Efrata (settlement)
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Efrata אֶפְרָת, אֶפְרָתָה أفرات |
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 Efrata in winter, 2008 |
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West Bank ( Judea and Samaria ) |
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| Founded : | 1980 | ||
| Coordinates : | 31 ° 39 ' N , 35 ° 9' E | ||
| Area : | 6.280 km² | ||
| Residents : | 8,658 (2016) | ||
| Population density : | 1,379 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Mayor : | Oded Revivi | ||
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Efrata (but mostly Efrat , Hebrew אפרת or אפרתה) is an Israeli settlement in the West Bank . It belongs to the Israeli district of Judea and Samaria .
location
Efrata is located south of Jerusalem on several hills, each with their own name, east of Highway 60, which connects the Palestinian towns in the West Bank. It is located on the territory of the Gush Etzion settlement block , but is an independent municipality.
history
Efrata was founded in 1980 and is named after the biblical Efrata , the second name for the nearby Bethlehem (Genesis 35:19; Micah 5,1).
At the end of 2010 Efrata had 7454 inhabitants, in 1994 the settlement had 4650 inhabitants. On December 31, 2016, the place had 8,658 inhabitants.
In December 2011, it was announced that the Ministry of Defense had approved the construction of a new hamlet outside the current built-up area of Efrata. After completion of the new development on the northern edge of Efrata in Givat Hadagan, a few hundred meters from the Dheisheh refugee camp, for which 40 single-family houses are planned, the Israeli settlements in the northern Gush Etzion block will be directly adjacent to Bethlehem's southern outskirts. In addition, the construction of a 1700 dunam farm in Givat Eitam was approved, which should ensure the future expansion of Efrata with 2500 planned new residential units. Shortly before, the construction of new residential buildings on another hill in Efrata had been approved.
In 2016, several Palestinians were arrested by the Palestinian Authority for attending the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles at the invitation of Mayor Oded Revivi . In 2017 the invitation was accepted by around 30 Palestinians from different locations. Her identity was kept secret for fear of reprisals from the PA.
A Palestinian youth stabbed the Israeli Ari Fuld (45 years old) with a knife on September 16, 2018 near the Gush-Etzion intersection. The victim lived in Efrata and is the father of four children.
Residents
The Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics gives the following population figures for Efrata in the censuses of June 4, 1983, November 4, 1995 and December 28, 2008:
| Year of the census | 1983 | 1995 | 2008 |
| Number of inhabitants | 207 | 5,300 | 8,167 |
Legal issues
The EU foreign affairs representative Catherine Ashton described the Israeli settlements in the territories occupied since 1967 as illegal under international law, Israel disagrees.
According to a report by the Israeli organization Shalom Achshaw , 29.34% of the land on which the city was built is privately owned by Palestinians . According to Israeli law, land that is privately owned by Palestinians cannot be built on. The report is criticized by the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America (CAMERA), which considers both the sources and the results to be questionable.
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ cbs.gov.il ( Memento of the original from August 16, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved April 21, 2018
- ↑ Settlements in the West Bank ( Memento of the original from September 4, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Foundation for Middle East Peace
- ^ Chaim Levinson: IDF agrees to expansion of West Bank settlement. In: Haaretz. December 12, 2011, accessed December 13, 2011 .
- ↑ Jews and Palestinians celebrate in the settlement ( memento of the original dated November 16, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on September 22, 2018
- ↑ Palestinian youth stabs Jews to death in West Bank In: Israelnetz.de , September 17, 2018, accessed on September 22, 2018
- ^ Israel Central Bureau of Statistics
- ^ "Illegal under international law". In: NZZ Online. October 17, 2011, accessed November 25, 2011 .
- ^ Settlements 'violate Israeli law'. In: BBC . November 21, 2006, accessed May 9, 2012 .
- ^ Rory McCarthy: 39% of Israeli settlements 'on private land'. In: The Guardian . November 22, 2006, accessed May 9, 2012 .
- ↑ a b Breaking the Law in the West Bank. (PDF; 379 kB) (No longer available online.) Peace Now, archived from the original on September 30, 2011 ; accessed on May 9, 2012 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Nadav Shragai: Peace Now: 40 percent of settlements' land is owned by private Palestinians. In: Haaretz . November 22, 2006, accessed May 9, 2012 .
- ^ Nadav Shragai: Blow to settlement movement. In: Haaretz. November 21, 2006, accessed May 9, 2012 .
- ^ Peace Now's Report on Settlement Land. CAMERA, November 22, 2006, accessed May 9, 2012 .
- ↑ Ashley Rindsberg: Watchdog: Peace Now report on 'stolen' settlement land false, misleading. (No longer available online.) November 22, 2006, archived from the original on May 17, 2007 ; accessed on May 9, 2012 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
