees Property Law.[10]
Ma'alul
معلول Ma'lul, Maalul, Maaloul, Mahlul | |
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Etymology: from personal name[1] | |
Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
Coordinates: 32°41′44″N 35°14′22″E | |
Palestine grid | 172/233 |
Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
Subdistrict | Nazareth |
Date of depopulation | 15 July 1948[2] |
Area | |
• Total | 4,698 dunams (4.698 km2 or 1.814 sq mi) |
Population (1945) | |
• Total | 690[4][3] |
Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
Current Localities | Migdal HaEmek, Kfar HaHoresh, Timrat,[5][6] and an Israeli military base |
Today, much of the former village's lands are owned by the Jewish National Fund.[11] All that remains of its former structures are two churches, a mosque and a Roman-era mausoleum, known locally as Qasr al-Dayr ("Castle of the monastery").[7]