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.

Beit Yatir

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

Beit Yatir

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.

Beit Yatir

The social make-up of the moshav residents varies between sabras to immigrants from various countries, including France, Russian, 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

External links

Beit Yatir Amana

Mechina website

Brazilian-Jewish diaspora

Moshavim

Religious Israeli settlements

Populated places established in 1979

1979 establishments in the Israeli Military Governorate

French-Jewish culture in Israel

Russian-Jewish culture in Israel

Israeli settlements in the West Bank