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It
was occupied on July 1948. The village was mostly destroyed with the
exception of few houses remain standing.
Bi’lin inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land
Ethic Group
Land
Ownership
Ownership
Arab 7,415
Jewish 294
Public
327
Total
8,036
Bi’lin had an elementary school, which was founded in 1937. A shrine
for al-Shaykh Ya’qub Bi’lin contained two well, which supplied it
with its drinking water, needs.
Now
an Israeli settlements is located there “Qedma”.
According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi the village
remaining structures on the village land are:
“All that remains is the rubble of a few houses, with wild herbs and
thorns growing on the site, along with some trees and cactus plants.
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