Al-Jura, Jerusalem
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For the village in the Gaza district, see Al-Jura
| Al-Jura | |
| Arabic | |
| Sub-district | Jerusalem |
| Population | 420 (1945) |
| Area | 4,158 dunums |
| Date of depopulation | Not known[1] |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | |
| Current localities | Ora |
Al-Jura was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Jerusalem. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on July 11, 1948 under Operation Dani. It was located 8.5 km west of Jerusalem. al-Jura was mostly destroyed with the exception of several deserted houses.
In 1945, the village had a population of 420. al-Jura contains artifacts from Byzantine and the Crusader period in three Khirbats: Khirbat Sa'ida, Ayn al-Jadida, and Khirbat al-Qusur.
[edit] References
- ^ Morris, 2004, p.xx, village #355. Gives both cause and date of depopulation as "Not known"
[edit] Bibliography
- Hadawi, Sami (1970), Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine, Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center, http://www.palestineremembered.com/Articles/General-2/Story3150.html
- Khalidi, Walid (1992), All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948, Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies, ISBN 0-88728-224-5
- Morris, Benny (2004). The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-00967-6. http://books.google.com/?id=uM_kFX6edX8C&printsec=frontcover&dq=benny+morris&q.
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Coordinates: 31°45′25″N 35°08′56″E / 31.75694°N 35.14889°E
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