Bayt Thul
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| Bayt Thul | |
 Bayt Thul
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| Arabic | |
| Sub-district | Jerusalem |
| Coordinates | 31°49′20.90″N 35°04′25.90″E / 31.822472°N 35.073861°ECoordinates: 31°49′20.90″N 35°04′25.90″E / 31.822472°N 35.073861°E |
| Population | 260 (1945) |
| Area | 4,629 dunums |
| Date of depopulation | Not known[1] |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | |
| Current localities | Nataf, Newe Ilan |
Bayt Thul was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Jerusalem. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on April 1, 1948 under Operation Nachshon. It was located 15.5 km west of Jerusalem.
In 1945, the village had a population of 260. Bayt Thul has several Khirbats containing columns and foundations of ruined buildings and cisterns.
[edit] References
- ^ Morris, 2004, p.xx, village #358. Gives both cause and date of depopulation as "Not known"
[edit] Bibliography
- Hadawi, Sami (1970), Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine, Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center, http://www.palestineremembered.com/Articles/General-2/Story3150.html
- Khalidi, Walid (1992), All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948, Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies, ISBN 0-88728-224-5
- Morris, Benny (2004). The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-00967-6. http://books.google.com/?id=uM_kFX6edX8C&printsec=frontcover&dq=benny+morris&q.
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