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Welcome To al-Butaymat - البطيمات (אל-בטימאת)

District of Haifa
Ethnically cleansed days ago

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Statistic & Fact Value
Occupation Date May 1, 1948
Distance From District 31 (km) South East of Haifa
Elevation 200 (meters)
Before & After Nakba, Click Map For Detailswhat's new
Pre-Nakba Map showing before and after destruction
Map Location See location #41 on the map

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Military Operation Battle for Mishmar Ha'emek
Attacking Units Most likely Irgun Zvai Leumi (IZL) terror gang, which is the same terror gang that committed several massacres against many unarmed Palestinians. For example, see Dayr Yasin.
Exodus Cause Fear of Jewish attack, or of being caught in the fighting
Village Temains The village has been completely obliterated, and only house rubble left behind.
Ethnically Cleansing al-Butaymat inhabitants mostly fled soon after the battle for Mishmar Ha'emek, and upon occupation it was completely ethnically cleansed.
Pre-Nakba
Land Ownership
Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums)*
Arab 3,832
Jewish 4,724
Public 1
**Total 8,557
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
**Town Lands' Demarcation Maps
Land Usage
As of 1945
Land Usage Arab (Dunum)* Jewish (Dunum)*
Irrigated & Plantation 8 1
Olive Groves 113 0
Planted W/ Cereal 2,508 4,722
Built up 4 1
Arable 2,516 4,723
Non-Arable 1,313 0
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
Population
Year Population*
1931 112
1945 110
1948 128
Est. Refugees 1998 784
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
Number of Houses
Year Number of Houses
1931 29
1948 33
Near By Townswhat's new
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al-Lajjun
Places of Warship One mosque
Exculsive Jewish Colonies
Who Usurped Village Lands
Even Yitzchaq
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Village Before Nakba

The village stood on the slope of a small wadi in a hilly area this was in the middle of the bilad al-rawha' (the "fragrant country"; see Daliyat al-Rawha', Haifa District). It occupied a narrow strip of land that stretched from east to west. Its houses were built of stone with either cement or mud. Several springs around the site provided the village with water. Although small (the Palestine Index Gazetteer of the Mandate period classified al-Butaymat as a hamlet), this Muslim village maintained its own mosque. Its economy was based on agriculture and livestock breeding. In 1944 a total of 2,508 dunums was planted in cereals, and 8 dunums were irrigated or used for orchards.

Zionists Colonies on Village Lands

The settlement of Even Yitzchaq, also known as Gal'ed, was established west of the village site on village lands in 1945.

Village Today

The site is fenced in, overgrown with grass and cactuses. There are no traces of houses except for adobe bricks scattered around the site. Most of the surrounding lands are used as grazing areas but some of them are cultivated.

Source

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

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