Khirbat al-'Umur
| Khirbat al-'Umur | |
|---|---|
|   Khirbat al-'Umur | |
| Subdistrict | Jerusalem | 
| Coordinates | 31°47′37″N 35°05′56″E / 31.79361°N 35.09889°ECoordinates: 31°47′37″N 35°05′56″E / 31.79361°N 35.09889°E | 
| Palestine grid | 159/133 | 
| Population | 270 (1945) | 
| Area | 4,163 dunams | 
| Date of depopulation | October 21, 1948[1] | 
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces | 
| Current localities | Giv'at Ye'arim | 
Khirbat al-'Umur was a Palestinian Arab village in the Jerusalem Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 Palestine war by the Har'el Brigade of Operation ha-Har. It was located 12 km west of Jerusalem on the Wadi al-Ghadir.
In 1945, the village had a population of 270.
References
- ↑ Morris, 2004, p.xx, village #350. Also gives cause of depopulation, with a "(?)"
Bibliography
- Hadawi, Sami (1970), Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine, Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center
- Khalidi, Walid (1992), All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948, Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies, ISBN 0-88728-224-5
- Morris, Benny (2004), The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-0-521-00967-6
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