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Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	April 25, 1948
Distance from district center	9.5 (km) South East of Haifa
Elevation from the sea	25 (meters)
Map location	See location number #7 on the map
Israeli military operation	Possibly Operation Bi'ur Chametz
Exodus Cause	Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	The village has been completely obliterated
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	Yajur inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 344 Jewish 486 Public 1,890 Total 2,720
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Jewish (Dunum) Irrigated & Plantation 57 0 Area planted w/ olives 42 0 Planted W/ Cereal 261 486 Built up 18 0 Cultivable 318 486 Non-Cultivable 1,898 0
Population before occupation	Year Population 1931 1,449 1945 610 1948 708 Est. Refugees 1998 4,345
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 291 1948 291
Archeological sites	Yajur contained fragments of glass, building foundations, and tombs with sarcophagi.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Yagur & Nesher
Related Maps	خرائط تفصيلية للمحافظة View from satellite Help us map this town at WikiMapia
More Information	Language External Links Hebrew Nakba in Hebrew   Nakba-Online

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Town Today

According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
"No traces of the houses remain on the site, which is marked by numerous fig trees and a smaller number of olive trees. Cement factories occupy part of the surrounding lands"

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Display Name	Clan/Hamolah	Country of Residence
Nahed Kheite	دار منصور	NRW, GERMANY
انس البعجاوي	البعجاوي	المنسي, المنسي
محمد ابو حشمه	ابو حشمه	-
FADI	fadi al audi	shouf, lebanon
ابوكرم	حجاب	jordan
ابوعدنان	حجاب	irbid, jordan
Yousef Khalil	-	Abudhabi, United Arab Emirates
Amani Khalil	-	Abudhabi, United Arab Emirates
Dana Khalil	-	Abudhabi, UAE
jomaa	-	sweden
Mustafa Chehade	-	-
mohammed abo shakra	-	DANMARK
Hossam	-	UK, UK
AOK	-	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
saleh	yaior	bekaa, lebanon
Hassan Kheite	-	NRW, Germany

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