This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict.Beit Ur al-Tahta (Arabic: بيت عور التحتى, lit.

"Lower house of straw") is a Palestinian village located in the central West Bank, in the Ramallah and Al-Bireh Governorate of the State of Palestine.

[4] A fragment of a marble sarcophagus, featuring Greek inscriptions (...of ...asia ...; ... son of Andr...) was found among the ruins of a Christian church, in the vicinity of a new mosque.

It had a population of 20 Muslim households who paid a fixed tax rate of 25% on various agricultural products, including wheat, barley, olives, goats and/or beehives; a total of 3,700 akçe.

[17][18] A 19th-century traveler visiting the town found the remains of ancient foundations, rock-cut cisterns and a tomb that was said to have contained treasures.

Fragments of a graceful frieze, capitals with Corinthian acanthus carved in white marble, columns and dressed stones lie unused along the roads."

[21][22] In 1883, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine described Beit 'Ur et Tahta as "A village of moderate size on a low ridge with wells to the west.

[30] In the 1980s and 1990s, lands belonging to Beit Ur al-Tahta were confiscated by the Israeli government to build Highway 443 along the Pass of Bethoron.

A petition challenging the move submitted to the Supreme Court of Israel in September 1983 was rejected by Justice Aharon Barak who ruled that under international law, a military government have the right to infringe private property if a number of conditions are fulfilled, stating that "The step is taken for the benefit of the local population".

The project was funded by American Charities for Palestine, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Sheikh Mohammed Shami Foundation.

[34] In September 2021, a Palestinian gardener was shot dead near the village when he apparently lit up a cigarette near a group of Kfir Brigade soldiers sitting nearby in ambush for potential Molotov bomb throwers.

[36] Close to the village lies the large ruin of Khirbet Hallaba, situated atop a hill 411 meters high and its surrounding foothills.

[37] In the 19th century, French explorer Victor Guérin noted that the villagers of Beit 'Ur al-Tahta worship a woman named "Hanieh bent-Yakoub" in a dome at Khirbet Hallabeh.