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'Aqqur
District of Jerusalem
عقور - עקור
Ethnically cleansed days ago

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Town Statistics & Facts

Statistic/Fact Value

Israeli occupation date July 13, 1948

Distance from district center 14.5 (km) West of Jerusalem

Elevation from the sea 475 (meters)

Map location See location number #24 on the map

Israeli military operation Operation Dani

Exodus Cause Military assault by Jewish troops

Village remains
after destruction by Israelis The village was completely destroyed, and only house walls and rubble left behind.

Ethnically cleansing
by Israelis 'Aqqur inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.

Land ownership
before occupation

Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums)

Arab 5,444

Jewish 0

Public 78

Total 5,522

Land usage in 1945

Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum)

Irrigated & Plantation 174

Planted W/ Cereal 653

Built up 5

Cultivable 827

Non-Cultivable 4,690

Population
before occupation

Year Population

1922 25

1931 488

1945 40

1948 46

Est. Refugees 1998 285

Number of houses In (1931): 106 (includes Ras Abu'Ammar and 'Ayn Hubin)

Shrines/maqams 'Aqqur had a maqam for a local sage known by al-Shaykh Ahmad Sulayman.

Nearby wadies & rivers The village overlooks Wadi Isma'il, which is a tributary to Wadi al-Sarar.

Water supplies The spring or 'Ayn al-Shaykh Ahmad Sulayman on southwestern edge of the village.

Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands No settlements on village land

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Town Today

According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
"A thick forest of fir and cypress trees has been planted on the site. Within the forest, stone rubble and the ruins of walls with arched openings and terraces are visible."

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An arched entrance to a destroyed village house, 1986

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Posted by Webmaster on MAY-7-2001 Sign 'Aqqur's Guest Book - سجل الزوار	0
Posted by Webmaster on JULY-2-2006 Marriage Announcements Board - صفحة مناسبات الزواج	0
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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؟	0

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