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| al-Jura District of Jerusalem الجورة - אל-ג'ורה Ethnically cleansed days ago |
Statistic/Fact
Value
Israeli occupation date
July 11, 1948
Distance from district center
8.5 (km) West of Jerusalem
Elevation from the sea
800 (meters)
Map location
See location number #25 on the map
Israeli military operation
Operation Dani
Exodus Cause
Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains
after destruction by Israelisal-Jura was mostly destroyed with the exception of few deserted houses (one of them is a two story house).
Ethnically cleansing
by Israelisal-Jura inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership
before occupation
Ethnic Group
Land Ownership (Dunums)
Arab
3,909
Jewish
247
Public
2
Total
4,158
Land usage in 1945
Land Usage Type
Arab (Dunum)
Jewish (Dunum)
Irrigated & Plantation
1,125
89
Area planted w/ olives
176
0
Planted W/ Cereal
846
0
Built up
27
0
Cultivable
1,971
89
Non-Cultivable
1,913
158
Population
before occupation
Year
Population
1922
234
1931
329
1945
420
1948
487
Est. Refugees 1998
2,992
Number of houses
Year
Number of houses
1931
63
1948
93
Schools
One elementary school
Water supplies
Drinking water was supplied from a spring west of al-Jura, and other springs southwest which were used for irrigating.
Archeological sites
al-Jura contains artifact from Byzantine and the Crusades in three Khirbats: Khirbat Sa'ida, Ayn al-Jadida, and Khirbat al-Qusur.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands
Ora
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According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
The only structures that still stand are two limestone houses on the valley floor at the southern edge of the village. The larger house is a rectangular, two-story building; its second story has two arched doors, each of which is flanked by two arched windows
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