Beit Horon
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Beit Horon (Template:Langx) is a communal Israeli settlement in the West Bank. Bordering Route 443 between Modi'in and Jerusalem, the biblical pass of Beit Horon (Joshua 10:10), after which it is named,[1] it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Binyamin Regional Council. In Template:Israel populations it had a population of Template:Israel populations.
The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this.[2]
History
Beit Horon was established on 1 December 1977.[3]
According to ARIJ, Israel confiscated land from several surrounding Palestinian villages in order to construct Beit Horon:
- 1036 dunams were taken from Beitunia, for Beit Horon and Giv'at Ze'ev,[4]
- 863 dunams were taken from Beit Ur al-Fauqa,[5]
- 67 dunams were taken from At-Tira,[6]
- 61 dunams were taken from Kharbatha al-Misbah.[7]
Beit Horon is a joint Secular and Orthodox community.[8] A religious elementary school located in Beit Horon serves local children as well as those from surrounding villages. There are also three nurseries and kindergarten, two synagogues, a kollel, a mikvah for women and men, and a library.[9]
See also
References
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- ↑ Carta's Official Guide to Israel and Complete Gazetteer to all Sites in the Holy Land. (3rd edition 1993) Jerusalem, Carta, p.112, Template:ISBN (English)
Bitan, Hanna: 1948-1998: Fifty Years of 'Hityashvut': Atlas of Names of Settlements in Israel, Jerusalem 1999, Carta, p.10, Template:ISBN (Hebrew) - ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
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- ↑ Beituniya Town Profile, ARIJ, pp. 17-18
- ↑ Beit ‘Ur al Fauqa Village Profile, ARIJ, p. 16
- ↑ At Tira Village Profile, ARIJ, p. 16
- ↑ Kharbatha al Misbah Village Profile, ARIJ, p. 16
- ↑ “BEIT HORON.” תנועת ההתיישבות אמנה, בית חורון, http://www.amana.co.il/?CategoryID=100&ArticleID=169.
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- Community settlements
- Populated places established in 1977
- Mixed Israeli settlements
- Mateh Binyamin Regional Council
- 1977 establishments in the Israeli Military Governorate
- Israeli settlements in the West Bank