‛ATLIT – HAIFA DISTRICT
32°41′38″N / 34°56′19″E
1948: Population 174; Houses unknown
Occupation date: May 15, 1948 (contested)
Occupation forces: Unknown
Occupation operation: Unknown
Post 1948: On October 7, 1948, following a lull in fighting in the war and complaints by Israeli special interest groups such as archaeologists, the Haifa District headquarters ordered that demolition activities in several villages that contained Roman or Crusader ruins, among them ‛Atlit, be ceased.27 The Jewish town of ‛Atlit and Kibbutz Neve Yam are now on village land.
Today: The remains of a Crusaders fortress in which villagers settled is now within a closed military base of Israel’s Naval Commando unit. A nearby railway station that served the villagers today serves Israelis. The village site is within ‛Atlit Antiquities National Park.
Official Israeli name: ‛Atlit