Old Israel Postcard: Atlit

Atlit (Hebrew: עַתְלִית‎) is a coastal town located south of Haifa, Israel. Originally an outpost of the Crusaders, it fell in 1291.

In 1880, the Survey of Western Palestine notes the existence of a small Arab village of mud huts with a population of 200. In 1903, Jewish settlers build a nearby village which they also called Atlit.

During the British Mandate of Palestine, the Arab and Jewish villages were treated statistically as part of the same community.

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