The village was situated just above Khirbat Asafna. Excavations between 1964 and 1971 showed that the site had been occupied intermittently from the first to the fourth century CE. In the
British Mandate period in
Palestine, the village was classified as a
hamlet in the
Palestine Index Gazetteer. In the
1931 census of Palestine, Al-Jalama was counted under
Isfiya. In the 1930’s the
British mandate built the Jalama
Tegart fort as a measure against the
1936–1939 Arab Revolt. In 1947 UN resolution 181 (ii) included the area in its allocation for the Jewish state, and the area was incorporated into the
State of Israel after the 1948 war. The Kishon prison, also known as the Al Jalame detention centre, was later established in the fort site. The Palestinian historian
Walid Khalidi described the village site in 1992: "A military camp occupies the area, which is covered by eucalyptus trees." ==See also==