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Dolev
דולב
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Dolev
Coordinates: 31°55′33″N35°8′7″E / 31.92583°N 35.13528°E / 31.92583; 35.13528
District Judea and Samaria Area
Council Mateh Binyamin
Region West Bank
Affiliation Amana
Founded1983
Population
 (2022) [1]
1,613

Dolev (Hebrew : דולב) is an Israeli settlement organized as a community settlement in the West Bank. Located 17 mi (27 km) north-west of Jerusalem, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Binyamin Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 1,613.

Israeli settlements in the West Bank are widely considered to be illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this. [2]

History

Dolev was established in 1983, by five families who moved to the site on the festival of Sukkot. It is named for nearby Nahal Dolev where dolev trees (Platanus orientalis) grow. [3] According to ARIJ, the land was confiscated from three Palestinian villages:

In 1988, Ulpanat Dolev girls school established a youth rehabilitation program, Dolev Homes for Youth at Risk, which now has branches in Ashdod and Modi'in. In 2013, 450 girls from all over Israel were enrolled in the program. Dolev Homes received the National Award for Excellence in Education for its contribution to Israeli society over a period of 25 years. [9]

On Monday 26 August 2019, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu directed the Director General of the Prime Minister's Office to submit for Planning Committee approval at its next meeting, plans for the establishment of a new neighborhood in Dolev, near the Ein Bubin spring after the murder of Rina Shnerb. The new settlement will include approximately 300 new housing units, according to the plans drawn up by the Prime Minister's Office. [10] On 27 August 2019 it was decided that the new settlement of three hundred homes to be built in Dolev, would be named after Rina Shnerb. [11]

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References

  1. ↑ "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  2. ↑ "The Geneva Convention". BBC News. 10 December 2009. Retrieved 27 November 2010.
  3. ↑ מטה בנימין Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine . Binyamin.org.il. Retrieved on 2016-05-20.
  4. ↑ Al Janiya Village Profile, ARIJ, p. 16
  5. ↑ 'Ein Qiniya Village Profile, ARIJ, p. 17
  6. ↑ Deir Ibzi village profile, ARIJ, p. 18
  7. ↑ How dispossession happens. The humanitarian impact of the takeover of Palestinian springs by Israeli settlers Archived 2014-02-24 at the Wayback Machine , March 2012, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs occupied Palestinian territory, p. 25
  8. ↑ 'This Place Is Only for Jews': The West Bank's Apartheid Springs, by Gideon Levy and Alex Levac, Aug 29, 2019, Haaretz
  9. ↑ Bad girls gone good at Dolev. Jewishlinknj.com (2013-07-11). Retrieved on 2016-05-20.
  10. ↑ PM: New neighborhood to be built near scene of terror attack. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/ (2019-27-08). Retrieved on 2019-08-27.
  11. ↑ New neighborhood to be named after Rina Shnerb. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/ (2019-27-08). Retrieved on 2019-08-27.
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