Qalunya
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Qalunya was a Palestinian village located 6 kilometers west of Jerusalem. Prior to the village's destruction in 1948, with the exception of 166 dunams, Qalunya's land was privately owned: 3,594 dunams
Qalunya, before 1949
Qalunya noted on 1587 print by Jean Zuallart
Qalunya panorama 10 April 1948
Beit Surik
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Beit Surik is a Palestinian village in the Jerusalem Governorate, located 12 kilometers Northwest of Jerusalem in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the
Qalunya
…four villages that were systematically destroyed by Hagana units in this fashion in the immediate wake of the Deir Yassin massacre; the others being, Beit Surik, Biddu and Saris. According to the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA), the earliest archaeological finds of Qaluniya date back to the Early Bronze Age…
Beit Surik and its fields
The barrier in northern Jerusalem, with the "Biddu enclave" to the left
The Israeli West Bank barrier and Beit Surik behind it