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Explore Battir in Palestinian Territory

Battir in the region of West Bank with its 4,092 inhabitants is a town in Palestinian Territory - some 311 mi or ( 501 km ) South-East of East Jerusalem , the country's capital city .

Interactive map of Battir

Current time in Battir is now 10:44 AM (Friday) . The local timezone is named " Asia/Hebron " with a UTC offset of 2 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Nicosia, Damascus, Amman, Tyre, and Beirut. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Nicosia . We saw some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in Battir ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Battir, Palestine

5:32 min by dictatormk
Views: 8511 Rating: 4.75

Battir is a Palestinian village, located on the hills of Palestine about 30 miles from the Mediterranean Sea. It lies along the border of the West Bank and has an estimated population of over 4000. It ..

الثلج في مدينة الخضر - بيت لحم

1:19 min by wisstheking009
Views: 4740 Rating: 5.00

لقطات من مدينة الخضر بعد عاصفة ثلجية غطت الأرض بطبقة 15سم من الثلوج، كانون ثاني يناير 2008. Video shots from Al-Khader city in Bethlehem distrect in Palestine, after very strong snowy storm , it left ..


2nd Annual Home Rebuilding Summer Camp

7:08 min by pnnhlt
Views: 1462 Rating: 5.00

Travel & Encounter (T & E), an exclusive program of the Holy Land Trust. As a licensed travel agency based in Bethlehem, since 2000, we have been unveiling the beauty and the secrets of the Holy Land. ..

Intercontinental Jericho hotel movie.wmv

8:44 min by Hisham Nammari
Views: 1369 Rating: 5.00

A nice movie of InterContinental Jericho , a fine Hotel and Resort located in Jericho - Palestine . ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Yad Kennedy

Yad Kennedy, located in the Mateh Yehuda Region near Jerusalem, Israel, is a memorial to John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, who was assassinated in Dallas, Texas in 1963. The 60-foot high memorial is shaped like the stump of a felled tree, symbolizing a life cut short. Inside is a bronze relief of Kennedy, with an eternal flame burning in the center. It is encircled by 51 concrete columns, one for each of the 50 states in the United States plus one for Washington, D.C.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 31.75 35.13 (Lat./Long.); Less than 3 km away
Tags: Buildings and monuments honoring American Presidents, Buildings and structures in Jerusalem, John F. Kennedy, John F. Kennedy memorials, Monuments and memorials in Israel, Visitor attractions in Jerusalem, Works about John F. Kennedy

Gilo

Gilo is a large residential area in south-western East Jerusalem with a population of 40,000, mostly Jewish. It is widely considered an Israeli settlement because as one of the five Ring Neighborhoods built by Israel surrounding Jerusalem, it was built on land in the West Bank that was occupied by and annexed to Israel following the 1967 Six-Day War and 1980 Jerusalem Law. The international community regards Israeli settlements illegal under international law, although Israel disputes this.

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Located at 31.73 35.19 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Tags: Israeli settlements, Neighbourhoods of Jerusalem, Populated places established in 1973, Second Intifada

Neve Daniel

Neve Daniel is an Israeli settlement and communal settlement located in western Gush Etzion in the southern West Bank. Located south of Jerusalem and just west of Bethlehem, it sits atop one of the highest points in the area - close to 1,000 meters above sea level, and has a view of much of the Mediterranean coastal plain, as well as the mountains of Jordan.

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Located at 31.68 35.14 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
Tags: Community settlements in Israel, Gush Etzion, Gush Etzion Regional Council, Israeli settlements, Populated places established in 1982

Jerusalem Biblical Zoo

The Tisch Family Zoological Gardens in Jerusalem, popularly known as the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo, is a zoo located in the Malha neighborhood of Jerusalem, Israel. It is famous for its collection of wildlife featured in the Hebrew Bible, as well as its success in breeding endangered species. According to Dun and Bradstreet, the Biblical Zoo was the most popular tourist attraction in Israel from 2005 to 2007, and logged a record 738,000 visitors in 2009. The zoo had about 55,000 members in 2009.

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Located at 31.75 35.18 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
Tags: 1940 establishments in Mandatory Palestine, Animal reintroduction, Buildings and structures in Jerusalem, Visitor attractions in Jerusalem, Zoos established in 1940, Zoos in Israel

Even Sapir

Even Sapir is a moshav on the outskirts of Jerusalem, Israel. It falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 654. The moshav was founded in 1950 by immigrants from Kurdistan. It was named after Even Sapir, a book written in 1864 by Yaakov Halevi Sapir, a Jerusalem rabbi and emissary. The book describes his travels to Yemen in the 19th century.

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Located at 31.76 35.13 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
Tags: Moshavim, Populated places established in 1950

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temperature and rainfall during the year in Battir