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Mehola
מחולה
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Mehola
Coordinates: 32°21′57″N35°30′52″E / 32.36583°N 35.51444°E / 32.36583; 35.51444
District Judea and Samaria Area
Council Bik'at HaYarden
Region West Bank
Affiliation Hapoel HaMizrachi
Founded1967
Founded by Bnei Akiva members
Population
 (2023) [1]
760
Website www.mechola.co.il

Mehola (Hebrew : מחולה) is a religious moshav and Israeli settlement in the West Bank. Located in the Jordan Valley near the Green Line and the Palestinian village of Bardala, [2] it falls under the jurisdiction of Bik'at HaYarden Regional Council. [3] With an area of 5,000 dunams, in 2023 it had a population of 760.

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The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this. [4]

History

The village was established in 1967 by Bnei Akiva members. It was named after the biblical city of Abel-meholah (Judges 7:22, 1 Kings 4:12, 1 Kings 19:16), which was located in the area. [5]

The inhabitants of Mehola cultivate some of the village lands of the depopulated Palestinian village of Al-Fatur. [6]

In 1993, it was the site of Mehola Junction bombing.

In June 2012, the outpost Givat Sal'it (Hebrew : גבעת סלעית) in the northern Jordan Valley was retroactively legalised by redesignating it as a neighbourhood of Mehola, from which it is separated by a major inter-city highway. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
  2. ↑ Isabel Kershner,Strategic Corridor in West Bank Remains a Stumbling Block in Mideast Talks,', New York Times, 4 January 2014.
  3. ↑ מחולה Archived 30 November 2021 at the Wayback Machine Bikat HaYarden Regional Council (in Hebrew)
  4. ↑ "The Geneva Convention". BBC News. 10 December 2009. Retrieved 27 November 2010.
  5. ↑ Carta's Official Guide to Israel and Complete Gazetteer to all Sites in the Holy Land. (3rd edition 1993) Jerusalem, Carta, p.322 , ISBN   965-220-186-3 (English)
  6. ↑ Khalidi, W. (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 48. ISBN   0-88728-224-5.
  7. ↑ "Watchdog says Israel 'legalises' another settler outpost". AFP. 17 July 2012. Retrieved 22 April 2013.[ dead link ]
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