Shilat

For the village in Iran, see Shilat-e Farahabad.
Shilat
שִׁילָּת‎
Memorial to 45 fallen soldiers
Memorial to 45 fallen soldiers
Shilat is located in Central Israel
Shilat
Shilat
Coordinates: 31°55′13″N 35°1′7″E / 31.92028°N 35.01861°E / 31.92028; 35.01861
CountryIsrael
DistrictCentral
CouncilHevel Modi'in
AffiliationHaOved HaTzioni
FoundedJuly 1977
Founded byHaOved HaTzioni farmers
Population
 (2022)[1]
770
Websitewww.shilat.co.il

Shilat (Hebrew: שִׁילָּת) is a moshav partially in Israel and partially in the Latrun salient of the Green Line. Located around a kilometre north of Modi'in, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hevel Modi'in Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 770.[1]

The Shilat Junction, at the intersection of Route 443 and Route 446, is the main northern entrance to Modi'in and the site of an industrial park which houses many commercial establishments as well as light industry.

History

The moshav was established in July 1977 by 25 families on land that had belonged the Palestinian village of Shilta, which was depopulated in 1948.[2] After the Six-Day War in 1967, Israel expropriated 781 dunams of land from the Palestinian village of Saffa for the construction of Shilat.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  2. ^ Khalidi, Walid (1992). All that Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington DC: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 414. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
  3. ^ Saffa village profile, ARIJ, p. 17