Info
District: al-Quds (Jerusalem)
Population 1948: 310
Occupation date: 21/10/1948
Occupying unit: Har'el (palmah)
Jewish settlements on village/town land before 1948: None
Jewish settlements on village/town land after 1948: Giv'at Ye'arim
Background:
Khirbat al-'Umur was a Palestinian Arab village in the Jerusalem Subdistrict. It was destroyed 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.
Images
Videos
Tour at the destroyed Palestinian village of Khirbat al-‘Umur - short video
District: al-Quds (Jerusalem)
Tour at Khirbat al-‘Umur - Full Tour
District: al-Quds (Jerusalem)
a Visit to Khirbat al-'Umur with Abu-Ra’ed, a Refugee from the village
Khirbat al-'Umur - Jerusalem district
Booklets
Others
Publications
Most JNF - KKL forests and sites are located on the ruins of Palestinian villages
04/2014
List of destroyed Palestinian villages on which JNF sites were erected
09/2006
Locality events
Tour at the destroyed Palestinian village of Khirbat al-‘Umur
Locality tours
Tour of Khirbat al-’Umur