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| Welcome To Bayt 'Itab District of Jerusalem بيت عطاب - בית עיטאב Ethnically cleansed days ago |
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| Statistic/Fact | Value | ||||||||||||||
| Israeli occupation date | October 21, 1948 | ||||||||||||||
| Distance from district center | 17.5 (km) West of Jerusalem | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation from the sea | 675 (meters) | ||||||||||||||
| Map location | See location number #35 on the map | ||||||||||||||
| Israeli military operation | Operation ha-Har | ||||||||||||||
| Exodus Cause | Military assault by Jewish troops | ||||||||||||||
| Village remains after destruction by Israelis | Beit 'Itab was completely obliterated with the exception of some house rubble left behind. | ||||||||||||||
| Ethnically cleansed by Israelis | Bayt 'Itab inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed. | ||||||||||||||
| Village clans (hamolas) | The famous Lahham family which at one point in the 19th century controlled as much as 24 neighboring villages in the Jerusalem area. | ||||||||||||||
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| Land usage in 1945 |
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| Town's name through history | The Romans referred to the Beit 'Itab by Enadab, and the Crusaders called it Bethahatap. | ||||||||||||||
| Nearby wadies & rivers | Wadi al-Maghara is situated southwest of the village lands. | ||||||||||||||
| Archeological sites | Beit 'Itab contains the ruins of an old Crusader fortress. | ||||||||||||||
| Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands | Nes Harim | ||||||||||||||
| Related Maps | خرائط تفصيلية للمحافظة Town's map on MapQuest View from satellite Help us map this town at WikiMapia |
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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 large amounts of rubble from the demolished village houses. The remains of the Crusader fortress are prominent on it. There are two cemeteries east and west of the village.
| Display Name | Clan/Hamolah | Country of Residence |
| خندق | هماش | العاصمه, الاردن |
| - | - | |
| علاء عمر تايه | تايــــه | عمان - صويلح, الاردن - عمان |
| عبد الرحمن | - | - |
| العطابي | هماش | amman, jordan |
| firas mohammad allhham | - | al khobar ksa |
| أبو محمد هماش | - | - |
| yousef dawood eissa allahham | Eissa | Amman, Jordan |
| ابراهيم محمد محمود تايه | - | - |
| عبدالله علي تايه | تايه | الدمام |
| ميسون | حوباني | - |
| ابن اللحام العطابي-ابو حمزة | اللحام | - |
| سليمان مصطفى | - | دير بلوط |
| abuanad | - | - |
| يزن اللحام | - | jordan, بيت عطاب |
| ELIAN | ELIAN | DUBAU, UAE |
| Ayoub Ghrair | - | Stuttgart, Germany |
| احمد جابر | اللحام | - |
| ali alkhandak | hammash | california, usa |
| مجاهد اللحام | ملحم | عمان, الاردن |
| شادي احمد جميل عليان | عليان | AMMAN, JORDAN |
| هماش | هماش | - |
| عمر الشبش | - | الاردن=السودان |
| اياد اللحام | عطالله | اليمن, اليمن |
| zaid jammel alkhandaq | - | amman, jordan |
| محمد طالب | هماش | عمان, الأردن |
| اسامة اللحام | بيت عطاب | - |
| وائل تايه | - | - |
| ابو طارق | عبيدالله | لسعودية |
| عليان | عليان | - |
| حمودة اللحام | اللحام | - |
| ايمن جمال هماش | Hammash | - |
| ( جمال محمود طه هماش ) | هماش - Hammash | K S A -AL KHOBAR-AMMAN - JORDAN |
| عبدالرحمن غرير | غرير | - |
| حمزة غرير | غرير | عمان, الاردن |
| tamador hammash | hammash | amman, jordan |
| L3taby | alhham | falasten, Bayt 'Itab |
| خليل اللحام | عيسى | - |
| ضياء اللحام | بيت عطاب | - |
| haitham laham | اللحام | marka, jordan |
| صالح ذياب تايه | تايه | - |
| Aladdin Alkhandak | Hammash | New York, New York |
| المهندس.محمد جمال هماش | Hammash | amman_jordan, JORDAN |
| alkhandaq | - | amman, jordan |
| المهندس محمد عبيد الله | عبيد الله | - |
| بهاء اللحام | - | - |
| سهى اللحام | اللحام | - |
| ismail emad ismail alkhandaq | - | - |
| mohammad ismail alkhandaq | hammash | - |
| aletabi | hammash | ny, ny |
| محمد هماش | هماش | doha, qatar |
| muayyad hammash | - | madaba, Jordan |
| سعدي اللحام | allaham | beith lehem |
| رامي | هماش - HammasH | - الخبر -, K S A -AL KHOBAR |
| Dana Emad Ismail Alkhandaq | hammash | california, usa |
| ismail muhammed alkhandaq | hammash | jordan, jordan |
| Emad Ismail Alkhandaq | hammash | california, usa |
| Abu Jehad | AL-LAHHAM | AL-Khobar k.s.a |
| Yasser Husni | اللحام | Bethlehehm |
| مالك اللحام | اللحام | القدس, فلسطين |
| الحلاق | - | - |
| basel allahham | allahham | amman, jordan |
| wisam allaham | - | - |
| MALIK AL_LAHAM | - | BET ATAB, PALESTINE |
| Awwad Lahham | yes | Engeneer, Engeneer |
| Hasan Ahmad Omar Hammash | Hammash | Amman, Jordan |
| Abu Saif | Al-lahham | Saudi Arabia |
| Ghassan Hammash | - | Sharjah, UAE |
| Imad Khalil | - | - |
| Amer Adel Abd-Alfattah Tayeh | Tayeh | - |
| A. Shukri Al-Laham | Al-Laham | - |
| Amer Tayeh | - | Amman, jordan |
| Hussein | Lahham | DF, BRASIL |
| Al-Lahham | wehdat | khobar, Saudi Arabia |
| Ghazi al-Laham | Laham | Amman, Jordan |
| Mahmood Al-lahham | - | KA, India |
| امـــجــد كيلاني | كيلاني | الخبر, الخبر |
| Jaber Jaber | - | New Jersey, United States |
| Mazen | Al-lahham | Bethlehem, Palestine |
| Ahmad Al-lahham | Al-lahham | Bethlehem, Palestine |
| aljounady | - | jordan |
| Mais Jaber | - | New Jersey, United States |
| Ahmad Ghrier | Ghrier | sweleh |
| adist | - | DKI Jakarta, indonesia |
| Al-Lahaam | Al_Lahaam | Jordan, Jordan |
| Raed Al-Lahham | Al-Lahham | - |
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