Yazur

Yazur (Arabic: يازور‎, Hebrew: יאזוּר‎) was an Arab town located 6 kilometers (3.7 mi) east of Jaffa. Mentioned in 7th century BCE Assyrian texts, the village was a site of contestation between Muslims and Crusaders in the 12th century.

During the Fatamid period in Palestine, a number of important people were born in Yazur, and the town was also the birthplace of Ahmed Jibril, the founder and current head of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine - General Command (PFLP-GC).

The Israeli town of Azor now stands on the former town lands of Yazur, which was depopulated and mostly destroyed during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine.