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 Israelis	al-Jura was mostly destroyed with the exception of few deserted houses (one of them is a two story house).
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	al-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
Related Maps	خرائط تفصيلية للمحافظة View from satellite Help us map this town at WikiMapia
More Information	Language External Links Arabic PalGates Hebrew Nakba in Hebrew   Nakba-Online

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Town Today

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