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'Artuf
District of Jerusalem
عرتوف - ערתוף
Ethnically cleansed days ago

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Town Statistics & Facts

Statistic/Fact Value

Israeli occupation date July 18, 1948

Distance from district center 21.5 (km) West of Jerusalem

Elevation from the sea 250 (meters)

Map location See location number #23 on the map

Israeli military operation Second phase of Operation Dani

Israeli attacking brigade The Fourth Battalion of the Har'el Brigade

Village defenders Egyptian Muslim Brotherhoods, some Arab Liberation Army volunteers, and some local Palestinian militia.

Exodus Cause Military assault by Jewish troops

Village remains
after destruction by Israelis Artuf was mostly destroyed and defaced with the exception of two village houses and the village cemetery.

Ethnically cleansing
by Israelis 'Artuf inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.

Land ownership
before occupation

Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums)

Arab 401

Jewish 0

Public 2

Total 403

Land usage in 1945

Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum)

Irrigated & Plantation 61

Area planted w/ olives 20

Planted W/ Cereal 279

Built up 18

Cultivable 340

Non-Cultivable 45

Population
before occupation

Year Population

1596 110

1922 305

1931 253

1945 350

1948 406

Est. Refugees 1998 2,493

Number of houses

Year Number of houses

1931 58

1948 93

Schools One elementary school

Religious institutions 'Artuf had a mosque known by al-'Umari Mosque.

Shrines/maqams And it also had a maqam for a local sage known as al-Shaykh 'Ali al-Ghimadi.

Archeological sites The village contains Khirbat Marmita and Khirbat al-Burj.

Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands Hartuv, Nacham, and possibly Beit Shemesh too.

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Town Today

According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
"One stone house, located outside the Jewish settlement of Nacham, has been expanded, and is now inhabited by a Jewish family. In the middle of the Jewish settlement is a small stone house that is used as a warehouse; it stands by the site of the former mosque. On the western slopes of the site is a circular structure with no roof that was formerly used as a lime kiln (kabbara). The village cemetery, to the west, has been levelled; only one or two graves remain on its eastern edge. Part of the British police headquarters is still standing."

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Pictures

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أحداث غضب في 1927 -اراق بيادر

صورة بمناسبة زواج السيد محمد خليل يوسف رحال(عرتوف)على السيده جميله خليل حسن جبيل(النعاني)1963

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Topic	Replies Count
Posted by Webmaster on MAY-7-2001 Last reply posted on FEBRUARY-21-2006 Sign 'Artuf's Guest Book - سجل الزوار	7
Posted by Webmaster on JULY-2-2006 Marriage Announcements Board - صفحة مناسبات الزواج	0
Posted by Webmaster on JULY-2-2006 Graduation Announcements Board - صفحة مناسبات التخرج	0
Posted by Webmaster on JULY-2-2006 Obituaries Announcements Board -صفحة الوفيات	0
Posted by Webmaster on FEBRUARY-17-2008 Specific Board for Prisoners- صفحة مخصصة لأخبار الأسرى	0
Posted by Webmaster on FEBRUARY-17-2008 Will you accept a new homeland & compensation instead of Palestine and you right of return? هل تقبل التوطين والتعويض بديل عن الوطن وحق العودة؟	0

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Display Name	Clan/Hamolah	Country of Residence
يزن سلطان	سلطان	-
Yossi Ben-artzi	-	HAIFA, ISRAEL
بنت الشتات	شتات	عمان, الأردن
Adel Shihadah	Shihadah	KHURTOM, SUDAN
Jamila Shihadah	Shihadah	-
Thabit Shihadah	-	VA, USA
Abdullahrahhal	Rahhal	ONTARIO, CANADA
Ahmad Shihadah	-	-
Abir Shahin	-	VA, USA
Maher Shuhadeh	Shuhadeh	BAHRAIN

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