Alfei Menashe

Alfei Menashe
  • אַלְפֵי מְנַשֶׁה
  • ألفي منشيه
Hebrew transcription(s)
  ISO 259 ʔalpei Mnašše
  Also spelled Alfe Menashe (official)

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Alfei Menashe
Coordinates: 32°10′N 35°1′E / 32.167°N 35.017°E / 32.167; 35.017Coordinates: 32°10′N 35°1′E / 32.167°N 35.017°E / 32.167; 35.017
Region West Bank
District Judea and Samaria Area
Founded 1983
Government
  Type Local council (from 1987)
  Head of Municipality Shlomo Katan
Area
  Total 4,616 dunams (4.616 km2 or 1.782 sq mi)
Population (2014)[1]
  Total 7,614
Name meaning Thousands of the tribe of Manasseh

Alfei Menashe (Hebrew: אַלְפֵי מְנַשֶׁה, Arabic: ألفي منشيه) is an Israeli settlement located in the seam zone[2] on the western edge of the central West Bank. It was granted local council status in 1987. In 2014 its population was 7,614.

The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this.[3]

The town's proximity to the Green Line (less than 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) east) and its similar proximity to the Palestinian Arab town of Qalqilyah has made its inclusion on the Israeli side of the West Bank barrier controversial, especially as the looping nature of the barrier's path forms a quasi-enclave of some Palestinian villages to its south. In September 2005, Israel's Supreme Court ruled that the government must consider re-routing the barrier in this area. Work was begun in the summer of 2009 to construct a new route for the barrier, which will no longer incorporate the Palestinian village of Ras al-Tira (and several other villages) on the Israeli side. The work was finished in 2011. (source: Google Earth)

The settlement is the birthplace of Israel's most successful MMA fighter Noad Lahat.

View from high point of Alfei Menashe, showing the nearness of the separation barrier (right) as of 2006

References

  1. 2014 populations Israel Central Bureau of Statistics
  2. "More Housing Units: New Tenders in Israeli West Bank Settlements". ARIJ (Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem. 2006-10-04. Retrieved 2007-07-13.
  3. "The Geneva Convention". BBC News. 10 December 2009. Retrieved 27 September 2011.

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