Aqqur

Aqqur
Aqqur
Arabic
District	Jerusalem
Coordinates	31°45′29.60″N 35°04′56.20″E / 31.758222°N 35.082278°E / 31.758222; 35.082278Coordinates: 31°45′29.60″N 35°04′56.20″E / 31.758222°N 35.082278°E / 31.758222; 35.082278
Population	40 (1945)
Area	5,522 dunums
Date of depopulation	July 13-14, 1948[1]
Cause(s) of depopulation	Military assault by Yishuv forces

Aqqur was a Palestinian Arab hamlet in the District of Jerusalem. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on July 13, 1948 under Operation Dani. It was located 14.5 km west of Jerusalem on the Wadi Isma'il, a tributary of the Wadi al-Sarar.

In 1945, it had a population of 40. 'Aqqur had a maqam for a local sage known as al-Shaykh Ahmad Sulayman.

References

1. ^ Morris, 2004, p.xx, village #352. Also gives cause of depopulation

Bibliography

• Hadawi, Sami (1970), Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine, Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center, http://www.palestineremembered.com/Articles/General-2/Story3150.html 
• 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 9780521009676. http://books.google.com/?id=uM_kFX6edX8C&printsec=frontcover&dq=benny+morris&q. 

External links

• Welcome To 'Aqqur
• 'Aqqur, from the Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center
• 'Aqqur Palestine Family.net