Kfar HaOranim (Hebrew: כְּפָר הָאֳרָנִים. lit. Village of the Pines), also known as Menora (Hebrew: מְנוֹרָה) or Giv'at Ehud, is an Israeli settlement in the West Bank. Contiguous with Lapid and located near to the major city of Modi'in, it is organised as a community settlement and falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Binyamin Regional Council. In 2019 it had a population of 2,657.

Kfar HaOranim כְּפָר הָאֳרָנִים כפר האורנים‎
Etymology: Village of the Pines
Kfar HaOranim
Coordinates: 31°55′9″N 35°2′18″E
District	Judea and Samaria Area
Council	Mateh Binyamin
Region	West Bank
Founded	1997
Founded by	Amana
Population  (2019)[1]	2,657

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

History

Planning for the settlement (then named Giv'at Ehud, after Ehud Ben-Amitai, a fighter pilot killed in a training accident) began in 1981. The cornerstone was laid in 1984 at a ceremony attended by Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir, by which time the name had changed to Menora. However, legal issues over the ownership of the land led to a delay in construction. The first residents finally moved in during October 1997.^{[citation needed]}

According to ARIJ, Israel confiscated 682 dunams of land from the Palestinian village of Saffa for the construction of Menora/Kfar HaOranim.[3]

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