Eli (settlement)
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Eli עֵלִי |
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 Eli viewed from the south |
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West Bank ( Judea and Samaria ) |
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| Regional administration : | Mateh Benjamin | ||
| Founded : | 1984 | ||
| Coordinates : | 32 ° 4 ' N , 35 ° 16' E | ||
| Residents : | 4,311 (2018) | ||
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Eli ( Hebrew עֵלִי) is an Israeli settlement in the northern West Bank . The settlement was founded in 1984 and belongs to the Mateh Benjamin regional administration .
The international community, like all Israeli settlements in the territories occupied since 1967, regards Eli as illegal under international law. Israel denies this.
location
Eli is located east of the Israeli barrier in the northern West Bank, around 30 kilometers north of Jerusalem and 17 kilometers south of Nablus . The settlement is near Highway 60, which crosses the West Bank in a north-south direction. With the settlements Shvut Rachel, Schilo , Amichai and Ma'ale Levona as well as several small outposts east of Amichai, Eli forms an Israeli settlement block in the center of the northern West Bank.
history
The settlement, named after the priest of the valley mouth Eli , was founded in 1984.
According to the Palestinian NGO Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ) , Israel seized land from the two nearby Palestinian villages of as-Sawiya and Qaryut to establish the settlement .
In February 2020, the construction of 600 additional houses in the settlement was approved.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Wayback Machine. October 25, 2017, accessed March 8, 2020 .
- ↑ Wayback Machine. March 4, 2016, accessed March 8, 2020 .
- ^ Jacob Magid: Israel advances plans for nearly 1,800 new settlement homes days before election. Retrieved April 19, 2020 (American English).