Alei Zahav
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, about 40 km east of Tel Aviv, and overlooking Israel's main Ben Gurion International Airport. The town, under the administrative municipal government of the Shomron Regional Council, is adjacent to Peduel and Beit Aryeh. In 2018 its population was 2,739.
Alei Zahav עֲלֵי זָהָב | |
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| Hebrew transcription(s) | |
| • official | Ale Zahav |
  Alei Zahav | |
| Coordinates: 32°4′18.13″N 35°3′51.26″E | |
| Country | Israel |
| District | Judea and Samaria Area |
| Council | Shomron |
| Region | West Bank |
| Affiliation | Mishkei Herut Beitar |
| Founded | 1983 |
| Population (2018)[1] | 2,739 |
| Name meaning | Golden leaves |
Israeli outposts are unauthorized in Israeli law, while Israeli settlements are considered illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this.[2]
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.
It is now expanding into a settlement called Leshem.
Alei Zahav is founded on land which Israel expropriated from the Palestinian towns of Deir Ballut[3] and Kafr ad-Dik.[4]
References
- "Population in the Localities 2018" (XLS). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. 25 August 2019. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
- "The Geneva Convention". BBC News. 10 December 2009. Retrieved 27 November 2010.
- Deir Ballut Town Profile, ARIJ, p. 16
- Kafr ad Dik Town Profile, ARIJ, p. 17