Mevo Beitar
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 2018 it had a population of 952.[1]
Mevo Beitar מְבוֹא בֵּיתָר | |
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  Mevo Beitar | |
| Coordinates: 31°43′20.64″N 35°6′24.11″E | |
| Country | Israel |
| District | Jerusalem |
| Council | Mateh Yehuda |
| Affiliation | Mishkei Herut Beitar |
| Founded | 24 April 1950 |
| Founded by | Beitar members |
| Population (2018)[1] | 952 |
| Name meaning | Beitar Gateway |
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 border settlement until the Six-Day War.
References
- "Population in the Localities 2018" (XLS). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. 25 August 2019. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
- 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
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