Ma'alul

former Arab villages in Palestine Ma'lul was an Arab village in Palestine , made up primarily 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 , many of its inhabitants became internally displaced refugees , after taking refuge in Nazareth and the neighbouring town of Yafa . 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 for the confiscation of their land under the Absentees Property Law . Today, much of the former village's lands are owned by the Jewish National Fund . 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").

former Arab villages in Palestine Ma'alul was a Palestinian village, made up primarily 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 , many of its inhabitants became internally displaced refugees , after taking refuge in Nazareth and the neighbouring town of Yafa an-Naseriyye . 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 for the confiscation of their land under the Absentees Property Law . Today, much of the former village's lands are owned by the Jewish National Fund . 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").

Place in Nazareth, Mandatory Palestine Ma'alul ( ) was a village, made up primarily 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 , many of its inhabitants became internally displaced refugees , after taking refuge in Nazareth and the neighbouring town of Yafa an-Naseriyye . 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 . Today, much of the former village's lands are owned by the Jewish National Fund . 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"). Also gives cause of depopulation.

Place in Nazareth, Mandatory Palestine Ma'alul ( ) 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 , many of its inhabitants became internally displaced refugees , after taking refuge in Nazareth and the neighbouring town of Yafa an-Naseriyye . 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 . Today, much of the former village's lands are owned by the Jewish National Fund . 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"). Also gives cause of depopulation.

Place in Nazareth, Mandatory Palestine 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 , many of its inhabitants became internally displaced refugees , after taking refuge in Nazareth and the neighbouring town of Yafa an-Naseriyye . 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 . Today, much of the former village's lands are owned by the Jewish National Fund . 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"). Also gives cause of depopulation.