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| Bayt Umm al-Mays District of Jerusalem بيت أم الميس - בית אום אל-מיס Ethnically cleansed days ago |
Statistic/Fact
Value
Israeli occupation date
October 21, 1948
Distance from district center
14 (km) West of Jerusalem
Elevation from the sea
650 (meters)
Map location
See location number #18 on the map
Israeli military operation
Operation ha-Har
Israeli attacking brigade
Har'el Brigade
Village defenders
Arab Liberation Army volunteers, Jordanian Army, and some local Palestinian militia.
Exodus Cause
Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains
after destruction by IsraelisBayt Umm al-Mays was completely destroyed and defaced, and only house rubble left behind.
Ethnically cleansing
by IsraelisBayt Umm al-Mays inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership
before occupation
Ethnic Group
Land Ownership (Dunums)
Arab
1,013
Jewish
0
Public
0
Total
1,013
Land usage in 1945
Land Usage Type
Arab (Dunum)
Irrigated & Plantation
51
Planted W/ Cereal
273
Built up
2
Cultivable
324
Non-Cultivable
687
Population
before occupation
Year
Population
1945
70
1948
81
Est. Refugees 1998
499
Town's name through history
The Crusaders referred to the village by Beittelamus.
Water supplies
Bayt Umm al-Mays has two springs located to the southwest which provided it with its water needs.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands
No settlements on village lands
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External Links
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According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
The site is covered with wild grass that grows around the remains of stone terraces. A few almond, olive, and fig trees also grow along the terraces. The dried-out stems ofvines can be seen among the grass. The remains of a demolished house, which include fragments of an archway, stand at the northern end of the village; the ruins of another house stand at a short distance from the southern end, near a well. Two caves can be seen in the west. There are two very large stone slabs standing at the southern edge of the site, surrounded by bushes
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