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![[Municipality of Betar Illit (Israel)]](../images/i/il-btril.gif)
image by Željko Heimer, 19 March 2006| 2:3 
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Betar Illit (meaning Upper Betar) is situated in
Judea Mounts, 8 km south of Jerusalem,
and has just promoted from Local Council to municipality. It is
named after the ancient Jewish fortified town of Betar, centre of
the Jewish rebellion against the Roman Empire. It has 16,000 inh,
almost all of them Orthodox Jews. Its unofficial flag is the
municipal emblem on white and can be seen behind the Mayor at the
city website.
Dov Gutterman, 5 September 2001
The emblem of Betar Illit has not been formally adopted, and
since it still has the 'Local Council' inscription it will
probably be amended in the near future. Israeli municipalities in
areas occupied since 1967 cannot register their emblems. The
reason is that those areas are not legally part of Israel and
according to international law they are governed by decrees of
the military commander of the areas. Many Israeli laws are in
force in those municipalities when adopted there by the military
commander, but the Symbols/Emblems
Protection Act of 1974 is not one of them.
Dov Gutterman, 5 September 2001 and 19 January 2003
Betar Ilit became a municipality in 2001 and already got
22,000 inh. (2003), almost all Ultra-Orthodox Jews.
The flag is white and charged with the emblem as seen at several
photos at the municipal site. However, the use of other
background can't be rulled out.
Dov Gutterman, 9 April 2005
