Ma'ale Efrayim Explained

Ma'ale Efraim
Settlement Type:Local council (from 1981)
Translit Lang1:Hebrew
Translit Lang1 Type1:ISO 259
Translit Lang1 Info1:Maˁle ʔepraym
Translit Lang1 Type3:Also spelled
Translit Lang1 Info3:Ma'ale Efraim, Maaleh Efraim (unofficial)
Pushpin Map:Israel binyamin
Pushpin Label Position:right
Coordinates:32.0704°N 35.4036°W
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:West Bank
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Judea and Samaria Area
Established Title:Founded
Established Date:1978
Leader Title:Head of Municipality
Leader Name:Shlomo Lalosh
Unit Pref:dunam
Population Density Km2:auto

Ma'ale Efrayim (Hebrew: מַעֲלֵה אֶפְרַיִם, lit. Ascent of Ephraim)[1] is an Israeli settlement in the West Bank, organized as a secular settlement and a local council, located along the eastern slopes of the Samarian mountains in the Jordan Valley. It was founded in 1978 and named after the Biblical tribe of Ephraim.[2] The settlement's municipal status was upgraded to local council in 1981.[2] In, it had a population of .

The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this.[3]

History

According to ARIJ, in 1970 Israel illegally confiscated 1,464 dunams of land from the Palestinian land in order to construct Ma'ale Efrayim.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Carta's Official Guide to Israel and Complete Gazetteer to all Sites in the Holy Land. (3rd edition 1993) Jerusalem, Carta, p.302, (English)
  2. Web site: he:מועצה מקומית מעלה אפרים. http://maaleefraim.co.il/. Hebrew. 2014.
  3. News: The Geneva Convention . BBC News . 10 December 2009 . 27 September 2011 .
  4. http://vprofile.arij.org/jericho/pdfs/vprofile/Al%20Jiftlik_en_FINAL.pdf Al Jiftlik Village Profile