Welcome To 'Arab al-Bawati - عرب البواطي (خربة الحكمة) (ערב אל-בואטי)

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Statistic & Fact

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Occupation Date

May 16, 1948

Distance From District

4 (km) Northeast of Baysan

Elevation

-225 (meters)

Before & After Nakba, Click Map For Details

Pre-Nakba Map showing before and after destruction

Map Location

See location #16 on the map

View from satellite

Military Operation

Baysan valley clearing (Operation Gedion)

Attacking Units

Golani Brigade

Exodus Cause

Influence of fall of, or exoduce from, neighboring town

Village Temains

The village was completely destroyed and defaced.

Ethnically Cleansing

'Arab al-Bawati inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.

Clans

'Arab al-Bawati was founded by a branch of the 'Arab al-Ghazzawiyya Bedouin tribe.

Pre-Nakba
Land Ownership

Ethnic Group	Land Ownership (Dunums)*
Arab	5,412
Jewish	1,305
Public	3,924
**Total	10,641

*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
**Town Lands' Demarcation Maps

Land Usage
As of 1945

Land Usage	Arab (Dunum)*	Jewish (Dunum)*
Irrigated & Plantation	2,225	309
Planted W/ Cereal	3,403	996
Arable	5,628	1,305
Non-Arable	3,708	0

*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics

Population

Year	Population*
1922	345
1931	461
1945	520
1948	603
Est. Refugees 1998	3,704

*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics

Number of Houses

Year	Number of Houses
1931	86
1948	112

Near By Towns

al-Hamidiyya ↖	Zab'a ↑ (N)
al-Hamidiyya ←	'Arab al-Bawati	→ Jordan River
	↓ al-Ghazzawiyya

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
Who Usurped Village Lands

No Israeli settlements on village lands.

Village Before Nakba

The village stood on a hill that extended from the eastern side of a mountain; it overlooked wide areas east of the Jordan Valley. A highway that led to Baysan and Tiberias passed west of the village, and a secondary road linked it to adjacent villages. Arab al-Bawati was founded by a branch of the Arab al-Ghazzawiyya Bedouin tribe. Its houses, built of adobe brick, reeds, and cane, were scattered throughout the site and interspersed with a few goat-hair tents. The entire population was Muslim. In the southern portion of the village were several springs that supplied water for domestic use as well as irrigation. Some of the lands were planted in grain, vegetables, and fruit; some were devoted to animal grazing; and some were reserved for fisheries. Agriculture was both irrigated and rainfed. In 1944/45 a total of 3,135 dunums was allotted to cereals; 2,225 dunums were irrigated or used for orchards. The people of al-Bawati relied on Baysan for commercial, educational, and administrative services. Khirbat al-Bawati, on the village site, contained the ruins of walls, pillars, the foundations of buildings, and Roman milestones.

Zionists Colonies on Village Lands

There are no Israeli settlements on village lands. Chamadya, to the west, was founded in 1942 on lands belonging to the village of al-Hamidiyya and the town of Baysan; it is the closest Israeli settlement. It was initially named Chermonim, but in 1952 its name was changed to resemble the original Arabic name more closely.

Village Today

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. The site is fenced in and the surrounding lands are planted in various crops. The fisheries once used by the villagers also remain. Irrigated fields stretch to the west of it.

Source

Dr. Walid al-Khalidi, 1992: All That Remains.

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