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 (2017)[1] 944
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 2017 it had a population of 944.[1]

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. 1 2 "List of localities, in Alphabetical order" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved August 26, 2018.
  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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