The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this.[4]
In June 2012, the outpost Givat Sal'it (Hebrew: גבעת סלעית) in the northern Jordan Valley was retroactively legalised by redesignating it as a neighbourhood of Mehola, from which it is separated by a major inter-city highway.[7]
^Carta's Official Guide to Israel and Complete Gazetteer to all Sites in the Holy Land. (3rd edition 1993) Jerusalem, Carta, p.322 , ISBN965-220-186-3 (English)