In 1596, it was named as a village, ‘“Hadata” in the
Ottomannahiya (subdistrict) of
Tibnin under the liwa' (district) of
Safad, with a population of 52 households, all Muslim. The villagers paid a fixed tax-rate of 25% on agricultural products, such as
wheat,
barley, fruit trees, goats and beehives, in addition to "occasional revenues”; a total of 4,640
akçe.[3][4]
In 1838,
Edward Robinson noted the village on his travels in the region.[5]
In 1875,
Victor Guérin found the population to be exclusively
Metualis.[6]
In 1881, the
PEF's
Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described Haddatha: "A village, built of stone, containing about 150
Metawileh, on hill-top; a few grapes, figs and olives, and arable cultivation; there is a spring near and
cisterns in village; a birket for cattle."[7]
Following the 1982 invasion, Haddatha became part of the Israeli
security zone. On 24 February 1989, an
Irish soldier was shot dead by members of the Israeli backed
SLA. At the time there were 600 Irish soldiers serving with
UNIFIL.[8]
During the
2006 Lebanon War, the
Israeli Army shelled a house with 6 civilians, killing all of them. They were aged from 50 to 80 years old.[9]
A
wildfire in July 2019 burned a significant number of trees.[2][10]
Geography
Haddatha is situated on a hill. Its area is about 9 km².[2]
Life in the village
The village suffers from inadequate
urban planning. Most internal roads in Haddatha lack proper infrastructure, paving, and
afforestation. Although there is a football stadium, it is old and requires renovation and redesign.[2]
^Note that Rhode, 1979, p.
6Archived 2019-04-20 at the
Wayback Machine writes that the register that Hütteroth and Abdulfattah studied was not from 1595/6, but from 1548/9