Mevo Beitar | |
Arname: | مبو بيتار |
Meaning: | Beitar Gateway |
Founded: | 24 April 1950 |
Founded By: | Beitar members |
District: | jerusalem |
Council: | Mateh Yehuda |
Affiliation: | Mishkei Herut Beitar |
Pushpin Map: | Israel jerusalem#Israel |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Coordinates: | 31.7225°N 35.1067°W |
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 it had a population of .
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.[1] 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 border settlement until the Six-Day War.