In 1948 Palestinian refugees from Mount Gilboa were absorbed in the village and stayed there as sharecroppers. The refugees who arrived to Beit Qad had the opportunity to resettle in the village instead of moving to refugee camps. In 1951 they built, with the aid of the Jordanian government, another agriculture-based village, 2km north of Beit Qad, called Mashru' Beit Qad which means Project of Beit Qad