cathedral
Church of the Nativity
One of the oldest continuously operating churches in the world, built over the traditional birthplace of Jesus.
8 km · about 15 min drive
Jerusalem, Israel · Asia
El‘azar works well as a base: 5 minutes from Naḩḩālīn, 31km from Ein Gedi Nature Reserve.
El‘azar is a town located in Jerusalem, Israel. With a population of 2,510, it is an important destination in Asia.
On a road trip, El‘azar sits in Israel, where you drive on the right. It's in the Asia/Jerusalem time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add El‘azar to your route.
On 21 March 2024, David Ben Avraham (Hebrew: דוד בן אברהם), a 63-year-old Palestinian Jewish convert, was shot and killed by an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldier near Elazar, an Israeli settlement in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. The soldier had approached Ben Avraham and asked whether he was Jewish, to which heRead more
responded affirmatively. In the ensuing encounter, the soldier pointed his rifle at Ben Avraham and threatened to kill him if he reached for his bag, then ordered him to raise his hands and not move. Ben Avraham raised his hands for a few seconds, then lowered them before being fatally shot.
The IDF opened an investigation into what it termed a "grave" incident; the soldier, a reservist, was released a week later by an Israeli court. The Jerusalem Post stated that the killing joined a series of "wrongful mistaken killings" of Jewish Israelis and Palestinian Israelis since the October 7 attacks "in which, to date, the prosecution and courts have been extremely lenient on the killers."
Born Sameh Zaytoun, Ben Avraham was a resident of Hebron and had changed his name upon converting from Islam to Judaism. Following his conversion, he was jailed by the Palestinian Authority for 58 days in 2019. The Israeli government repeatedly denied his applications for Israeli citizenship, which The Times of Israel stated was "ostensibly due to his Palestinian heritage". On 29 March, Israeli Interior Minister Moshe Arbel posthumously approved Ben Avraham's residency status.
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El‘azar is located in Jerusalem, Israel, Asia. The coordinates are 31.6598 latitude, 35.1432 longitude.
El‘azar has a population of approximately 2,510 people, making it a town in Israel.
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cathedral
One of the oldest continuously operating churches in the world, built over the traditional birthplace of Jesus.
8 km · about 15 min drive
museum
Israel's official memorial to the Holocaust, with deeply moving exhibits and a striking modernist museum built into a mountainside.
13 km · about 25 min drive
landmark
A walled sacred city of one square kilometer containing holy sites for Judaism, Christianity, and Islam within four historic quarters.
15 km · about 30 min drive
cathedral
Christianity's holiest site, built on the traditional locations of Jesus's crucifixion and burial.
16 km · about 30 min drive
landmark
The holiest site where Jews can pray, a 2,000-year-old limestone remnant of the Second Temple retaining wall in the Old City of Jerusalem.
16 km · about 30 min drive
landmark
The iconic gold-domed Islamic shrine on the Temple Mount/Haram al-Sharif, built in 691 CE over the sacred Foundation Stone.
16 km · about 30 min drive
natural wonder
A lush oasis of waterfalls, pools, and wildlife on the shores of the Dead Sea in the Judean Desert.
31 km · about 35 min drive
natural wonder
Earth's lowest point on land at 430 meters below sea level, with water so salty that swimmers float effortlessly on the surface.
38 km · about 45 min drive
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