Jerusalem corridor

The largest towns in the Jerusalem corridor are Beit Shemesh, Mevasseret Zion, Abu Ghosh, Tzur Hadassah and Kiryat Ye'arim.

Historically, terrace farming had been practiced on the hills and in the narrow valleys and wadis of the area.

[citation needed] In October 1948, Israeli troops brought the area under their control during Operation Ha-Har.

[citation needed] In the first decade of the State of Israel, a total of 35 agricultural settlements were established in the Jerusalem corridor by new immigrants from Yemen, Kurdistan, North Africa, Romania and Hungary.

Route 395 leads from Ein Kerem to the coast, via Ramat Raziel and Bet Shemesh, and continues south.