Ma'ale Levona

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Ma'ale Levona
מַעֲלֵה לְבוֹנָה‎
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Ma'ale Levona
Coordinates: 32°03′16″N35°14′27″E / 32.05444°N 35.24083°E / 32.05444; 35.24083 Coordinates: 32°03′16″N35°14′27″E / 32.05444°N 35.24083°E / 32.05444; 35.24083
District Judea and Samaria Area
Council Mateh Binyamin
Region West Bank
Affiliation Amana
Founded1983
Population
 (2019) [1]
906
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Ma'ale Levona (Hebrew : מַעֲלֵה לְבוֹנָה, lit. Ascent of Frankincense ) is an Israeli settlement organized as a community settlement in the West Bank. Located to the south-east of Ariel, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Binyamin Regional Council. In 2019, it had a population of 906.

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The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this. [2]

Etymology

The valley may be named for the frankincense grown there in Biblical days for the incense used in the Tabernacle of near-by Shiloh. There was an Israelite village on the edge of the valley that also bore the name "Levonah" (Judges 21:19). [3] The name of that ancient site is preserved in the name of the Palestinian village Al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya (Eastern Lubban), on part of whose land Ma'ale Levona is constructed.

History

Antiquity

Ma'ale Levona overlooks the ancient mountain pass noteworthy as the site of the Battle of Ascent of Lebonah, the first battle of the Maccabees against the Selucids. [4] The mountain pass, the "Ascent of Levonah" is to the east of the village, and links the Levonah valley to its north with the Shiloh valley to its south. Judah Maccabee killed the Samarian mysarch Apollonius in this battle, taking his sword for himself. [4]

Khirbet el-Qutt, an archeological site, is situated directly north of Ma'ale Levona. Archaeologists suggest that it was a fortified Jewish village in the late Second Temple period. Three mikvehs, a hiding complex and a necropolis were found at the site. A fort or monastery was constructed on the site's eastern slopes during the Late Roman or Byzantine period. The archeologists suggested identifying the site with Lakitia, mentioned in Lamentations Rabbah as one of the three stations set up by Hadrian to catch fugitives after the Bar Kokhba revolt. [5]

Modern era

According to ARIJ, Israel confiscated land from 3 neighbouring Palestinian villages in order to construct Ma'ale Levona:

Ma'ale Levona was initially established as a Nahal outpost. It later became a civilian settlement under the municipal jurisdiction of the Matte Binyamin Regional Council. It is located in the northern West Bank, in the Shilo-Eli bloc near Ariel. Ma'ale Levona is home to around 120 families.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. ↑ "Population in the Localities 2019" (XLS). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  2. ↑ "The Geneva Convention". BBC News . 10 December 2009. Retrieved 27 November 2010.
  3. ↑ Carta's Official Guide to Israel and Complete Gazetteer to all Sites in the Holy Land. (3rd edition 1993) Jerusalem, Carta, p.304 , ISBN   965-220-186-3 (English)
  4. 1 2 What Judea & Samaria Mean to the Jewish People
  5. ↑ Raviv D., Har-Even B. and Tavger A., 2016, “Khirbet el-Qutt – A Fortified Jewish Village in Southern Samaria from the Second Temple Period and the Bar Kokhba Revolt,” Judea and Samaria Research Studies 25 (1), pp. 25–45.
  6. ↑ Sinjil Town Profile, ARIJ, p. 17
  7. ↑ Al Lubban ash Sharqiya Village Profile (including ‘Ammuriya Locality), ARIJ, p. 17
  8. ↑ ‘Abwein Town Profile, ARIJ, p. 17
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