Mevo Beitar

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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
Region Jerusalem corridor
Affiliation Mishkei Herut Beitar
Founded 24 April 1950
Founded by Beitar members
Population (2007) 327
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, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2007 it had a population of 327.[citation needed]

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. Located around a kilometre from the Green Line, it was a border settlement until the Six-Day War.

The settlement was founded on the land of the depopulated Palestinian village of Qabu.[1]

References

  1. Khalidi, 1992, p.308

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