Mevo Beitar ( he, 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
Mateh Yehuda Regional Council ( he, מועצה אזורית מטה יהודה, ''Mo'atza Azorit Mateh Yehuda'', ar, مجلس إقليمي ماتيه يهودا ) is a regional council in the Jerusalem District of Israel. In 2008 it was home to 3 ...
. 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
Matityahu Drobles ( he, מתתיהו דרובלס, 20 April 1931 – 21 October 2018) was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Gahal and Likud between 1972 and 1977.
Biography
Matityahu Drobles was born in Warsaw in P ...
, later a member of the
Knesset. It was founded on the land of the depopulated
Arab village of
al-Qabu
Al-Qabu ( ar, القبو, "the vault, or cellar"), was a Palestinian Arab village in the Jerusalem Subdistrict. The name is an Arabic variation of the site's original Roman name, and the ruins of a church there are thought to date to the era of ...
.
Located around a kilometre from the
Green Line
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Places Military and political
* Green Line (France), the German occupation line in France during World War II
* Green Line (Israel), the 1949 armistice line established between Israel and its neighbours
** City Line ( ...
, it was a
border settlement
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until the
Six-Day War.
References
{{Mateh Yehuda Regional Council
Argentine-Jewish culture in Israel
Moshavim
Populated places established in 1950
Populated places in Jerusalem District
1950 establishments in Israel