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Israeli occupation date:
Ethnic cleansing occurred during the first months 1948.
No traces of Arab houses
are left behind. 'Atlit inhabitants were completely ethnically
cleansed. During the
Hellenistic period, 'Atlit was known by Adarus. In 1296,
descendants
of the 'Uwayrat tribe
(a Tatar tribe) settled in 'Atlit and its vicinity. Wadi al-Tabun,
wadi
al-Sukhul, and Wadi
Falah are bordering the village. 'Atlit contained a Crusades
Castle
called Castle
Peregrinorum (castle of the pilgrims), and a Muslim cemetery east of
the
Crusader castle which
has an Arabic inscription dating to 1800s.
Israeli settlements on
town lands: 'Atlit and Newe Yam.
Number of houses: In
(1931): 193
Land Ownership before
Occupation
Ethnic group
Land Ownership
Arab 15
Jewish 5,262
Public 3,806
Total 9,083
Population
Year Population
1931
452 Arabs
1945
660 (150 Arabs = 90 Muslims + 60
Christians,
510 Jews)
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