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Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	May 16, 1948
Distance from district center	4 (km) Northeast of Baysan
Elevation from the sea	-225 (meters)
Map location	See location number #16 on the map
Israeli military operation	Baysan valley clearing (Operation Gedion)
Israeli attacking brigade	Golani Brigade
Exodus Cause	Influence of fall of, or exoduce from, neighboring town
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	The village was completely destroyed and defaced.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	'Arab al-Bawati inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Village clans or hamolas	'Arab al-Bawati was founded by a branch of the 'Arab al-Ghazzawiyya Bedouin tribe.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 5,412 Jewish 1,305 Public 3,924 Total 10,641
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Jewish (Dunum) Irrigated & Plantation 2,225 309 Planted W/ Cereal 3,403 996 Cultivable 5,628 1,305 Non-Cultivable 3,708 0
Population before occupation	Year Population 1922 345 1931 461 1945 520 1948 603 Est. Refugees 1998 3,704
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 86 1948 112
Schools	'Arab al-Bawati students used to attend school in Baysan City.
Archeological sites	The village has a khirbat which contained the ruins of walls, pillars, the foundations of buildings, and Roman milestones.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	No Israeli settlements on village lands.
Related Maps	خرائط تفصيلية للمحافظة View from satellite Help us map this town at WikiMapia
More Information	Language External Links Arabic PalGates 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:
"All of the village houses have been demolished. The remains of basalt stone walls and the square and circular foundations of buildings can be seen among the weeds/"

 

 

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