Al-Jura, Jerusalem
| Al-Jura | |
|---|---|
 Al-Jura
|
|
| Arabic | الجورة |
| Name meaning | The water hole |
| Subdistrict | Jerusalem |
| Coordinates | 31°45′25″N 35°08′56″E / 31.75694°N 35.14889°ECoordinates: 31°45′25″N 35°08′56″E / 31.75694°N 35.14889°E |
| Palestine grid | 164/129 |
| Population | 420 (1945) |
| Area | 4,158 dunams |
| Date of depopulation | Not known |
| Current localities | Ora |
Al-Jura (el Jurah) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Jerusalem Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on July 11, 1948, under Operation Danny. It was located 8.5 km west of Jerusalem. al-Jura was mostly destroyed with the exception of several deserted houses.
Just west of al-Jura there were two Khirbats from the Byzantine era: Khirbat Sa'ida and Ayn al-Jadida. Crusader presence were at Khirbat al-Qusur, (grid.no 163/128).
Khirbat al-Qusur was mentioned in the Ottoman 1596 tax registers, as a place with 27 Muslim households.
In 1838 el-Jurah was noted as a Muslim village, part of Beni Hasan area, located west of Jerusalem.
In 1863 Victor Guérin noted about Al-Jura: "A small village of a hundred inhabitants, fed by a rather abundant source, the water of which flows into a basin. I observed several caves cut in the rock. The valley which extends to the bottom of the village is covered with figs, olive trees and vines."
An Ottoman village list from about 1870 found that the village had a population of 84, in a total of 20 houses, though the population count included men, only.
In 1883, the Palestine Exploration Fund's Survey of Western Palestine described El Jurah as "a small hamlet on the slope of the ridge, with olives below it, and a spring in the valley, about 3/4 mile to the north."
In 1896 the population of Ed-dschora was estimated to be about 150 persons.
In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Jarah had a population of 234 Muslims, increasing in the 1931 census to 329 Muslims, in 63 houses.
...
Wikipedia