Al-Jalama الجلمة | |
|---|---|
 Jalame Prison (Kishon Detention Center) | |
| Etymology: The hill[1] | |
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  Al-Jalama Location withinMandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates:32°43′24″N35°05′27″E / 32.72333°N 35.09083°E /32.72333; 35.09083 | |
| Palestine grid | 158/236 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Haifa |
| Area | |
• Total | 7,713dunams (7.713 km2; 2.978 sq mi) |
Al-Jalama (Arabic:الجلمة) was a Palestinian village about 14 kilometres south-east ofHaifa. It was depopulated in 1948.
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 theBritish Mandate period inPalestine, the village was classified as ahamlet in thePalestine Index Gazetteer.[2]In the1931 census of Palestine, Al-Jalama was counted underIsfiya.[4]
In the 1930’s theBritish mandate built the JalamaTegart fort as a measure against the1936–1939 Arab Revolt.[5]In 1947 UN resolution 181 (ii) included the area in its allocation for the Jewish state, and the area was incorporated into theState of Israel after the 1948 war. The Kishon prison, also known as the Al Jalame detention centre,[6] was later established in the fort site.
The Palestinian historianWalid Khalidi described the village site in 1992: "A military camp occupies the area, which is covered by eucalyptus trees."[2]
