Yalo

Yalo
يالو
Yalu
Village
Etymology: From Hebrew Ajalon, "Place of the fallow deer"
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Yalo (click the buttons)
Yalo
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 31°50′31″N 35°01′24″E / 31.84194°N 35.02333°E / 31.84194; 35.02333
Palestine grid152/138
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictRamle
Date of depopulation7 June 1967
Area
 • Total
14,992 dunams (14.992 km2 or 5.788 sq mi)
Population
 (1961)
 • Total
1,644
Cause(s) of depopulationExpulsion by Israeli forces
Current LocalitiesCanada Park

Yalo (Arabic: يالو, also transliterated Yalu) is a depopulated Palestinian Arab village located 13 kilometres southeast of Ramla. Identified by Edward Robinson as the ancient Canaanite and Israelite city of Aijalon. During the Middle Ages, it was the site of a Crusader castle, Castrum Arnaldi.

Following the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, Jordan annexed the West Bank, including the village of Yalo. Yalo's population increased dramatically owing to an influx of Palestinian refugees from neighbouring towns and villages depopulated during the war.

During the 1967 Six Day War, Israeli troops ethnically cleansed Yalo and the village structures were eradicated. Yalo and the area surrounding Latrun were unilaterally annexed by Israel. Subsequently, with donations from Canadian benefactors, the Jewish National Fund built a recreational space, Canada Park, which contains the former sites of Yalo and two other neighbouring villages, Dayr Ayyub and Imwas.

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