Английская Википедия:Beit Zayit
Beit Zayit (Шаблон:Lang-he) is a moshav in Israel. Located just outside the Jerusalem municipal border to the west, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In Шаблон:Israel populations it had a population of Шаблон:Israel populations.Шаблон:Israel populations
Beit Zayit lies on the edge of the Jerusalem Forest and operates a public swimming pool. Nearby is a dam, built to collect winter flood waters[1] and create the Beit Zayit Reservoir, meant to slow down the flow of the Soreq Stream and allow water to seep into the Western Mountain Aquifer, a task it seems not to fulfill properly (look here for the Hebrew article).
Name
A village named Beit Zayit is mentioned in the BookШаблон:Which of the Maccabees, but it is believed to have been further north, possibly at the site of the Palestinian Christian town of Bir Zeit, north of Ramallah.[1]
History
Beit Zayit was established after the 1947-49 Arab-Israeli war on land that had belonged to the depopulated Palestinian village of 'Ayn Karim.[2]
The village was established in 1949 by Jewish immigrants from Egypt, Romania and Yugoslavia. The economy was based on fruit orchards, vegetables, poultry, and other farm products.[1]
With the expansion of the moshav in the late 1990s, including the purchase of land by newcomers and renovation of old homes, Beit Zayit became a trendy alternative to living in Jerusalem.[3]
Dinosaur footprints
In 1962, dinosaur footprints were discovered in the garden of one of Beit Zayit's residents, and are on display at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.[4] This is the only place in Israel where evidence of dinosaurs was discovered, and one of few such sites in the Middle East.[5]
In popular culture
In the Israeli TV show Fauda, the village is visited by the main characters since one of the characters, Yaara, lives there.[6]
References
External links
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