Har Gilo

This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict.Har Gilo (Hebrew: הַר גִּלֹה, lit.

'Mount Gilo'; Arabic: هار جيلو) is an Israeli settlement in the West Bank, organized as a community settlement, located about 2 kilometers west of the Palestinian city of Bethlehem and 5 kilometers south of Jerusalem, in the northern Judean hills.

[7] According to Peace Now, Har Gilo breaks the territorial contiguity of a Palestinian state and its close proximity to Al Walaja and Beit Jala will make it difficult to include within Israel's final boundaries.

[9] Archaeological excavations in 1998 revealed the remains of two buildings and a rock-cut winepress, both dating back to the Iron Age III (586–539 BCE).

Additional pottery shards were indicative of activity at the site from the early Islamic period.

Map of the Har Gilo region