Back بيتار عيليت Arabic Beitar Il·lit Catalan Bejtar Ilit Czech Betar Illit German Μπεϊτάρ Ιλίτ Greek Beitar Illit Spanish Beitar Illit Basque بیتار عیلیت Persian Betar Illit Finnish Betar Illit French
Beitar Illit
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| Hebrew transcription(s) | |
| • ISO 259 | Beitar ʕillit |
| • Also spelled | Betar Illit (official) |
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  Beitar Illit | |
| Coordinates: 31°41′52″N 35°6′56″E / 31.69778°N 35.11556°E | |
| Region | West Bank |
| Founded | 1985 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Meir Rubenstein |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4,300 dunams (4.3 km2 or 1.7 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[1] | |
| • Total | 64,016 |
| • Density | 15,000/km2 (39,000/sq mi) |
| Website | betar-illit |
Beitar Illit (Hebrew: בֵּיתָר עִלִּית; officially Betar Illit; Arabic: بيتار عيليت) is a Haredi Jewish-Israeli settlement organized as a city council in the Gush Etzion settlement bloc,[2] ten kilometres (6 mi) southwest of Jerusalem in the West Bank.[3] Beitar Illit is one of Israel's largest and most rapidly growing settlements,[4] and in 2022 had a population of 64,016.
Israeli settlements in the West Bank are illegal under international law.[5][6]
- ^ "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ "Why Israel invented the concept of 'settlement blocs'". Middle East Eye. 26 January 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
- ^ "City: Beitar Illit". Govisitisrael.com. Archived from the original on 11 July 2011. Retrieved 2011-07-19.
- ^ Joshua Mitnick (October 15, 2010). "Israeli settlement building surges as US pushes for a new freeze". Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved August 21, 2012.
- ^ "Israeli settlements: UN Security Council calls for an end". BBC News. 23 December 2016. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
- ^ "The Geneva Convention". BBC News. 10 December 2009. Retrieved 27 November 2010.