‛ALLĀR – JERUSALEM DISTRICT

31°43′31″N / 35°4′49″E

1948: Population 510; Houses unknown

Occupation date: October 22, 1948
Occupying forces: Harʼel and Etzioni Brigades
Occupying operation: Operation Ha-Har (“The Mountain”)

Post 1948: In 1950 Moshav Matta was founded at the southern edge of the village land by Jewish immigrants from Yemen, later joined by immigrants from North Africa. In the same year Moshav Bar Giora was established on village land, also by immigrants from Yemen.

Today: The shell of the tomb of Sheikh Aḥmad al-Ḥubāni sits on a barren hillside below power lines on the outskirts of the village. Besides some rubble and remains of stone terraces and walls, all that still stands is the domed stone structure of the former village school. The site is within the JNF’s USA ­Independence Park.

Official Israeli name: None. The former village of ‛Allār does not appear on contemporary maps of Israel.