Bir Salim
Bir Salim was a Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine.

Bir Salim was a Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine. It was depopulated during the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on May 9, 1948, by the Givati Brigade. It was located 4 km west of Ramla.
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Worth seeing in and around Bir Salim
5 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.
- 01Weizmann Institute of Science
The Weizmann Institute of Science is a postgraduate university and research institute in Rehovot, Israel. It was established in 1934, fourteen years before the State of Israel was founded.
2.7 km · research institute in Rehovot, Israel · Wikipedia - 02White mosque
The White Mosque was an Umayyad-era mosque, now in partial ruins, located in Ramle, in central Israel. Only its minaret is still standing.
3.6 km · mosque in Ramla, Israel · Wikipedia - 03Machon Ayalon
The Ayalon Institute was an underground ammunition factory, located on Kibbutz Hill in Rehovot, Israel, disguised as a kibbutz that ran a laundry service. The factory was established in 1945 and manufactured ammunition until 1948; today it is a museum and national historical site.
2.1 km · historical site in Rehovot, Israel · Wikipedia - 04Ramla Municipal Stadium
Ramla Municipal Stadium, officially known as Toto Stadium Ramla, is a football stadium in Ramla, Israel. The stadium was renovated ahead of the 2015 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, in which the stadium hosted 3 matches.
3.6 km · football stadium in Ramla · Wikipedia - 05Weizmann Institute Particle Accelerator
The Koffler particle accelerator of the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel, was built in 1976. The building became a symbol of the institute.
2.5 km · tower in Rehovot, Israel · Wikipedia
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Getting to Bir Salim
- Airports
- Ben Gurion (TLV), 11 km · Marka International (Amman Civil) (ADJ), 110 km · Queen Alia (AMM), 112 km
- Stations
- Rishon LeZion – HaRishonim Railway Station, 3.6 km · Be'er Ya'akov Railway Station, 800 m · Rehovot Railway Station, 2.8 km · Ramla South train station, 3.5 km
- Eilat → Bir Salim859 km · quickest by road, 15h 57m · ₪345–455
- Amman → Bir Salim577 km · quickest by road, 11h · JD27–35
- El Arish → Bir Salim766 km · quickest by air, 10h 15m · E£7,200–11,090
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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 Bir Salim
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 Bir Salim. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Bir Salim
Bir Salim is 18 km from Tel Aviv, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Rishon LeZioncity in the Central District of Israel, south of Tel Aviv3.8 km
- Ramlacity in Israel3.3 km
- Ness ZionaCity in the Central District of Israel2.8 km
- Be'er Ya'akovhuman settlement in Israel2.2 km
- Wadi Hunaynvillage in Ramle, Mandatory Palestine3.1 km
- Abu al-Fadl, Ramlavillage in Ramle, Mandatory Palestine2.7 km