Template:Infobox Former Arab villages in Palestine
Al-Tira (also called Tirat al-Lawz or "Tira of the almonds" to distinguish it from al-Tira in the District of Ramla) was a [[Palestinian people|Palestinian town located 7 kilometres south of Haifa.[1]"Welcome to al-Tira". Palestine Remembered. Retrieved 2007-12-09.</ref>
The Crusaders called al-Tira, St. Yohan de Tire. It was made up of five khirbats, including Khirbat al-Dayr' where lie the ruins of St. Brocardus monastery and a cave complex with vaulted tunnels.[2]
In 1596, al-Tira was a village with a population of 286 under the administration of the Ottoman empire to whom it paid taxes on a number of items, including wheat, goats, beehives, and vineyards.[2]
After the heavy conscription imposed by the Ottomans in 1872, there was a decline in the village's prosperity, but it subsequently recovered. By 1945, the 5,240 Muslims and 30 Christians shared two elementary schools, one for boys, the other for girls. Its economy was based on the cultivation of grain, vegetables, and fruit watered with the natural springs of the village. In 1943, al-Tira produced more olives and oil than any other village in the Haifa District. The abundance of almond trees in al-Tira gave rise to the village's nickname, Tirat al-Lawz ("Tira of the almonds").