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Shim'a
שִׁמְעָה‎ / יוֹנָדָב‎
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Shim'a
Coordinates: 31°23′16″N35°0′46″E / 31.38778°N 35.01278°E / 31.38778; 35.01278
District Judea and Samaria Area
Council Har Hevron
Region West Bank
Affiliation Amana
Founded1982
Population
 (2022) [1]
938

Shim'a (Hebrew : שִׁמְעָה), also Yonadav (Hebrew : יוֹנָדָב), is an Israeli settlement in the West Bank, along the Green Line south of Livne and Teneh Omarim. Located on a hill 600 metres above sea level, it is organised as a community settlement and falls under the jurisdiction of Har Hevron Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 938.

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

Name

Shim'a/Yonadav is named after King David's brother Shimeah and his son Jonadab (2 Samuel 13:3). [3]

History

The settlement was first established in 1982 as a pioneer Nahal military outpost, and demilitarized when turned over to residential purposes in 1988. As of 2015, Shim'a had approximately 600 residents.[ citation needed ]

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. ↑ Bitan, Hanna: 1948-1998: Fifty Years of 'Hityashvut': Atlas of Names of Settlements in Israel, Jerusalem 1999, Carta, p. 68, ISBN   965-220-423-4 (in Hebrew)
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