Mevo Beitar
| Mevo Beitar מְבוֹא בֵּיתָר | |
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  Mevo Beitar | |
| Coordinates: 31°43′20.64″N 35°6′24.11″E / 31.7224000°N 35.1066972°ECoordinates: 31°43′20.64″N 35°6′24.11″E / 31.7224000°N 35.1066972°E | |
| 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
- ↑ "List of localities, in Alphabetical order" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
- ↑ 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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