Alei Zahav

Alei Zahav
עֲלֵי זָהָב‎
Hebrew transcription(s)
 • officialAle Zahav
Houses under construction in Alei Zahav
Houses under construction in Alei Zahav
Etymology: Golden leaves
Alei Zahav is located in the Northern West Bank
Alei Zahav
Alei Zahav
Coordinates: 32°4′18″N 35°3′51″E / 32.07167°N 35.06417°E / 32.07167; 35.06417
DistrictJudea and Samaria Area
CouncilShomron
RegionWest Bank
AffiliationMishkei Herut Beitar
Founded1983
Population
 (2022)[1]
4,647

Alei Zahav (Hebrew: עֲלֵי זָהָב, lit. Golden Leaves) is an Israeli settlement organized as a community settlement located on the western edge of the northern West Bank, adjacent to the Palestinian towns of Deir Ballut and Kafr ad-Dik, whose lands were confiscated for building Alei Zahav.[2][3] The settlement, under the administrative municipal government of the Shomron Regional Council, is adjacent to Peduel and Beit Aryeh. In 2022 its population was 4,647.

Israeli outposts are unauthorized in Israeli law, while Israeli settlements are considered illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this.[4]

History

Founded in 1983 on Israeli state lands by non-Orthodox Jewish Israelis from the Beitar and Herut movements, the settlement is now home to about 120 families. The town is named after Aliza Begin, the wife of former Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin. The original name of the town had been Yoezer.[citation needed]

It is now expanding into a settlement called Leshem.

Alei Zahav is founded on land which Israel confiscated from the Palestinian towns of Deir Ballut[2] and Kafr ad-Dik.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  2. ^ a b Deir Ballut Town Profile, ARIJ, p. 16
  3. ^ a b Kafr ad Dik Town Profile, ARIJ, p. 17
  4. ^ "The Geneva Convention". BBC News. 10 December 2009. Retrieved 27 November 2010.


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