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==Twin towns β sister cities== {{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Israel}} Beit Shemesh is [[Sister City|twinned]] with:<ref>{{cite web |title=ΧΧΧΧΧͺ ΧΧΧΧΧ§Χ|url=https://www.betshemesh.muni.il/7/|website=betshemesh.muni.il|publisher=Beit Shemesh|language=he|access-date=2020-02-26}}</ref> *{{flagicon|USA}} [[Cocoa, Florida]], United States *{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Hangzhou]], China *{{flagicon|GER}} [[Nordhausen, Thuringia|Nordhausen]], Germany *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Nottingham]], England, United Kingdom *{{flagicon|USA}} [[Ramapo, New York]], United States *{{flagicon|CRO}} [[Split, Croatia|Split]], Croatia *{{flagicon|USA}} [[Jersey City, New Jersey]], United States<ref>[https://www.jns.org/jersey-city-and-beit-shemesh-sign-sister-cities-agreement/ "Jersey City and Beit Shemesh sign sister cities agreement"], [[Jewish News Syndicate]], November 14, 2022. Accessed November 18, 2022. "City, New Jersey, and Israelβs Beit Shemesh have signed a sister city agreement, aiming for economic cooperation and partnerships in urban planning and workforce development."</ref> In the [[Partnership 2gether]] program of the [[Jewish Agency for Israel]], Beit Shemesh and the [[Mateh Yehuda Regional Council]] are linked to South Africa and Washington, D.C.<ref> {{cite web|url=http://www.jewishagency.org/JewishAgency/English/Israel/Partnerships/Regions/Beitshemesh|title=Jewish Agency for Israel: Beit Shemesh β Mateh Yehuda β Washington β South Africa|access-date=18 December 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110107042036/http://www.jewishagency.org/JewishAgency/English/Israel/Partnerships/Regions/Beitshemesh/|archive-date=7 January 2011|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}} </ref> After ''[[The Washington Post]]'' reported in October 2011 that [[Montgomery County, Maryland]] was considering a partnership with Beit Shemesh,<ref> {{cite news|last=Lazo|first=Luz|title=Montgomery sister city agreement strengthens ties to Salvadoran city|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/montgomery-sister-city-agreement-strengthens-ties-to-salvadoran-city/2011/09/19/gIQA9kAicL_story.html|date=11 October 2011|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=29 December 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021111241/http://www.washingtonpost.com/montgomery-sister-city-agreement-strengthens-ties-to-salvadoran-city/2011/09/19/gIQA9kAicL_story.html|archive-date=21 October 2012|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}} </ref> a local coalition, Human Rights Matter!, objected.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mdhumanrightsmatter.org/ |title=Website Human Rights Matter! |publisher=MdHumanRightsMatter.org |access-date=2013-08-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426081408/http://www.mdhumanrightsmatter.org/|archive-date=26 April 2012}}</ref> The campaign was supported by the [[Mossawa Center]], an organization that defines its goal as the promotion of equality for the Arab minority in Israel but which has been criticized for its rejection of Israel as a Jewish state and its foreign funding from the [[European Commission]], [[George Soros]]'s [[Open Society Institute]] and the [[New Israel Fund]], among others,<ref name=ngomonitor> {{cite web|title=Mossawa|url=http://www.ngo-monitor.org/article/mossawa|publisher=[[NGO Monitor]]|date=21 August 2014|access-date=20 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120525041405/http://www.ngo-monitor.org/article/mossawa|archive-date=25 May 2012|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}} </ref> as well as [[Nobel Peace Prize]] laureate [[Mairead Maguire]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mdhumanrightsmatter.org/Endorsers.html |title=Website Human Rights Matter! Endorsers |publisher=MdHumanRightsMatter.org |access-date=2013-08-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426081430/http://www.mdhumanrightsmatter.org/Endorsers.html|archive-date=26 April 2012}}</ref>
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