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| 'Arab al-Bawati District of Baysan عرب البواطي/خربة الحكمة - ערב אל-בואטי Ethnically cleansed days ago |
Statistic/Fact
Value
Israeli occupation date
May 16, 1948
Distance from district center
4 (km) Northeast of Baysan
Elevation from the sea
-225 (meters)
Map location
See location number #16 on the map
Israeli military operation
Baysan valley clearing (Operation Gedion)
Israeli attacking brigade
Golani Brigade
Exodus Cause
Influence of fall of, or exoduce from, neighboring town
Village remains
after destruction by IsraelisThe village was completely destroyed and defaced.
Ethnically cleansing
by Israelis'Arab al-Bawati inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Village clans or hamolas
'Arab al-Bawati was founded by a branch of the 'Arab al-Ghazzawiyya Bedouin tribe.
Land ownership
before occupation
Ethnic Group
Land Ownership (Dunums)
Arab
5,412
Jewish
1,305
Public
3,924
Total
10,641
Land usage in 1945
Land Usage Type
Arab (Dunum)
Jewish (Dunum)
Irrigated & Plantation
2,225
309
Planted W/ Cereal
3,403
996
Cultivable
5,628
1,305
Non-Cultivable
3,708
0
Population
before occupation
Year
Population
1922
345
1931
461
1945
520
1948
603
Est. Refugees 1998
3,704
Number of houses
Year
Number of houses
1931
86
1948
112
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 on town's lands
No Israeli settlements on village lands.
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According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
"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/"
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