Beit Einun
| Beit Einun | |
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | بيت عينون |
| • Also spelled | Beit 'Einun (official) Bayt 'Anun Khirbet Abu Rish Bayt Aynun (unofficial) |
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| Coordinates: 31°33′54″N 35°07′44″E / 31.565°N 35.1288°ECoordinates: 31°33′54″N 35°07′44″E / 31.565°N 35.1288°E | |
| Palestine grid | 162/107 |
| Governorate | Hebron |
| Government | |
| • Type | Village council |
| Population (2007) | |
| • Jurisdiction | 1,809 |
| Name meaning | Kh. Beit ’Ainûn, the ruin of the house of ’Ainûn |
Beit Einun or Bayt 'Anun (Arabic: بيت عينون) is a Palestinian village in the Hebron Governorate, located five kilometers northeast of Hebron in the southern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 1,809 inhabitants in 2007.
The Israeli army has a major road block at Beit Einun Junction. Following the upsurge in violence from October 2015 it has been a focus of attacks against soldiers by young Palestinians. The attackers are usually shot dead. In the first two weeks of 2016 there were three separate incidents in which four young Palestinian attackers were killed, no soldiers were injured.
Beit Einun is the modern site of the Biblical Beth-anoth. The site became populated during Byzantine rule of Palestine, and ceramics from that period has been found. Three churches were built near the center of the town sometime between the 5th and 6th centuries. The wall construction indicates rebuilding of the church in the Crusader period. Excavations have revealed a mosaic floor in the main hall of the church from the Byzantine period. It is a part of a complex building in which living quarters and storage rooms, as well as water cisterns were found. Other remains from this time period include two water cisterns, two wine-presses and several tombs.
Beit 'Einun is mentioned in the Waqf dedication given by the Islamic prophet Muhammad to Tamim al-Dari, a sahaba ("companion"). Many Muslim-built stone structures are located in the village. According to Al-Muqaddasi, Beit Einun was well known in the Middle East during the Abbasid era, for producing high-quality raisins named 'Aynuni after the village's name (Bayt Aynun).
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