Za'atara (Arabic: زعترة) is a Palestinian town located 11 km (6.8 mi) southeast of Bethlehem.

The town is in the Bethlehem Governorate central West Bank.

According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of over 7,849 in 2017.

[1] Founded by the at-Ta'mira Bedouin tribe, it is part of the 'Arab at-Ta'mira village cluster, along with Beit Ta'mir, Hindaza, Khirbet al-Deir (today part of Tuqu'), Tuqu', Nuaman, Ubeidiya and al-Asakra.

In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements, Za’atara came under Jordanian rule.