Mevo Beitar
Mevo Beitar
מְבוֹא בֵּיתָר مبو بيتار | |
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Etymology: Beitar Gateway | |
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Coordinates: 31°43′21″N 35°6′24″E / 31.72250°N 35.10667°ECoordinates: 31°43′21″N 35°6′24″E / 31.72250°N 35.10667°E | |
Country | Israel |
District | Jerusalem |
Council | Mateh Yehuda |
Affiliation | Mishkei Herut Beitar |
Founded | 24 April 1950 |
Founded by | Beitar members |
Population (2019)[1] | 965 |
Mevo Beitar (Hebrew: מְבוֹא בֵּיתָר, lit. Beitar Gateway) is a moshav shitufi in central Israel. Located ten kilometres south-west of Jerusalem in the Jerusalem corridor, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2019 it had a population of 965.[1]
History[]
The village was established near the Betar fortress on 24 April 1950 by native Israelis and immigrants from Argentina who were members of the Beitar movement, including Matityahu Drobles, later a member of the Knesset.[2] It was founded on the land of the depopulated Arab village of al-Qabu.[3] Located around a kilometre from the Green Line, it was a until the Six-Day War.
References[]
- ^ a b "Population in the Localities 2019" (XLS). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
- ^ About Mevo Beitar
- ^ Khalidi, Walid (1992), All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948, Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies, p. 308, ISBN 0-88728-224-5
Categories:
- Mateh Yehuda Regional Council
- Argentine-Jewish culture in Israel
- Moshavim
- Populated places established in 1950
- Populated places in Jerusalem District
- 1950 establishments in Israel