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Welcome To al-'Umur, Khirbat - خربة العمور (ח'ירבת אל-עומור)

District of Jerusalem
Ethnically cleansed days ago
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Statistic & Fact Value
Occupation Date October 21, 1948
Distance From District 12 (km) West of Jerusalem
Elevation 625 (meters)
Before & After Nakba, Click Map For Detailswhat's new
Pre-Nakba Map showing before and after destruction
Map Location See location #7 on the map

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Military Operation Operation ha-Har
Attacking Units Har'el Brigade
Defenders Local militia and Egyptian Army/Muslim Brotherhood Battalion
Exodus Cause Military assault by Zionist troops
Village Temains Khirbat al-'Umur was completely obliterated, and only house rubble left behind.
Ethnically Cleansing al-'Umur, Khirbat inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Pre-Nakba
Land Ownership
Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums)*
Arab 3,725
Jewish 436
Public 2
**Total 4,163
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
**Town Lands' Demarcation Maps
Land Usage
As of 1945
Land Usage Arab (Dunum)* Jewish (Dunum)*
Irrigated & Plantation 497 14
Planted W/ Cereal 1,279 172
Built up 10 0
Arable 1,776 186
Non-Arable 1,941 250
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
Population
Year Population*
1922 137
1931 187
1945 270
1948 313
Est. Refugees 1998 1,923
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
Number of Houses
Year Number of Houses
1931 45
1948 75
Near By Townswhat's new
Bayt Thul
          ↖
Qaryet al-'Inab/Abu Goush
↗        
Saris  ←
al-'Umur, Khirbat
→   'Ayn Naquba
            ↙
Bayt Umm al-Mays
↓
Dayr 'Amr
↘           
Suba
Nearby Wadies & Rivers Khirbat al-'Umur was facing Wadi al-Ghadir.
Water Supply The spring of 'Ayn al-'Umur (still functioning) and several nearby springs supplied Khirbat al-'Umur with fresh water.
Exculsive Jewish Colonies
Who Usurped Village Lands		 Giv'at Ye'arim
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Village Before Nakba

The village stood on a small plateau on the southern slope of a mountain, facing south. Wadi al-Ghadir ran in an east-west direction at the foot of the mountain. A mountain range to the south separated the village land from that of Dayr 'Amr. Dirt paths linked the village to the Jerusalem−Jaffa highway, which passed a short distance to the north, and other dirt paths linked it to neighboring villages. As its name suggests, the village was built next to a khirba; remains in this khirba probably dated to the Byzantine period. During the late nineteenth century, Khirbat al-'Umur was described as a small hamlet. The village plan was rectangular and its houses were built of stone. Two main streets intersected at the center of the village, dividing it into four sections. The residents were Muslim. Their drinking water was supplied by several nearby springs, one of which had the same name as the village. The villagers cultivated fruit, olives, and grain, and irrigated some of these crops, especially those in Wadi al-Ghadir, a strip of land stretching along the southern side of the village. In 1944/45 a total of 1,279 dunums was allotted to cereals; 497 dunums were irrigated or used for orchards, of which 98 dunums were for olive cultivation.

Village Occupation and Ethnic Cleaning

The village was occupied on 21 October 1948; this implies that it was encroached upon by the Israeli army's Har'el Brigade as part of Operation Ha-Har (see 'Allar, Jerusalem sub-district). No details are given about the occupation of this village in particular, but Israeli historian Benny Morris states that the general pattern was that villagers fled under military pressure or were expelled by the Israeli forces that entered their villages. In all, thousands of people were displaced as a result of the operation, some camping out for weeks in surrounding valleys until they were forced out yet again by Israeli forces.

Zionists Colonies on Village Lands

Giv'at Ye'arim (158132) was founded in 1950 on village lands.

Village Today

Stone rubble and window and door frames, partly hidden by wild grass, are scattered across the village site. Many stone terraces are visible. Cactuses grow on the east and north sides of the village site, and almond, olive, fig, and cypress trees grow on the village site itself and on the lands south of it. The village cemetery, to the south, is covered with dirt and grass but many graves are visible; tombstones stand at the head and foot of each one. The spring of 'Ayn al-'Umur and the stone structure around it can still be seen.

Source

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