Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	July 15, 1948
Distance from district center	6 (km) West of Nazareth
Elevation from the sea	275 (meters)
Map location	See location number #2 on the map
Israeli military operation	Second stage of Operation Dekel
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	Ma'lul was mostly destroyed with the exception of the two village churches and the village mosque.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	Ma'lul inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 1,949 Jewish 2,719 Public 30 Total 4,698
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Jewish (Dunum) Irrigated & Plantation 650 0 Area planted w/ olives 700 0 Planted W/ Cereal 784 2,678 Built up 29 35 Cultivable 1,434 2,678 Non-Cultivable 516 6
Population before occupation	Year Population 1596 77 19th century 280 1912 296 1922 346 1931 390 1945 690 1948 800 Est. Refugees 1998 4,915
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 90 1948 184
Town's name through history	The Crusades referred to the village by Maula.
Religious institutions	One mosque and two churches, and all remain standing, but in need of serious renovation guys!
Nearby wadies & rivers	The village overlooks Wadi al-Halabi.
Water supplies	Two springs lay in the vicinity of Ma'lul, one to the northeast and the other to the northwest.
Archeological sites	The village contains a magnificent Roman mausoleum, which is known localy as Qasr al-Dayr.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Migdal ha-'Emeq, Kefar ha-Choresh, Timrat, and an Israeli military base.
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More Information	Language External Links Arabic PalGates Hebrew Nakba in Hebrew   Nakba-Online

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Town Today

According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
The village site is now covered with a pine forest planted by the Jewish National Fimd and dedicated to the memory of prorninent Jews and some non-Jewish Americans and Europeans. A military base is also on the site. The mosque and two churches still stand, and are used intermittently as cow sheds by the residents of Kibbutz Kefar ha-Choresh. Overlooking Wadi al-Halabi, between the village site and the site of al-Mujaydil, is an Israeli plastics factory. Cactus, olive trees, and fig trees grow on the site, which is strewn with piles of stones. A few tombs in the Muslim cemetery across from the mosque can be seen. The main village site also contains the remains of houses