Givat HaMatos

This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict.Givat HaMatos (Hebrew: גבעת המטוס) is a planned Israeli settlement in East Jerusalem.

[3] According to ARIJ, Israel confiscated 285 dunams of land from Sharafat and Beit Safafa in order to construct Givat HaMatos.

The site received its name after a small Israel Air Force jet plane (Fouga CM.170 Magister) crashed there on June 6, 1967, the second day of the Six-Day War after being hit by Jordanian anti-aircraft artillery.

According to a Hebrew University political scientist, Givat Hamatos was "an empty hillside, cold and windswept in the winter, in the far south of the municipal area.

[12] On November 15, 2020, the Israel Lands Authority and the Housing Ministry announced the opening of bidding for the construction of 1,257 units in a new settlement.

Memorial to fallen pilot.
Givat HaMatos.
Map of East Jerusalem in 2007. The Palestinian areas are coloured green while the Israeli areas are blue.