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Har Adar (Template:Lang-he-n) an upscale residential suburb of Jerusalem and local council in the Seam Zone and the Maccabim sub-region; it straddles the Green Line so that it is partially located in the West Bank. Founded in 1982, it had a population of 4,065 in 2022. It is located near Abu Ghosh and the Green Line on Road 425, approximately 15 kilometers west of Jerusalem. Har Adar is ranked high on the Israeli socio-economic scale, at 9/10.
History
The location of Har Adar was named Radar Hill (Template:Lang-he-n, Giv'at HaRadar), for the World War II The Local Jewish military thought that the British military installation there which had an anti-air radar for the protection of Jerusalem, in fact, that was a relay station, to bost the radio signal. The installation was handed over to the Jordanian Arab Legion on May 10, 1948, prior to the second phase of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. 23 attempts by the Palmach's Harel Brigade to conquer it failed, although the Jewish force held the position for four days starting May 22, 1948. It was finally captured in the Six-Day War by the Harel Brigade. A monument for the fallen soldiers of the brigade with Bible citation from 2 Samuel 1:19 stands at the top of the town.
The current settlement was founded in 1982 by the Radar Hill Organization. Har Adar (lit. The Radar or Mount Adar ) was a similar-sounding Hebrew name given to the hill and the settlement. In 1982, the town was entirely on the pre-1967 Israel site of the Green Line; however, subsequent expansion places part of the town in pre-1967 Jordanian-occupied territory: according to to Shaul Ephraim Cohen, the town is now largely located within the West Bank, although the New York Times and Jerusalem Post describe it as straddling the Green Line.
On the morning of 26 September 2017, a Palestinian gunman opened fire at Israeli soldiers at a checkpoint in Har Adar.
Demographics
In 2009, the population of Har Adar was 99.3% Jewish, with a more or less even distribution of men and women (1,700 men and 1,600 women). The age distribution was as follows:
| Age | 0–4 | 5–9 | 10–14 | 15–19 | 20–29 | 30–44 | 45–59 | 60–64 | 65–74 | 75+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percentage | 9.6 | 10.3 | 9.8 | 8.0 | 12.4 | 20.3 | 17.6 | 6.7 | 4.4 | 0.9 |
| Source: Israel Central Bureau of Statistics | ||||||||||
Economy
Har Adar is ranked 9/10 (high) on the Israeli socio-economic scale. According to Business Data Israel (BDI), in 2006 Har Adar had the most stable economy of all Israeli local councils, along with Kfar Shmaryahu. In 2009, the municipal surplus stood at NIS 187,000.
In 2009, there were 1,471 salaried workers in Har Adar. The average salary for males was NIS 15,987, and 8,882 for women – both higher than the national average. 25.5% salaried workers worked for minimum wage. In addition, there were 143 self-employed workers, with an average income of NIS 12,311.
References
- ^ HaReuveni, Immanuel (1999). Lexicon of the Land of Israel (in Hebrew). Miskal - Yedioth Ahronoth Books and Chemed Books. p. 255. ISBN 965-448-413-7.
- ^ "Local Authorities in Israel 2009, Publication #1451 - Municipality Profiles - Har Adar" (PDF) (in Hebrew). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved September 8, 2011.
- ^ Vilnai, Ze'ev (1976). "Giv'at HaRadar". Ariel Encyclopedia (in Hebrew). Vol. Volume 2. Israel: Am Oved. pp. 1165–1166.
{{cite encyclopedia}}:|volume=has extra text (help) - Shaul Ephraim Cohen (June 1993). The Politics of Planting: Israeli-Palestinian Competition for Control of Land in the Jerusalem Periphery. University of Chicago Press. p. 158. ISBN 978-0-226-11276-3.
- Kershner, Isabel (26 September 2017). "Palestinian Gunman Kills 3 Israelis at West Bank Crossing".
- Rosenberg, David (26 September 2017). "Three killed in terror attack northwest of Jerusalem". Arutz Sheva. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
- "Har Adar: The Most Economically Organized Council". Emtza HaShavu'a (Jerusalem) (in Hebrew). Yedioth Ahronoth. February 26, 2008.
See also
'Israeli settler and Palestinian cooperate to save horned owl,' Ynet 23 January 2015.
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