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Latrun Definition

Latrun - Latrun (Hebrew: ìèøåïý) (al-Latrun in Arabic) is a strategic hilltop in the Ayalon Valley overlooking the road to Jerusalem, at the north end of the Jerusalem Corridor. It is located 15 kilometers west of Jerusalem and 14 kilometers southeast of Ramlah. It is also the name of the monastery that is situated there and of a former Arab village that was destroyed in the Israel War of Independence.

The name "Latrun" may be a corruption of the name of a Crusader castle, ", "Le toron des chevaliers" or it may be derived from "Castellum bonu Latronis" - the "good thief" Barrabas who was to be crucified alongside Jesus.

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