Battir is situated just above the modern route of the Jaffa–Jerusalem railway, which served as the armistice line between Israel and Jordan from 1949 until the Six-Day War, when it was occupied by Israel.
Battir se nalazi odmah iznad željezničke pruge Jaffa-Jeruzalem, koja je služila kao linija primirja između Izraela i Jordana od 1949. do Šestodnevnog rata 1967. god., kada ga je osvojio Izrael.