Mevo Beitar

Mevo Beitar
Hebrew	מְבוֹא בֵּיתָר
Name meaning	Beitar Gateway
Founded	24 April 1950
Founded by	Beitar members
Council	Mateh Yehuda
Region	Jerusalem corridor
District	Jerusalem
Affiliation	Mishkei Herut Beitar
Coordinates	31°43′20.64″N 35°6′24.11″E / 31.7224°N 35.1066972°E / 31.7224; 35.1066972Coordinates: 31°43′20.64″N 35°6′24.11″E / 31.7224°N 35.1066972°E / 31.7224; 35.1066972
Population	327 (2007)
Mevo Beitar

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

Bibliography

• Khalidi, Walid (1992), All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948, Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies, ISBN 0-88728-224-5