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Mehola (Hebrew: מְחוֹלָה) is a religious moshav and Israeli settlement in the West Bank. Located in the Jordan Valley near the Green Line and the Palestinian village of Bardala,[2] it falls under the jurisdiction of Bik'at HaYarden Regional Council.[3] With an area of 5,000 dunams, in 2019 it had a population of 609.

Mehola
Mehola
Coordinates: 32°21′57″N 35°30′52″E
DistrictJudea and Samaria Area
CouncilBik'at HaYarden
RegionWest Bank
AffiliationHapoel HaMizrachi
Founded1967
Founded byBnei Akiva members
Population
 (2019)[1]
609
Websitewww.mechola.co.il

The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law, but the Israeli and US governments dispute this.[4]


History


The village was established in 1967 by Bnei Akiva members, and was civilianised the following year. It was named after the biblical city of Abel-meholah (Judges 7:22, 1 Kings 4:12, 1 Kings 19:16), which was located in the area.[5]

The inhabitants of Mehola cultivate some of the village lands of the depopulated Palestinian village of Al-Fatur.[6]

In 1993, it was the site of Mehola Junction bombing.

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]


See also



References


  1. "Population in the Localities 2019" (XLS). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  2. Isabel Kershner,Strategic Corridor in West Bank Remains a Stumbling Block in Mideast Talks,', New York Times, 4 January 2014.
  3. מחולה Bikat HaYarden Regional Council (in Hebrew)
  4. "The Geneva Convention". BBC News. 10 December 2009. Retrieved 27 November 2010.
  5. Carta's Official Guide to Israel and Complete Gazetteer to all Sites in the Holy Land. (3rd edition 1993) Jerusalem, Carta, p.322 , ISBN 965-220-186-3 (English)
  6. Khalidi, W. (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 48. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
  7. "Watchdog says Israel 'legalises' another settler outpost". AFP. 17 July 2012. Retrieved 22 April 2013.


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