Mevo Beitar
title: "Mevo Beitar" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["argentine-jewish-culture-in-israel", "moshavim", "populated-places-established-in-1950", "populated-places-in-jerusalem-district", "1950-establishments-in-israel"] topic_path: "geography/israel" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mevo_Beitar" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Mevo Beitar |
| image | File:MevoBeitar04.jpg |
| hebname | |
| arname | مبو بيتار |
| meaning | Beitar Gateway |
| founded | 24 April 1950 |
| founded_by | Beitar members |
| district | jerusalem |
| council | Mateh Yehuda |
| affiliation | Mishkei Herut Beitar |
| popyear | |
| population | |
| population_footnotes | |
| pushpin_map | Israel jerusalem#Israel |
| pushpin_mapsize | 250 |
| coordinates | |
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| name = Mevo Beitar | image = File:MevoBeitar04.jpg | caption = | hebname = | arname = مبو بيتار | meaning = Beitar Gateway | founded = 24 April 1950 | founded_by = Beitar members | district = jerusalem | council = Mateh Yehuda | affiliation = Mishkei Herut Beitar | popyear = | population = | population_footnotes = | pushpin_map = Israel jerusalem#Israel | pushpin_mapsize = 250 | pushpin_label_position = bottom | coordinates = | area_dunam = | website =
Mevo Beitar (, 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 it had a population of .
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. It was founded on the land of the depopulated Arab village of al-Qabu. Located around a kilometre from the Green Line, it was a "" (which meant it was entitled to financial compensation) until the Six-Day War.
References
References
- [http://www.mevobeitar.co.il/index.php/en/about/about-mevo-beitar About Mevo Beitar]
- (1992). "All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948". [[Institute for Palestine Studies]].
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