page_title: Har Gilo
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Har Gilo / Geography
caption_attribution_description: English: Walaja Barrier 2011 Legend:
context_page_description: Har Gilo is an Israeli settlement organized as a community settlement located about five kilometers south of Jerusalem, and two kilometers west of Bethlehem in the northern Judean hills of the West Bank.
  The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this.
context_section_description: Har Gilo is located between the Palestinian villages of al-Walaja and Beit Jala, south of the Jerusalem boundary and adjacent to the peak of Mount Gilo.
caption: Map of the Har Gilo region
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