Bayt Jiz
Bayt Jiz was a Palestinian Arab village situated on undulating land in the western foothills of the Jerusalem heights, 15 kilometers (9.3 mi) southwest of Ramla.

Bayt Jiz was a Palestinian Arab village situated on undulating land in the western foothills of the Jerusalem heights, 15 kilometers (9.3 mi) southwest of Ramla. In 1945, it had a population of 550. It was occupied by Israeli forces in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War and became depopulated.
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Worth seeing in and around Bayt Jiz
3 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Mini Israel
Mini Israel is a miniature park located near Latrun in the Jerusalem District within the Ayalon Valley. Opened in November 2002, the site contains miniature replicas of hundreds of buildings and landmarks in Israel.
3.5 km · miniature park in Israel · Wikipedia - 02Yad La-Shiryon
Yad La-Shiryon is Israel's official memorial site for fallen soldiers from the armored corps, as well as one of the most diverse tank museums in the world. The cornerstone for Yad La-Shiryon was laid on December 14, 1982.
3.8 km · military museum in Latrun, Israel · Wikipedia - 03Hatula
Hatula is an early Neolithic archeological site in the Judean hills south of Latrun, beside Nahshon Stream, in Israel, 20 kilometres west of Jerusalem. The site is 15 metres above the riverbed on a rocky slope in an alluvial valley.
3.5 km · archaeological site in Israel · Wikipedia
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Getting to Bayt Jiz
- Airports
- Ben Gurion (TLV), 23 km · Queen Alia (AMM), 99 km · Marka International (Amman Civil) (ADJ), 100 km
- Eilat → Bayt Jiz365 km · quickest by road, 6h 55m · ₪145–190
- Amman → Bayt Jiz502 km · quickest by road, 11h 16m · JD24–33
- El Arish → Bayt Jiz278 km · quickest by road, 5h · E£435–580
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Bayt Jiz
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Bayt Jiz. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Bayt Jiz is 25 km from Jerusalem, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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