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Welcome To 'Aqqur - عقور (עקור)

District of Jerusalem
Ethnically cleansed days ago
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Statistic & Fact Value
Occupation Date July 13, 1948
Distance From District 14.5 (km) West of Jerusalem
Elevation 475 (meters)
Before & After Nakba, Click Map For Detailswhat's new
Pre-Nakba Map showing before and after destruction
Map Location See location #24 on the map

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Military Operation Operation Dani
Exodus Cause Military assault by Zionist troops
Village Temains The village was completely destroyed, and only house walls and rubble left behind.
Ethnically Cleansing 'Aqqur inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Pre-Nakba
Land Ownership
Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums)*
Arab 5,444
Jewish 0
Public 78
**Total 5,522
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
**Town Lands' Demarcation Maps
Land Usage
As of 1945
Land Usage Arab (Dunum)*
Irrigated & Plantation 174
Planted W/ Cereal 653
Built up 5
Arable 827
Non-Arable 4,690
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
Population
Year Population*
1922 25
1931 488
1945 40
1948 46
Est. Refugees 1998 285
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
Number of Houses In (1931): 106 (includes Ras Abu'Ammar and 'Ayn Hubin)
Near By Townswhat's new
Kasla
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Bayt Umm al-Mays
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Dayr 'Amr
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'Aqqur
→   al-Jura
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Dayr al-Shaykh
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'Allar
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Ras Abu 'Ammar
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 Supply The spring or 'Ayn al-Shaykh Ahmad Sulayman on southwestern edge of the village.
Exculsive Jewish Colonies
Who Usurped Village Lands		 No settlements on village land
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Village Before Nakba

The village stood on the lower eastern slope of Mt. Shaykh Ahmad Sulayman and faced south, where it overlooked Wadi Isma'il (a tributary of Wadi al-Sarar). The Jerusalem−Jaffa railway line passed along this wadi. Dirt paths linked 'Aqqur to other villages in the area. In the late nineteenth century, 'Aqqur was a small village built on a ridge and surrounded by very rugged ground. Under the Mandate, it was classified as a hamlet by the Palestine Index Gazetteer and had a small number of (mostly stone-built) houses that were crowded together in a semi-circular plan. The population was Muslim. Village agriculture was rainfed and was based on olives and grain. Olive trees surrounded the village on all sides, especially on the southern side, along Wadi Isma'il. In 1944/45 a total of 653 dunums was planted in cereals; 174 dunums were irrigated or used for orchards, 164 dunums of which were planted with olive trees. The adjacent slopes, covered with wild trees and herbs, were used for grazing and as a source of firewood. The maqam (shrine) and spring of Shaykh Ahmad Sulayman were on the southwestern edge of the village.

Village Occupation and Ethnic Cleaning

Israeli historian Benny Morris writes that the village was taken on 13−14 July 1948, during the second phase of Operation Dani (see Abu al-Fadl, Ramla sub-disctrict). But another Israeli source, the History of the Haganah, states that the village was occupied two months earlier (13 May), during the implementation of Plan Dalet. This information is probably incorrect, since the village is mentioned in connection with a few others which lie some 35 km to the west, near the city of Isdud. Moreover, the New York Times quoted an Egyptian communiqué which stated that 'Aqqur was entered by Egyptian forces just before the first truce, on 10 June. The statement did not say that the village had been seized from Israeli forces.

Zionists Colonies on Village Lands

There are no Israeli settlements on village land.

Village Today

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. Cactuses and fig, almond, and olive trees also grow on the site, along with grass and thorns. The forest was established by the Jewish National Fund in memory of Zvai Dubroski, Rose Marcus, and Fami Miliman of Los Angeles, and Sam and Rose Schneider of Detroit.

Source

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