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Beit Shemesh

Emblem of Beit Shemesh
NameBeit Shemesh
CaptionEmblem of Beit Shemesh
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Image3Beit Shemesh view.jpg
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Caption3Modern city of Beit Shemesh
Hebname 
Arnameبيت شيمش
MeaningHouse of the sun
Typecity
AltOffSpBet Shemesh
Districtjerusalem
Population76,100
Popyear2008
Area Dunam34259
MayorMoshe Abutbul

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Beit Shemesh ( , officially also spelled Bet Shemesh, also spelled Beth-shemesh; ; ; ) is a city in Israel's Jerusalem District, with a population of 76,100 people. The modern-day city was founded in 1950, although settlement has been on the site since pre-Biblical periods.

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5 mortar shells fired from Gaza - Ynetnews Tweet this news
Ynetnews--Western Negev comes under firs again as mortar shells hit Eshkol Regional Council. No injuries, damage reported Five mortar shells were fired from northern ... - Date : Mon, 25 Oct 2010 10:09:12 GMT+00:00
Qualcomm buying mobile-phone enhancing firm iSkoot for $60-80m - Ha'aretz Tweet this news
Ha'aretz--iSkoot is based in San Francisco and maintains an R&D center in -Beit Shemesh-. Its technology enables simpler mobile phones to take on certain attributes of ... - Date : Thu, 14 Oct 2010 00:37:13 GMT+00:00
Judean Hills festival features wine-tasting - Canadian Jewish News Tweet this news
Canadian Jewish News--Stretching from the mountains surrounding -Beit Shemesh-, just north of Jerusalem, to the Yatir Forest in the ... - Date : Mon, 25 Oct 2010 17:32:58 GMT+00:00
'Taliban mom's' sentencing appeal denied - Ynetnews Tweet this news
Ynetnews--The -Beit Shemesh- women knows as "Taliban mom," who was convicted of gravely abusing six of her 12 children will serve her full prison sentence of four years ... - Date : Mon, 11 Oct 2010 08:53:49 GMT+00:00

Jerusalem District

CitiesBeit Shemesh * Jerusalem
Local councilsAbu Ghosh * Kiryat Ye'arim * Mevaseret Zion
Regional councilsMateh Yehuda

Israeli cities with a 50,000+ population

500,000+Jerusalem
100,000 � 499,999Tel Aviv * Haifa * Rishon LeZion * Ashdod * Petah Tikva * Beersheba * Netanya * Holon * Bnei Brak * Bat Yam * Ramat Gan * Ashkelon * Rehovot
50,000 � 99,999Herzliya * Kfar Saba * Hadera * Ra'anana * Beit Shemesh * Lod * Nazareth * Ramla * Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut * Nahariya



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