Al-Walaja

Palestinian Authority municipality al-Walaja ( ) is a Palestinian town located in an enclave in the West Bank Seam Zone , four kilometers northwest of the city of Bethlehem in the Bethlehem Governorate and is also a part of Israel's Jerusalem municipality. The town's original location was the opposite side of the wadi to its current location on the armistice line in modern-day Israel . According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics the village had a population of approximately 2,041 mostly Muslim inhabitants in 2007.

Palestinian Authority municipality former Arab villages in Palestine el-Welejeh in the 1870s al-Walaja or Al Walaja ( ) is a Palestinian village in the West Bank , four kilometers northwest of Bethlehem City . It is an enclave in the Seam Zone , near the Green Line. al-Walaja is partly under the jurisdiction of the Bethlehem Governorate and partly of the Jerusalem Municipality . According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics , the village had a population of 2,041 mostly Muslim inhabitants in 2007. al-Walaja was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War , in October 1948. It lost about 70% of its land, west of the Green Line. After the war, the displaced inhabitants resettled on the remaining land in the West Bank. After the Six-Day War , Israel annexed about half of al-Walaja's remaining land, including the neighborhood Ain Jawaizeh , to the Jerusalem Municipality. Large parts of the land were confiscated for the construction of the Israeli West Bank barrier and the Israeli settlements of Har Gilo and Gilo , one of the Ring Neighborhoods of Jerusalem.

Municipality type D in Bethlehem, State of Palestine Place in Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine el-Welejeh in the 1870s Al-Walaja or al-Walaja ( ) is a Palestinian village in the West Bank , four kilometers northwest of Bethlehem City . It is an enclave in the Seam Zone , near the Green Line. Al-Walaja is partly under the jurisdiction of the Bethlehem Governorate and partly of the Jerusalem Municipality . According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics , the village had a population of 2,041 mostly Muslim inhabitants in 2007. It has been called 'the most beautiful village in Palestine'. Al-Walaja was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War , in October 1948. It lost about 70% of its land, west of the Green Line. After the war, the displaced inhabitants resettled on the remaining land in the West Bank. After its capture during the Six-Day War , Israel annexed about half of al-Walaja's remaining land, including the neighborhood Ain Jawaizeh, to the Jerusalem Municipality. Large parts of the land were confiscated for the construction of the Israeli West Bank barrier and the Israeli settlements of Har Gilo and Gilo , one of the Ring Neighborhoods of Jerusalem.

Municipality type D in Bethlehem, State of Palestine Place in Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine el-Welejeh in the 1870s Al-Walaja ( ) is a Palestinian village in the West Bank , four kilometers northwest of Bethlehem . It is an enclave in the Seam Zone , near the Green Line . Al-Walaja is partly under the jurisdiction of the Bethlehem Governorate and partly of the Jerusalem Municipality . According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics , the village had a population of 2,041 in 2007, mostly Muslims . It has been called 'the most beautiful village in Palestine'. Al-Walaja was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War , in October 1948. It lost about 70% of its land, west of the Green Line. After the war, the displaced inhabitants resettled on the remaining land in the West Bank. After its occupation by Israel during the Six-Day War , Israel annexed about half of al-Walaja's remaining land, including the neighborhood Ain Jawaizeh, to the Jerusalem Municipality. Large parts of the land were confiscated for the construction of the Israeli West Bank barrier and the Israeli settlements of Har Gilo and Gilo , one of the Ring Neighborhoods of Jerusalem.