Betar
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The Betar Movement, also spelled Beitar (בית"ר), is a Revisionist Zionist youth movement founded in 1923 in Riga, Latvia, by Vladimir (Ze'ev) Jabotinsky. It was one of several right-wing youth movements that arose at that time and adopted special salutes and uniforms.
Vladimir Jabotinsky in the company of Betar commanders, Palestine
Members of Betar in Europe, circa 1934
Members of Betar movement at a summer camp in the Polish resort town Zakopane in 1935
Betar (ancient village)
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Betar, also spelled Beitar, Bethar or Bether, was an ancient Jewish town in the Judean Mountains. Continuously inhabited since the Iron Age, it was the last standing stronghold of the Bar Kokhba revolt, and was destroyed by the Imperial Roman Army under Hadrian in 135 CE.
Walls of the Betar fortress.
Fortifications of ancient Betar
Roman Inscription found near Battir mentioning the 5th and 11th Roman Legions
Carved foundations at Khirbet al-Yahud