Beitar Illit

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Beitar Illit is a large ultra-Orthodox Jewish city established as an Israeli settlement in the southern West Bank.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Haredi city
Israeli settlement
city
country Israel
dominantCommunity Haredi Jews NERFINISHED
established late 20th century
followsReligion Judaism NERFINISHED
foundedAs Israeli settlement
governedAs local council
hasCharacteristic limited secular entertainment venues
predominantly religious population
separate gender education
hasDemographicCharacteristic high birth rate
young population
hasEducationalInstitutionType Talmud Torah NERFINISHED
girls’ seminaries
yeshiva
hasHousingType high-density apartment buildings
hasMunicipalService mikvaot (ritual baths)
religious schools network
synagogues
hasMunicipalStatus city
hasReligiousOrientation Ashkenazi Haredi NERFINISHED
Sephardi Haredi NERFINISHED
hasSecurityContext located in a militarily controlled area
hasSocioeconomicCharacteristic large low-to-middle income families
hasTransportConnection road links to Jerusalem
languageUsed Hebrew
legalStatusAccordingToIsrael disputed
legalStatusAccordingToUN considered illegal under international law
locatedIn West Bank
southern West Bank
locatedInAdministrativeArea Judea and Samaria Area NERFINISHED
locatedInTimeZone Israel Standard Time NERFINISHED
locatedNear Jerusalem NERFINISHED
municipalGovernmentType religious council leadership
namedAfter Beitar (ancient Jewish fortress) NERFINISHED
nearbyPalestinianArea villages in the Bethlehem Governorate
observes Jewish holidays
Jewish religious law (Halakha) NERFINISHED
Shabbat
partOf Haredi settlement belt around Jerusalem NERFINISHED
Israeli settlement blocs in the West Bank
politicalStatus Israeli settlement in occupied territory
populationMajority ultra-Orthodox Jews
primaryLanguage Hebrew
subjectOf Israeli–Palestinian conflict NERFINISHED
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