Beit El
Beit El or Beth El is an Israeli settlement and local council located in the Binyamin Region of the West Bank.
Beit El or Beth El is an Israeli settlement and local council located in the Binyamin Region of the West Bank. The Orthodox Jewish town was settled in 1977–78 by the ultranationalist group Gush Emunim. It is located in the hills north of Jerusalem, east of the Palestinian city of al-Bireh, adjacent to Ramallah. In September 1997, Beit El was awarded local council status. The head of the local council is Shai Alon. In 2024 its population was 6,359.
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Worth seeing in and around Beit El
2 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Palestinian National Library
The Palestinian National Library is a national library located in Ramallah, in the West Bank, Palestine. It was also known as the National Library of Palestine.
2.9 km · national library located in Ramallah, West Bank · Wikipedia - 02Yovel Cave
Yovel Cave is a massive karst cave located near the Israeli settlement of Ofra in the Benjamin region. It is recognized as the largest natural underground site in Israel.
3.7 km · karst cave in Ofra, Israel · Wikipedia
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Getting to Beit El
- Airports
- Ben Gurion (TLV), 33 km · Marka International (Amman Civil) (ADJ), 73 km · Queen Alia (AMM), 77 km
- Amman → Beit El68 km · quickest by road, 2h 18m · JD4–5
- El Arish → Beit El163 km · quickest by road, 5h 7m · E£390–520
- Damascus → Beit El201 km · quickest by road, 4h 52m · $23–31
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No local-transport research exists yet for Beit El
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Beit El. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inFrom Bethlehem take a shared taxi (Sherut/serviis) from the Bethlehem bus station at Manger St.
- Get inFrom Jericho take a shared taxi (Sherut/serviis) from the central roundabout with the garden in the middle.
- Get aroundAs the city center is relatively small, it is not hard to walk to most destinations downtown (including the old city.) Service shuttles (shared taxis) are also available from downtown to most suburbs and to the outskirts of the city at relatively low prices (₪2.5 inside the city and up to ₪6 to nearby towns and villages).
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Next door to Beit El
Beit El is 18 km from East Jerusalem, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- OfraIsraeli settlement in the West Bank3.8 km
- BeitinPalestinian town2.6 km
- Jifnavillage council in Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate2.1 km
- Abu Qashmunicipality in Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate3.7 km
- Ein Yabrudmunicipality in Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, Palestine2.5 km
- Dura al-Qar'village council in Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate1.8 km