Ma'ale Mikhmas

Ma'ale Mikhmas
מַעֲלֵה מִכְמָשׂ‬
Ma'ale Mikhmas
Coordinates: 31°52′44.19″N 35°18′22.92″E / 31.8789417°N 35.3063667°E / 31.8789417; 35.3063667Coordinates: 31°52′44.19″N 35°18′22.92″E / 31.8789417°N 35.3063667°E / 31.8789417; 35.3063667
District Judea and Samaria Area
Council Mateh Binyamin
Region West Bank
Affiliation Amana
Founded 1981
Population (2017)[1] 1,402

Ma'ale Mikhmas (Hebrew: מַעֲלֵה מִכְמָשׂ‬) is an Israeli settlement in the Binyamin region of the northern West Bank. Located a few miles northeast of Jerusalem, it falls under the municipal jurisdiction of Mateh Binyamin Regional Council. In 2017 it had a population of 1,402.

The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this.[2]

History

Israel confiscated 1287 dunums of land from the Palestinian town of Deir Dibwan in order to construct Ma'ale Mikhmas.[3]

Ma'ale Mikhmas was founded in 1981 along the Allon Road by a group of families from Ma'ale Adumim. It is named after the Biblical Mikhmas (Isaiah 10:28; Esra 2:27).[4]

The population of Ma'ale Mikhmas is evenly divided between native-born Israelis and immigrants from English-speaking countries, South America, France and Ethiopia. It defines itself as religious.[5]

Notable residents

References

  1. ↑ "List of localities, in Alphabetical order" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved August 26, 2018.
  2. ↑ "The Geneva Convention". BBC News. 10 December 2009. Retrieved 27 November 2010.
  3. ↑ Deir Dibwan Town Profile, ARIJ, p. 16
  4. ↑ Carta's Official Guide to Israel and Complete Gazetteer to all Sites in the Holy Land. (3rd edition 1993) Jerusalem, Carta, p.304, ISBN 965-220-186-3 (English)
  5. ↑ About Maale Michmas
  6. ↑ חה"כ עתניאל שנלר (in Hebrew). Knesset. Retrieved 9 August 2011. מקום מגורים: מעלה מכמש

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