Alei Zahav עֲלֵי זָהָב | |
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Hebrew transcription(s) | |
• official | Ale Zahav |
![]() Houses under construction in Alei Zahav | |
Etymology: Golden leaves | |
Coordinates: 32°4′18″N35°3′51″E / 32.07167°N 35.06417°E | |
District | Judea and Samaria Area |
Council | Shomron |
Region | West Bank |
Affiliation | Mishkei Herut Beitar |
Founded | 1983 |
Population (2022) [1] | 4,647 |
Alei Zahav (Hebrew : עֲלֵי זָהָב, lit. Golden Leaves) is an Israeli settlement organized as a community settlement located on the western edge of the northern West Bank, adjacent to the Palestinian towns of Deir Ballut and Kafr ad-Dik, whose lands were confiscated for building Alei Zahav. [2] [3] The settlement, under the administrative municipal government of the Shomron Regional Council, is adjacent to Peduel and Beit Aryeh. In 2022 its population was 4,647.
Israeli outposts are unauthorized in Israeli law, while Israeli settlements are considered illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this. [4]
Founded in 1983 on Israeli state lands by non-Orthodox Jewish Israelis from the Beitar and Herut movements, the settlement is now home to about 120 families. The town is named after Aliza Begin, the wife of former Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin. The original name of the town had been Yoezer.[ citation needed ]
It is now expanding into a settlement called Leshem.
Alei Zahav is founded on land which Israel confiscated from the Palestinian towns of Deir Ballut [2] and Kafr ad-Dik. [3]
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