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Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	May 25, 1948
Distance from district center	16.5 (km) North East of Safad
Elevation from the sea	75 (meters)
Map location	See location number #30 on the map
Israeli military operation	Operation Yiftach (commanded by the ethnic cleansing champion Yigal Allon)
Israeli attacking brigade	The Palmach's First Battalion
Exodus Cause	Haganah 'Wispering' campaign (psychological warfare)
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	The village has been completely obliterated
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	Baysamun was ethnically cleansed as a result of psychological warfare conducted on the 25th of May 1948.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 2,057 Jewish 0 Public 45 Total 2,102
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Irrigated & Plantation 107 Planted W/ Cereal 1,817 Cultivable 1,924 Non-Cultivable 178
Population before occupation	Year Population 1922 41 1931 50 1945 20 1948 23 Est. Refugees 1998 143
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 11 1948 11
Town's name through history	Baysamun name may have been a derivation of Bayt (meeaning a house) and Ashmun (a Phoenician god).
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	No 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, all that remains of the village:
No traces of the houses remain. The site is occupied by warehouses for agricultural implements used by Kibbutz Manara, which had been established in 1943

 

 
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