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al-Jura
The Home Town Of Ahmad Yasin
الجورة - אל-ג'ורה
Ethnically cleansed days ago
 
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Town Statistics & Facts

Statistic/Fact Value
Israeli occupation date November 4, 1948
Distance from district center 20 (km) North East of Gaza
Elevation from the sea 25 (meters)
Map location See location number #23 on the map
Israeli military operation Operation Yo'av
Israeli attacking brigade Giva'ti Brigade
Defenders Egyptian Army
Exodus Cause Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains
after destruction by Israelis
The village was mostly destroyed with the exception of a single house.
Ethnically cleansing
by Israelis
al-Jura inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership
before occupation
Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums)
Arab 10,705
Jewish 0
Public 1,519
Total 12,224
Land usage in 1945
Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum)
Area planted w/ citrus 481
Irrigated & Plantation 7,198
Planted W/ Cereal 2,965
Built up 45
Cultivable 10,644
Non-Cultivable 1,535
Population
before occupation
Year Population
1596 253
1922 1,326
1931 1,754
1945 2,420
1948 2,807
Est. Refugees 1998 17,239
Number of houses
Year Number of houses
1931 396
1948 633
Town's name through history Jurat Ascalon
Schools al-Jiyya had an elementary school for boys which was founded in 1919, and in 1945 it had an enrollment of 206 students.
Religious institutions One mosque
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands The city of Ashqelon is occupying village lands.
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Arabic PalGates
Hebrew Nakba in Hebrew
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Town Today

According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
"Only one of the village houses has been spared; thorny plants grow on the parts of the site not built over by Ashqelon."

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Pictures

  • Well & pool
  • Another irrigation pool
  • Another view of the irrigation pool with a cactus.
  • A well near the seafront cliff.
  • Sycamore tree not far from thee tomb of Sheikh 'Awwad, north of Jura.
  • Sheikh 'Awwad, looking from the south.
  • Sheikh 'Awwad, looking from north.
  • Sheikh 'Awwad, the tomb.
  • Sheikh 'Awwad.
  • One of the destroyed village's irrigation pools

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    Posted by Webmaster on FEBRUARY-17-2008

    Will you accept a new homeland & compensation instead of Palestine and you right of return?
    هل تقبل التوطين والتعويض بديل عن الوطن وحق العودة؟

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    Posted by Webmaster on FEBRUARY-17-2008

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    Yaser Al-Bardawil Al-Bardawil OSLO, NORWAY
    Muhanad Rouqa Qannan SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA
    Ramy Koussah KOUSSAH SHARJAH, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
    ابا الحارث Matar غزة
    FERAS ROUKAH - DOHA, QATAR
    شادى روقة كسكيل روقة -
    Ismael radi راضي -
    محمد راضي راضي -
    Basma M - GAZA
    Amr Albardaweel غزة
    Mohammed Mattar Mattar JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA
    Ahmed Seyam Seyam DOHA, QATAR
    Hani zraid Matar QATAR, QATAR
    Khaled Matar Matar RAFAH, PALESTINE_GAZA STRIP_QATAR
    Raghad Koussah - -
    Ismail Al-Habbash SAUDI ARABIA
    Darwish Qannan RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA
    Zak Ayash - -
    Hala Al Mis-hal Al Bardaweel AUSTRALIA
    Mattar Matar QATAR, QATAR
    Mahmoud Mattar Mattar -

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