Beit Amin

Beit Amin (Arabic: بيت أمين) is a Palestinian village in the Qalqilya Governorate in the western West Bank, located south of Qalqilya. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 1,279 inhabitants in 2017.^[2]

Beit Amin
Municipality type D (Village council)
Arabic transcription(s)
• Arabic	بيت أمين
Beit Amin Location of Beit Amin within Palestine
Coordinates: 32°07′52″N 35°01′13″E
Palestine grid	152/171
State	State of Palestine
Governorate	Qalqilya
Government
• Type	Village council
Elevation [1]	99 m (325 ft)
Population  (2017)[2]
• Total	1,279
Name meaning	Khurbet Beit Yemin=The ruin of the house of Yemin, p. n.[3]

Location

Beit Amin is located 8.35km south-east of Qalqiliya. It is bordered by Sanniriya to the east, Al Mudawwar and ‘Izbat al Ashqar to the south, ‘Izbat Salman to the west, and ‘Azzun ‘Atma to the north.^[1]

History

In 1882 the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine noted Khurbet Beit Yemin (under "Archæology"): "Walls, cisterns and rock-cut tomb."^[4]

British Mandate

The village passed to British control they defeated the Ottoman Empire in World War 1. The village was administered under the British Mandate for Palestine until 1948.

Jordanian Era

In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements, Beit Amin came under Jordanian rule.

Post-1967

Since the Six-Day War in 1967, Beit Amin has been under Israeli occupation.

After the 1995 accords, about 29.2% of village land was classified as Area B, the remainding 70.8% as Area C. Israel has confiscated land from Beit Amin, ‘Azzun ‘Atma and Mas-ha in order to construct the Israeli settlement of Shi'ar Tikvah. In addition, the Israeli West Bank barrier will isolate some of Beit Amins village land behind the wall.^[5]

References

1. Beit Amin village profile, ARIJ, 2013, p. 4
2. Preliminary Results of the Population, Housing and Establishments Census, 2017 (PDF). Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) (Report). State of Palestine. February 2018. pp. 64–82. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
3. Palmer, 1881, p. 232
4. Conder and Kitchener, 1882, p. 329
5. Beit Amin's village profile, ARIJ, 2013, pp. 15-16

Bibliography

• Conder, C.R.; Kitchener, H.H. (1882). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology. Vol. 2. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
• Palmer, E.H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Arabic and English Name Lists Collected During the Survey by Lieutenants Conder and Kitchener, R. E. Transliterated and Explained by E.H. Palmer. Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.

External links

• Welcome to Beit Amin
• Survey of Western Palestine, Map 14: IAA, Wikimedia commons
• Beit Amin village (fact sheet), Applied Research Institute–Jerusalem, ARIJ
• Beit Amin village profile, ARIJ
• Beit Amin, aerial photo, ARIJ
• Development Priorities and Needs in Beit Amin, ARIJ
• Subterranean Wells of Jayyus and Beit Amin villages in Qalqiliya governorate-swamped with waste dumped by Israeli settlers 12, February, 2007, ARIJ