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Occupation Date | October 21, 1948 | ||||||||||||
Distance From District | 14 (km) West of Jerusalem | ||||||||||||
Elevation | 625 (meters) West | ||||||||||||
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Map Location | See location #29 on the map View from satellite |
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Military Operation | Operation ha-Har | ||||||||||||
Attacking Units | Har'el Brigade | ||||||||||||
Exodus Cause | Military assault by Zionist troops | ||||||||||||
Village Temains | Ras Abu 'Ammar was mostly destroyed and defaced. | ||||||||||||
Ethnically Cleansing | Ras Abu 'Ammar inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed. | ||||||||||||
Pre-Nakba Land Ownership |
**Town Lands' Demarcation Maps |
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Land Usage As of 1945 |
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Population |
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Number of Houses | In (1931): 106 (includes 'Ayn Hubin and'Aqqur) | ||||||||||||
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Town's Name Through History | The village may have been named after a local sage known as Shaykh Abu' Ammar, for whom the villager maintained a shrine/maqam for. | ||||||||||||
Schools | The village had one elementary school for boys. | ||||||||||||
Shrines / Maqams | Ras Abu 'Ammar had several shrines including the one for al-Shaykh Abu' Ammar. | ||||||||||||
Nearby Wadies & Rivers | And it is surrounded on three sides by the deep Wadi al-Sarar. | ||||||||||||
Archeological Sites | Khirbat Kafr Sum was inhabited during the Crusade period and also for some time in the 16th century. | ||||||||||||
Exculsive Jewish Colonies Who Usurped Village Lands |
Tzur Hadassa | ||||||||||||
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Village Before NakbaThe village stood on an elongated hill that stretched from southeast to northwest, surrounded on three sides by the deep Wadi al-Sarar that wound its way westward. It was also dominated by mountains on all sides, and was less than 1 km south of the Jerusalem−Jaffa railway line. A secondary road linked Ras Abu 'Ammar to a highway that ran south of it and led to Bethlehem. In the late nineteenth century, Ras Abu 'Ammar was described as a village built of stone on a small ridge, situated above an 'open and rather flat' valley in which the villagers planted olive trees. The village had a rectangular plan and most of its houses were built of stone. A main street, running in a northwest−southeast direction, divided the site into two sections. During the British Mandate, new construction extended along roads connecting it to the villages of al-Qabu and 'Aqqur in the east and north, and along the highway in the south. The village had an elementary school and a few small shops in its center. The villagers, who were Muslim, maintained more than one shrine for local sages, including one for a Shaykh Abu 'Ammar. They relied on springs for their drinking water and irrigation.The village lands were utilized both for agriculture and pasture. Agriculture was based on rainfed grain, vegetables, and fruit trees, including olive trees (which covered 100 dunums) and grape vines. Irrigation of the latter was made possible by spring water that flowed from the mountain top and accumulated in ponds. In 1944/45 a total of 2,791 dunums was allocated to cereals; 925 dunums were irrigated or used for orchards. The nearby Khirbat Kafr Sum (158126) was inhabited during the Crusader period and also during the sixteenth century. Village Occupation and Ethnic CleaningThe village probably fell to units of the Israeli army's Har'el Brigade in the course of Operation Ha-Har (see 'Allar, Jerusalem sub-disctrict). Israeli historian Benny Morris indicates that the village fell on 21 October 1948, as a result of a direct military assault.Zionists Colonies on Village LandsIsrael established the settlement of Tzur Hadassa (159125) on village lands in 1960, south of the village site.Village TodayThe stone rubble of the village houses is strewn across the site (see photos). Wild vegetation grows among the debris, in addition to almond, olive, and carob trees. Cactuses grow on the southeastern and southwestern sides of the site; a two-room stone building that used to be the schoolhouse still stands to the southeast.SourceDr. Walid al-Khalidi, 1992: All That Remains. |
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Related Maps | Town Lands' Demarcation Maps خرائط للقضاء توضح حدود القرى والاودية Town's map on MapQuest View from satellite Help us map this town at WikiMapia |
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More Information | في كتاب كي لا ننسى في كتاب بلادنا فلسطين المزيد من موقع هوية |
Display Name | Clan/Hamolah | Country of Residence |
Radi Radi | Radi | Amman, Jordan |
Lara Muadi | - | Gothenburg, Sweden |
علاء الدين حسن حمدان | - | - |
اسماعيل حسن راضي | - | jerusalem, Palestine |
Mohammed Ali Hirzallah | Hirzallah | Amman, Jordan |
Mohammed Ahmed Mahmoud Saleh | ابو حميدة | Dubai, UAE |
محمود ابوسالم | - | amman, JO |
mutaz A. | - | - |
مرام ابوسالم | قرقور | عمان, الاردن |
عبدالرحمن خضر البداونة | البداونة | الزرقاء, الاردن |
محمود خضر البداونة | البداونة | الزرقاء, الاردن |
مامون احمد ابو حميده | قرقور | عمان, الاردن |
ابو سلطان | AL-AMARNEH | - |
المهندس محمد أبوحميدة | قرقور | ِAmman - Jordan |
ماهر عياد | عياد | amman, jordan |
سيف الدين محمد عياد | عياد | مخيم عايدة, مخيم عايدة |
الشاعر محمد شحاده البداونه | قرقور ( جاسر ) | بيت لحم |
الشاعر محمد شحاده البداونه | - | - |
دانية ربحي بداونة | بداونة | ا, الإمارات |
rafat | malash | amman |
رافت | - | صويلح - الحي الغربي, الاردن |
حسن راضي | قرقور (جاسر)ء | bethlehem |
محمد معدي | معدي | عمان, الاردن |
عليان | العمارنة | - |
عزالدين علان | - | - |
Nabeel M. Ayyad | - | Amman, Jordan |
اسماعيل حسن راضي | قرقور ( جاسر) | بيت لحم/عمان |
محمود خليل | ammarneh | amman |
ali mohammed ali khalil | khalil | - |
abdulla ellyan | allan | amman, jordan |
ربحي بداونة | بداونة | العين, الامارات |
waleed faraj | faraj | amman, jordan |
رشا ربحي بداونة | بداونه | العين, الإمارات |
hamza shawish | shawish | - |
A-ABUALIA | MROWA | DOHA |
abeer abualia | - | - |
hanan allan | amarneh | amman, jordan |
abeer | ayyad | portland, portland |
الدكتور خلدون ابو حميده | قرقور | عمان |
ابو الحارث | - | Germany(المانيا) |
علي زكريا معدي | معدي | عمان, الاردن |
محمد | العمارنه | - |
emad mustsfa mohammad ayyad | ayyad | amman, jordan |
معدي عبد الكريم معدي | معدي | السويد |
محمد طه حموده | - | jordan |
محمد عبدالله معدي | - | عمان |
ayyad | ayyad | amman |
waleed | alamarneh | amman, jordan |
Isam Ayyad | Ayyad | Qatar |
Mohammed jamel | Abo Alia | Amman, jordan |
البراق | الراضي | - |
wasim seafun | seafun | reyiad, suadi |
Dalal Faraj | Mrouwah | New Jersey, U.S.A |
Abu Akar | Abu Akar | jordan, jordan |
Muhammed Muadi | MUADI | GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN |
hamzah abdallah ayyad | ayyad | Amman, Jordan |
Abdel Karim Muadi | MUADI | AMMAN, JORDAN |
Samah Muadi | MUADI | GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN |
احسان معدي | muadi | amman, jordan |
mustafa khalil | ayyad | ashrafeya, jordan |
ibrahim radi | Al-Radi | Abu Dhabi, united arab emirates |
rizeq shawish | shawish/hamdan | abudhabi, u.a.e |
Ayah Ayyad | Ayyad | N.J., U.S.A |
yousef saleh abu hamidah | abu hamiedeh | - |
anas yousef | abu hamedh | jordan |
Rezeq Faraj | Rezeq Faraj | QC, Canada |
MOHAMMAD ABDULLAH KHALIL | amarneh | amman, jordan |
Rami abdullah khalil | amarneh | amman, jordan |
abdullah khalil | amarneh | - |
Hasan M.A khalil | Hassan | Amman, Jordan |
Khaled Ayyad | Ayyad | New Jersey, USA |
Said Ayyad | Ayyad | New Jersey, USA |
MOHAMMAD ALI KHALIL | Ammarneh | amman - sweeleh, jordan |
maen allan | Allan | Amman, Jordan |
Adam Ayyad | Ayyad | New Jersey-- USA |
Hassan Hashim | - | Homs, Syria |