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Beit Yatir

Israeli settlement in the West Bank

Summary

Israeli settlement in the West Bank

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name	Beit Yatir / Metzadot Yehuda
image	File:Beit yatirFromSusya.jpg
hebname	/ מְצָדוֹת יְהוּדָה
founded	1979
country	Palestine
region	West Bank
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council	Har Hevron
affiliation	Amana
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Beit Yatir (), officially Metzadot Yehuda (), is an Israeli settlement in the southern Hebron Hills of the West Bank, organized as a religious-Zionist Orthodox moshav. Located on a hill, 900 metres above sea level, near the Green Line, south of Susiya, and close to the Palestinian village of as-Seefer, it falls under the jurisdiction of Har Hevron Regional Council. In , it had a population of .

The ruins of the ancient town of Eshtemoa are nearby.

The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this.

History

Beit Yatir was established in 1979 by students from the Mercaz HaRav Yeshiva. In 1983, the moshav was moved southwest from its original location south of the town of as-Samu to its current location in the Yatir Forest. A visual landmark of the moshav is a high wind turbine.

The social make-up of the moshav residents varies between sabras to immigrants from various countries, including France, Russia, Brazil, and English-speaking countries. The moshav does not require residents to become members of the cooperative.

Education

A Religious Pre-Army Mechina, with several dozen students enrolled, is headed by Rabbi Moshe Hagar.

References

Weibel, Catherine [http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/oPt_62454.html Seam Zone keeps Palestinian children in limbo, disrupting education] {{Webarchive. link. (2016-03-04 [[UNICEF]] 21 May 2012])
(10 December 2009). "The Geneva Convention". BBC News.

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