Mevo Beitar

Mevo Beitar
מְבוֹא בֵּיתָר
Mevo Beitar
Coordinates: 31°43′20.64″N 35°6′24.11″E / 31.7224000°N 35.1066972°E / 31.7224000; 35.1066972Coordinates: 31°43′20.64″N 35°6′24.11″E / 31.7224000°N 35.1066972°E / 31.7224000; 35.1066972
District Jerusalem
Council Mateh Yehuda
Affiliation Mishkei Herut Beitar
Founded 24 April 1950
Founded by Beitar members
Population (2015)[1] 857
Name meaning Beitar Gateway

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 2015 it had a population of 857.

History

The village was established 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 border settlement until the Six-Day War.

References

  1. "List of localities, in Alphabetical order" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  2. About Mevo Beitar
  3. 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
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