Bethlehem Checkpoint 300
Checkpoint 300, also known as the Bethlehem checkpoint, the Gilo Checkpoint, or the Rachel's Tomb checkpoint, is a major Israeli checkpoint run by the Israel Defense Forces and located at one of the main exits of Bethlehem.- Type: Border checkpoint
- Description: Israeli checkpoint between Jerusalem and Bethlehem
- Also known as: “Bethlehem checkpoint”, “Checkpoint 300”, “Gilo Checkpoint”, and “Rachel’s Tomb checkpoint”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Rachel’s Tomb and Caritas Baby Hospital.
Rachel’s Tomb
Place of worship
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Rachel's Tomb is a site revered as the burial place of the Biblical matriarch Rachel. The site is also referred to as the Bilal bin Rabah mosque. The tomb is held in esteem by Jews, Christians, and Muslims. Rachel’s Tomb is situated 590 metres south of Bethlehem Checkpoint 300.
Caritas Baby Hospital
Hospital
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 de.
The Caritas Baby Hospital is the only purely pediatric hospital in the Palestinian territories. It falls into the jurisdiction of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem and is sustained by the Catholic non-profit organizations Kinderhilfe Bethlehem and Aiuto Bambini Betlemme in Switzerland, Germany and Italy. Caritas Baby Hospital is situated 420 metres south of Bethlehem Checkpoint 300.
Palestine Museum of Natural History
Museum
The Palestine Museum of Natural History is a natural history museum in Bethlehem, West Bank, Palestine. Founded in 2013, it opened to the public in 2017. Palestine Museum of Natural History is situated 720 metres south of Bethlehem Checkpoint 300.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Homat Shmuel and Givat Hamatos.
Homat Shmuel
Suburb
Har Homa, officially Homat Shmuel, is an Israeli settlement in southern East Jerusalem, near the Palestinian city of Beit Sahour. The settlement is also referred to as "Jabal Abu Ghneim", which is the Arabic name of the hill.
Givat Hamatos
Neighborhood
Givat HaMatos is a planned Israeli settlement in East Jerusalem. It encompasses an area of 170 dunams. It is bordered by Talpiot in the north, Gilo in the south, and Beit Safafa in the west.
Gilo
Suburb
Photo: Gilabrand, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gilo is an Israeli settlement in south-western East Jerusalem, with a population of 30,000. Although it is located within the Jerusalem Municipality, it is widely considered a settlement, because as one of the five Ring Neighborhoods built by Israel…
Bethlehem Checkpoint 300
- Categories: Israeli checkpoint and building
- Location: Palestine, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
31.72428° or 31° 43′ 27″ northLongitude
35.20434° or 35° 12′ 16″ eastOpen location code
8G3QP6F3+PPOpenStreetMap ID
way 184143113OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q47457749
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Hebrew—“Bethlehem Checkpoint 300” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “מחסום 300”
- Arabic: “حاجز ٣٠٠”
- Arabic: “حاجز 300”
- Arabic: “محسوم بيت لحم 300”
- Hebrew: “מחסום 300”
- Hebrew: “מחסום בית לחם”
- Hebrew: “מחסום רחל”
- Hebrew: “מעבר קבר רחל”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Car-only Checkpoint and Tantur Ecumenical Institute.
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