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| Welcome To Bayt Mahsir District of Jerusalem بيت محسير - בית מחסיר Ethnically cleansed days ago |
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| Statistic/Fact | Value | ||||||||||||||
| Israeli occupation date | May 10, 1948 | ||||||||||||||
| Distance from district center | 26 (km) West of Jerusalem | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation from the sea | 588 (meters) | ||||||||||||||
| Map location | See location number #9 on the map | ||||||||||||||
| Israeli military operation | Operation Makkabi | ||||||||||||||
| Israeli attacking brigade | Har'el Brigade | ||||||||||||||
| Defenders | Local militia & Arab Liberation Army | ||||||||||||||
| Exodus Cause | Military assault by Jewish troops | ||||||||||||||
| Village remains after destruction by Israelis | The village was mostly destroyed with the exception of two houses, see Pictures section for details. | ||||||||||||||
| Ethnically cleansing by Israelis | Bayt Mahsir was completely ethnically cleansed, however, few of its inhabitants were allowed to stay. Those who were allowed to stay were the exception. Currently, many of the Mahasreh refugees live in Amman, Jordan, who mostly live in Jabal al-Taj neighborhood. | ||||||||||||||
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| Land usage in 1945 |
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| Schools | Bayt Mahsir had three schools. Two schools for boys (one elementary and the another secondary), and the third was an elementary school for girls. | ||||||||||||||
| Notable people from town | The villagers took pride in the fact that the last Imam of its mosque, Shaykh Khalil As'ad, was a graduate of al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt. | ||||||||||||||
| Religious institutions | One mosque | ||||||||||||||
| Shrines/maqams | The village had two shrines for couple of unknown individuals. | ||||||||||||||
| Archeological sites | Bayt Mahsir contains several Khirbat including: al-Huwaytiyya, al-Masi, Khatula, and al-Sallam. | ||||||||||||||
| Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands | Beyt Me'ir and Mesillat Tziyyon | ||||||||||||||
| 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:
"Several village houses have been spared, and are for the most part interspersed among the houses of the settlement of Beyt Me'ir. Two large, rectangular-shaped, almost identical houses built of limestone rise above the Israeli settlement's cabin-like residences. The remains of a flour mill, a metal machine with flywheels fitted over a stone structure, can still be seen. There is a wild forest of old trees on the eastern edge of the village site, on top of the mountain. The tomb of al-' Ajami, together with other graves, are among the trees."
| Display Name | Clan/Hamolah | Country of Residence |
| Abu Izz aldin | Saadah | - |
| Audai Hassan | Ababdeh | New York, United States |
| tareq jaber | jaber | amman, jordan |
| مؤيد المحسيري | - | مخيم البقعة, الاردن مخيم البقعة |
| عبد المجيد | سعادة | حي عدن, حي عدن |
| nizar jamal al khatib | الخطيب | Amman, jordan |
| ماجد تيم / أبو عبد الرحمن | سعادة | - |
| أبو السعيد | منصور | عمان, الأردن |
| رائد المحسيري | إسليم | - |
| hamzi alma7sere | الأقرع | amman |
| المحسيري | داود | عمان |
| غسان فؤاد محمد إسليم | أسليم | عمان |
| المحسيري | سعاده | - |
| بسام إسليم (أبو علي) | إسليم | michigan, usa |
| موسى صالح | صالح | العقبة, العقبة |
| Ramzi Iessa Tayem | Sa'adah | Baqaa Camp, Jordan |
| ebtihal | beit mahsir | ny, usa |
| EINAS SA'ADEH | sa'ades | amman |
| المحسيري | الاقرع | - |
| فراس النجار | - | - |
| belal alnajjar | - | - |
| المحسيري | دار مطر | رام الله, رام الله |
| hena | - | - |
| خالد أبو المهند | علان داوود | مخيم البقعة - الاردن |
| أمجد سعادة | سعادة | الزرقاء |
| SHAHIN | شاهين | الاردن, الاردن |
| hamzasleem | إسليم | الأردن-عمان, الأردن-عمان |
| ابو حبيبة | - | - |
| الظاهر بيبرس | ال عزام | عين الباشا, الاردن |
| محسيري | - | عمان |
| ALNAJJAR | - | Chicago, USA |
| Mohammed Ismail Alnajjar | - | Chicago, USA |
| روز | - | - |
| محمد النجاجرة | النجاجرة | الاردن |
| النجار( بيت محسير) | - | عمّان, الاردن |
| Mohammed Jabr | Saadah | Amman, Jordan |
| Rula Sa'adeh | Sa'adeh | -, Jordan |
| وليد | علي صالح | عمان, الاردن |
| ekrema saleh | saleh | il, il |
| بهائي صالح | محمود صالح | الاردن |
| ammar saleem | - | الاردن |
| حسام تيم | تيم سعاده | hama |
| هاني إسليم | إسليم | الاردن, الاردن |
| Samy | - | Germany, Germany |
| ابو عقاب | اسليم | - |
| samso0oma | حسين صالح | - |
| طارق اسليم | إسليم | فلسطين, فلسطين |
| حسام أبو حشيش | أبو حشيش | عمان, الأردن |
| Fadi Moh'd Abdel Rahman Rasheed Saadeh | Saadeh | - |
| وهبه المحسيري | علي صالح | الاردن, بيت محسير |
| تيم المحسيري | - | - |
| احمدحمدالله | حمدالله | جده, السعوديه |
| مراد موسى حمدالله | حمدالله | الرياض, السعودية |
| محمد صالح | - | - |
| حماده المحسيري | - | - |
| محمود محمد حمدالله | حمدالله | الرياض |
| ابن فلسطين | صالح --- سعادة | - |
| اسماعيل تيم | - | - |
| Asaad J. A. Salameh | AL MAHSEERE | Amman, Jordan |
| مهند اسعد | سعادة | عمان |
| احمد مطر | - | عمان, الاردن |
| dia' Mahmoud Saleh | - | - |
| د/ محمد عثمان المحسيري | - | - |
| Mohd Mahd Haj Hassan Isleem | Isleem | NSW, Australia |
| ابو وجيه | النجار | الاردن, الاردن |
| محمد أسعد المحسيري | أسعد | الرياض, السعودية |
| eyad tayem | تيم-بيت محسير | - |
| نادر اسعد | عبدالله | - |
| جهاد المحسيري | سلامه | - |
| S Y S | - | AMMAN, JORDAN |
| بكر عبدالكريم عوده | أبوحشيش | الزرقاء, الأردن |
| امير | علي صالح | الاردن, الاردن |
| AL MAHSERY | - | - |
| abu saif _ al ma7seri | - | - |
| mahsero88 | elian | - |
| أبو مالك | سعادة | عمان, الأردن |
| مهند سعاده | سعاده | amman, jordan |
| abdalla (abood) al-najjar | al-najjar | ny, u.s.a |
| محمد صالح | محمود صالح | فلسطين, القدس |
| Hasan Abu Qasem | Al Najar | - |
| samer b saada | سعاده | عمان, الاردن |
| murad taher | - | - |
| fadi farhan | Saleh | - |
| MAHSERKO | علي صالح | - |
| اسامه سعاده | سعاده | عمان, الاردن |
| محسيري وبس | - | - |
| أحمد النحسيري | - | - |
| محسيرية وأفتخر | سعادة | amman, jordan |
| د.كامل أسعد | بيت محسير | - |
| محسيري حتى النخاع | - | amman, jordan |
| اياد سعادة | سعادة | - |
| freedom | العبابدة | دمر, سوريا |
| ma7sery | داوود | alquds, palstain |
| ALMAHSEERI | - | ALYAROUK - JABAL ALTAJ, JORDAN |
| دزهير ذيب معالي | داود/معالي | AMMAN, JORDAN |
| النجار | النجار | عمان, جبل التاج |
| ابو أحمد | - | - |
| tajj | saadah | - |
| ماهر صالح | صالح | عمان, عمان |
| jamal matar | matar | palistain, betmahseer |
| sabein | Al mahsiri | - |
| غادة | أبو ارشيد | - |
| otman amin otman ali saleh | - | - |
| alma7seery | داوود | فلسطين, فلسطين |
| جابر محمود المحسيري | ابو حشيش | البلقاء |
| Ghassan Salameh | - | - |
| salam abdullah | - | kuwait |
| حقائق | - | - |
| mahsire for ever | saada | ma'an, jordan |
| leo_81 | mahmoud | - |
| Abed el Latif Assad | Assad - Sa3adeh | Amman, Jordan |
| مراد المحسيري | al-mahsiry | jaba altaj, jordan |
| تيمو | - | عملن |
| Mahmoud Dawoud | Dawoud | Texas, USA |
| tagreed abo-Qasem | - | zarqa |
| حسام المحسيري | المحسيري | عمان , الأردن |
| المحسيري | - | جبل التاج, الاردن |
| husam nabil | بيت محسير | amman, jordan |
| خالد أمين خالد أبو حشيش | أبو حشيش | البقعة, الأردن |
| MALIK SALEEM | - | AMMAN |
| الحلاق | - | - |
| Zakaryya Asad | - | - |
| Fadi Hammad | Hammad | NY, USA |
| qusai | salameh | amman, jordan |
| bahai | - | amman |
| ma7seri | saleh | Kuwait, Kuwait |
| mohanad isleem | Isleem | NY , NY |
| ahmad salameh | salameh | jordan, amman |
| eyad yousof saleh | bayt mahseer | amman, jordan |
| ahmad mahsere | mahmoud saleh mahsere | amman, jordan |
| abdullah mahmoud saleh | mahmoud saleh | jordan, jordan |
| almahsiry | saleh | amman |
| Mamoon Al-Najjar | Al-Najjar | Amman, Jordan |
| Abdullah Ghanayem | النجار | Al khobar, KSA |
| yusef mustafa | Isleem | College Point, USA |
| Ismael Saleh | Saleh | Amman, Jordan |
| dr.muna asha | الدوايمة | - |
| watan saadeh | beet mahser | - |
| Shadi Saadeh | saadeh | TX, USA |
| Mohammad Saadeh | Saleh | NJ, USA |
| ahmad hussien | - | amma |
| haytham saadah | saleh | - |
| Ahmad Yousef Al-Najjar | Alnajjar | Amman, Jordan |
| Rawad | saada | - |
| khaled assad | assad | - |
| Gassan Maali | Maali | California, USA |
| fathi saleh | saleh | Palestine, Palestine |
| Amer Abu Qasem | Al Njar | Leipzig, Germany |
| Jad Saleh | saadeh | Ontario.Whitby, Canada |
| Ashraf Saadeh | Saadeh | AMMAN, JORDAN |
| azzmat | Ababdeh | - |
| abd | - | - |
| Walid jaber | slim | Baq'a camp, jordan |
| ibrahim AL SHAIKH | - | jordan, jordan |
| reiad saleh | - | - |
| Ali Islim | - | - |
| Ali Salim | - | - |
| Muhammad Khalil | Mansour | Bethlehem, Palestine |
| Tareq Alnajjar | - | munich, Germany |
| Mahmoud Alnajjar | - | Germany |
| Mohammad Al-Najjar | al-najjar | Amman, Jordan |
| AbuBairout | sa'adeh | almahttah camb, jordan |
| ABU ALI | ISLIM | MICHIGAN, USA |
| Yousef Eqtait | Eqtait | Amman, Jordan |
| Mohammad Saleh | Saleh | jordan, jordan |
| Ahmed Said Taiem | - | Amman-Jordan |
| Rami | - | Amman, Jordan |
| haitham Islim | - | - |
| Haithem Ali | Sa'adah | Hamburg, Germany |
| Gus | Maali | California, California |
| Samir Issa | Sa'ada | NJ, USA |
| said isleem | - | NY, NY |
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