Dayr 'Amr

Dayr 'Amr
Dayr 'Amr
Arabic
District	Jerusalem
Coordinates	31°46′37.15″N 35°05′47.35″E / 31.7769861°N 35.0964861°E / 31.7769861; 35.0964861Coordinates: 31°46′37.15″N 35°05′47.35″E / 31.7769861°N 35.0964861°E / 31.7769861; 35.0964861
Population	10 (1945)
Area	3,072 dunums
Date of depopulation	July 17, 1948
Cause(s) of depopulation
Current localities	Eitanim

Dayr 'Amr was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Jerusalem. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on July 17, 1948 by the Fourth Battalion of the Har'el Brigade, during the second stage of Operation Dan. It was located 12.5 km west of Jerusalem. Dayr 'Amr was named after a local sage known by al-Sa'i 'Amr and a shrine was in the village dedicated to him.

In 1931, the village had a population of 434, however only 10 people were recorded in 1945.

References

• 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. 
• Stark, Freya, 1945: East is West. pp 105-106

External links

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