Beit Amin

This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict.Beit Amin (Arabic: بيت أمين) is a Palestinian village in the Qalqilya Governorate in the western West Bank, located south of Qalqilya.

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

"[4] The village passed to British control they defeated the Ottoman Empire in World War 1.

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.