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.