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Welcome To Yajur - ياجور (יאג'ור)

District of Haifa
Ethnically cleansed days ago

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Statistic & Fact Value
Occupation Date April 25, 1948
Distance From District 9.5 (km) South East of Haifa
Elevation 25 (meters)
Before & After Nakba, Click Map For Detailswhat's new
Pre-Nakba Map showing before and after destruction
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Pre-Nakba Aerial View
Map Location See location #7 on the map

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Military Operation Possibly Operation Bi'ur Chametz
Exodus Cause Military assault by Zionist troops
Village Temains The village has been completely obliterated
Ethnically Cleansing Yajur inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Pre-Nakba
Land Ownership
Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums)*
Arab 344
Jewish 486
Public 1,890
**Total 2,720
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
**Town Lands' Demarcation Maps
Land Usage
As of 1945
Land Usage Arab (Dunum)* Jewish (Dunum)*
Irrigated & Plantation 57 0
Olive Groves 42 0
Planted W/ Cereal 261 486
Built up 18 0
Arable 318 486
Non-Arable 1,898 0
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
Population
Year Population*
1931 1,449
1945 610
1948 708
Est. Refugees 1998 4,345
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
Number of Houses
Year Number of Houses
1931 291
1948 291
Near By Townswhat's new
Balad al-Shaykh
         
al-Tira  
   Shafa Amr

'Isfiya
           
al-Jalama
Archeological Sites Yajur contained fragments of glass, building foundations, and tombs with sarcophagi.
Exculsive Jewish Colonies
Who Usurped Village Lands
Yagur & Nesher
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Village Before Nakba

The village stood on the lower slopes of Mount Carmel, facing northeast. The Haifa-Jenin highway passed northeast of it. Yajur was one of several villages whose lands were sold by the Ottoman government to two Lebanese merchants, Sursuq and Salim al-Khuri, in 1872. They in turn sold many of these lands to Zionists, who in 1922 established the settlement of Yagur on the land (see also Wadi al-Hawarith, Tulkarrn sub-disctrict). The Arab residents included 560 Muslims and 50 Christians in the mid-1940s; their houses were scattered across the mountain slopes. In 1944/45 a total of 261 dunums of their land was allotted to cereals 57 dunums were irrigated or used for orchards, of which 42 dunums were planted with olive trees. Although Yajur has not been identified with any ancient historical site, there is evidence of the village's antiquity, including fragments of glass, building foundations, and tombs with sarcophagi.

Village Occupation and Ethnic Cleaning

Yajur was one of the villages in the vicinity of Haifa that was captured immediately after the fall of the city. After the Haganah launched a major attack on Balad al-Shaykh, a large village just to the northeast of Yajur, the villagers decided not to wait for a similar assault. Israeli historian Benny Morris states that they evacuated on 24 or 25 April 1948, a couple of days after Haifa was captured. The New York Times reported a direct military strike against this village at the same time. The Times correspondent wrote that Yajur was one of three villages 'commanding' the eastern approaches to Haifa that was occupied on 24 April in order 'to create a protective zone and seal off Haifa from counter attacks.' After its occupation, the Haganah turned its attention further north, to Acre.

Zionists Colonies on Village Lands

Zionists established the settlement of Yagur in 1922 on what were traditionally village lands. The settlement of Nesher , founded in 1925 on lands that formerly belonged to Balad al-Shaykh, is close by, to the north.

Village Today

No traces of the houses remain on the site, which is marked by numerous fig trees and a smaller number of olive trees. Cement factories occupy part of the surrounding lands. The Israeli settlement of Yagur occupies other parts of the land and uses them for agriculture.

Source

Dr. Walid al-Khalidi, 1992: All That Remains.

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