Alei Zahav
| Alei Zahav עֲלֵי זָהָב | |
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| Hebrew transcription(s) | |
| • official | Ale Zahav |
  Alei Zahav | |
| Coordinates: 32°4′18.13″N 35°3′51.26″E / 32.0717028°N 35.0642389°ECoordinates: 32°4′18.13″N 35°3′51.26″E / 32.0717028°N 35.0642389°E | |
| District | Judea and Samaria Area |
| Council | Shomron |
| Region | West Bank |
| Founded | 1983 |
| Population (2011) | 690[1] |
| Name meaning | Golden leaves |
Alei Zahav (Hebrew: עֲלֵי זָהָב, lit. Golden Leaves) is an Israeli settlement organized as a communal settlement located on the western edge of the northern West Bank, about 20 km east of Tel Aviv, and overlooking Israel's main Ben Gurion International Airport. The town, under the administrative municipal government of the Shomron Regional Council, is adjacent to Peduel and Beit Aryeh.It is now expanding into a settlement called Leshem. Israeli outposts are unauthorized in Israeli law, while Israeli settlements are considered illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this.[2] Leshem is officially part of Alei Zahav.
Founded in 1983 on territory Israel calls state lands by non-Orthodox Jewish Israelis from the Beitar and Herut movements, the settlement is now home to about 120 families. The town is named after Aliza Begin, the wife of former Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin. The original name of the town had been Yoezer.
References
- ↑ "Locality File" (XLS). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. 2011. Retrieved February 2, 2013.
- ↑ "The Geneva Convention". BBC News. 10 December 2009. Retrieved 27 November 2010.
External links
- Photo gallery at the Shomron Regional Council
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