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Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	May 13, 1948
Distance from district center	10 (km) Northeast of al-Ramla
Elevation from the sea	100 (meters)
Map location	See location number #6 on the map
Israeli military operation	Second stage of Operation Dani
Defenders	Jordanian Army
Exodus Cause	Abandonment based on Arab orders
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	On September 13th, 1948, Bayt Nabala was completely obliterated with the exception of its school, see Pictures section for details.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	Bayt Nabala inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Terminating refugee camps	Village refugees were scattered around Dayr Ammar, Ramallah City, Bayt Tillow, Rantiss, and al-Jalazoun refugee camps North of Ramallah.
Village clans or hamolas	For now, we're aware of the following clans: Nakhleh, Safi, Sharakah, al-Khateeb, and Zeid. If your clan name is not listed, please do not hesitate to contant us.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 14,427 Jewish 0 Public 624 Total 15,051
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Area planted w/ citrus 226 Irrigated & Plantation 1,733 Area planted w/ olives 2,680 Planted W/ Cereal 10,199 Built up 124 Cultivable 12,158 Non-Cultivable 2,769
Population before occupation	Year Population 1596 297 1922 1,324 1931 1,758 1945 2,310 1948 2,680 Est. Refugees 1998 16,456
Number of houses	In (1931): 471 (includes Kafr Jinnis)
Schools	An elementary school for boys founded in 1921, and in 1945 it had an enrollment of 230 students.
Religious institutions	One Mosque
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Kefar Truman (named after the U.S. president Truman) and Beyt Nechemya.
Related Maps	خرائط تفصيلية للمحافظة View from satellite Help us map this town at WikiMapia
More Information	Language External Links Arabic PalGates Hebrew Nakba in Hebrew   Nakba-Online

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Town Today

According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalid, all that remains of the village:-
On its fringes are the remains of quarries and crumbled houses. Sections of walls from the houses still stand. The surrounding land is cultivated by the Israeli settlements.

To contact any of the below members, simply click on the names.

Display Name	Clan/Hamolah	Country of Residence
محمد نمر خداش- ابو اليزيد	النخلة	عمان, المملكة الاردنية الهاشمية
roseanna	-	-
ibrahim assaf	-	sharjah, UAE
tariq nakhleh	-	new york, new york
أديب سليمان	-	Palestine, Palestine
HaSSaN AmiN	ZAID	RamallaH - Bait Nabala, PalestinE
mahran	zaid	-
عصام صالح	z	-
AYA SALAMEH	NAKHLEH	JORDAN_AMMAN
Ahmad Baker	Zaid	Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia
حسن النبالي	الشراكة	الوحدات, الأردن
اكرم النبالي	زيد	الخبر, السعودية
صافي	صافي	بير زيت, فلسطين
Alaa	sharaka	Amman, Jordan
Mohammed Ali Nakhleh	-	-
عبدالله	النخله	الاردن, الاردن
قطيفان	-	-
Samed Ali Juma Nakhla	Nakhla	Sogn og fjordane, Norway
FAWAZ SAFI TAHA SAFI	SAFI	OHIO, USA
ابو صلاح	زيد	-
abu adam	-	-
MAJED EID SHAFI	ZAID	MILANO, ITALIA
ammar1	safi	asg, asdfg
Hasan Y. H. El-Heet	زيـد	Texas , USA
SalahAssaf	Safi	Amman, Jordan
Tariq Quteifan	Zaid	London, United Kingdom
jalal khaled	SAFI	FALCON, VENEZULA
moh ibrahem khaleel safi	safi	-
khaled mohammed ali saleh musleh	zaid	ohio, usa
عزت الخطيب	ALKHATIB	-
ahmad salameh	alshrakh	jordan, jordan
هيثم المشهور	زيـــد	دبي, الإمارات
Dawlah Al_Mashhur	Zaid	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Dalia Al_Mashhur	Zaid	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
أكثم المشهور	زيـــد	دبي, الإمارات
هيثم المشهور	زيــد	الإمارات
حسني المشهور	زيـــد	الريـاض, السعودية
Maen Mohamad Orabi	Nakhleh Al Nabali	Jeddah, SAUDI ARABIA
NAKHELAH	NAKHELAH	TX, na
KHALED ISSA	NAKHELAH	MISSOURI, U S A
mahmoud harb	Quteifan	amman, jordan
mohammed mosleh	na5leh	amman, jordan
Hiyam Othman	Safi	CA, USA
مي	زيد	ماركا, الاردن
Ahmad Mahmmoud Salama	nakhleh	Missouri, usa
Aman Assaf	Safi	Amman, Jordan
Khaled Assaf	Safi	Amman, Jordan
Yaser Salameh	nakhleh	MO, United States
Ahmad Safi	Safi	Dammam, Saudi Arabia
ALI NAKHLA	NAKHLA	-
Mohammad Yassin Anabali	Naklah	Amman, Jordan
SAMIH ABDUL-RAHMAN SALEH	ZAID	-
الشامي	صافي	AMMAN
صبحي عساف	عساف	عمان, الاردن
Qutiefan	Bayt Nabala	illinois, USA
اياد عابد	عابد - شراكة	عمان, الاردن
Bahija Noris H Zeid	Zaid	Manitoba, Canada
Othman safy	Safi	Am, Jordan
abdul hakeem saleh	zaid	west bank, palestenian authority
abo safi	safi	ramallah, palestine
Dr.suhail al-nabali	Safi	west bank, Palestine
Mahmoud Yasin	Nakhleh	Illinois, United States
ayman safi	Safi	amman, amman
Ahmed Saleh	zaid	IL, USA
mohamad safi	-	-
Mouna Hamdallah Zeid	Zaid	MB, Canada
Mohammad Mouna Zaid	Zeid	MB, Canada
belo	zeid	jordan, jordan
Yaser Badwan	Zeid	OH, OH
Taysir	zied	Amman, Jordan
Al Jallal (الجلال)	Assaf	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
TimeIsOver	Assaf	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
ahmad yousef assaf	Assaf	saudi arabia, 00966
ABDELRAHMAN MOUNA ZEID	ZAID	MB, CANADA
abdallah shatat	safe	hfg, sf
Amira Mouna Zeid	Zeid	Manitoba, Canada
Mohammad Mouna Zeid	-	Manitobae, Canada
Husni Daous ( Dawas )	ZAID	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Loay Qutiefan	Zaid	Saudi Arabia
Saleem Saleh Quteifan	Zaid	Amman, Jordan
Amjad Quteifan	Zaid	KSA
Abu Omar	-	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Rami Ramadan	Abed-Sharaka	Khobar, KSA
DR MUSA SALEH	ZAID	JORDAN, JORDAN
Mohamad Joma'a Hasan Nakhleh	Nakhleh	Ramallah, Ramallah / Palestine
abed el rahim mosa nakhleh	nakhleh	Buskerud, norway
abed el nasser mosa nakhleh	nakhleh	Skien, norway
khaled	makhlouf	aqba, jordan
YOUSEF RASHED	Safi	IL, USA
MOHAMMAD SALEH MUSLEH	ZAID	OH, USA
Imad Nakhleh	Nakhleh	Manitoba, Canada
Saleh Khaddash	Khaddash	NJ, USA
SHIHADEH	ZEID	AMMAN, JORDAN
nakhleh	Nakhleh	Denamrk, Denmark
Ahmed Orabi	Nakhleh	Riyadh, KSA
bahija zeid	zaid	winnipeg,manitoba, canada
Ahmed Nakhleh	Nakhleh	Illinois, USA
Raéd Shaqdih	Zaid	-
Rawd Omran Saleh	Zaid	OHIO, USA
Khadejeh Saleh	Zaid	Ohio, US
othman safi	Safi	Amman, Jordan
FATHE IQTAIFAN	ZAID	ky USA, kentucky usa
Mohammad Saleh	Zaid	amman, jordan
A-Hakim Zeid	Zeid	Manitoba, Canada
Wael Zeid	Zeid	MB, Canada
ALI SALEH	ZAID	OHIO, USA
NASER YOUSEF	nakhleh	texas, usa
Ali Abdel Aziz Said Assaf	Safi	Amman, Jordan
Abdulhadi Ramadan	Aabed	Amman, Jordan
Abedelsalam Rabah	Nakhleh	Alabama, USA
Dr. Husam Aldeen Al-Khadash	-	Amman, Jordan
Moh'd Talal Khalil Husieen Yousef	Nakhleh	Jordan
mohammad al_masri masri	al_masri	amman, jordan
Mousa Tabab	NAKHALA	M O, U A S
Nabali	Zaid	Ohio, USA
Abdullah Zaid	zaid	Jeddah
mohammad hasan zaben sharakah	-	-
ayoub jamal alayoubi	zead	amman, jordan
akram assaf	safi	ca, usa
Issa Jamil Issa Al Hagi	Zaid	Modena, Italia
mahmoud ayoub	zaed	amman, jordan
assaf	Assaf	Italia, Italia
subhi ahmad badwan	zaid	amman, jordan
Prof. Yacob Ahmad Saleh	ZAID	Chicago IL
mohamad juma,a nakhleh	nakhleh	ramallah, palestine
Jamal Assaf	Safi	CA, USA
nakhleh	-	denmark, denmark
osama khaled	safi	jordan
mouna zeid	zaid	mb, canada
zahai zeid	zeid	winnipeg, canada
Reema Said Saleh	Zaid	Ohio, USA
noris	zaid	mb, canada
Ghassan Ibrahim Khalil	Nakhala	jordan, Jordan
Musleh Salameh	NAKHLEH	-
JAMAL NAKHLEH	NAKHLEH	-
Ashraf Assaf	Safi	CA, USA
mark	nakhleh	u.s.a
Hala Suleiman	Nakhleh	xxxxxxx, Bahrain
MaryJane	Nakhleh	LA, USA
maen abd alfatah	zeid	New Jersey , U S A
Noha Mahmoud Musleh Nakhleh	nakhleh	1089, norway
Abed el-Rrahim Nakhleh	Nakhleh	Oslo, Norway
hatem	zaid	amman, jordan
safi safi	Zaid	Palestine, palestine
ahmad17611	nakhleh	nj, usa
Hani ahmad	-	new jersey, usa
Riad Nakhleh	Nakhleh	IL, USA
Belalsalameh Nakhleh	Nakhleh	-
belal	nakhleh	amman, jordan
Ahmad Salameh	Nakhleh	Aqaba, Jordan
Wael Nakhleh	Nakhleh	-
Nakhleh	Nakhleh	Amman, Jordan
Mahmoud Ahmed Salameh	Nakhleh	Amman, Jordan
Thaer Ahmed Salameh	Nakhleh	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Noris Zeid	Zeid	Manitoba, Canada
Mohammad Ahmad Salamah NAKHLEH	Nakhleh	Suwayleh, Jordan
Mamoun Atiyah Salameh	Nakhleh	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Yousef SALAMAH	NAKHLEH	Germany

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