TRANSMITTAL OF REPORT ON ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS IN THE WEST BANK AND JERUSALEM

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• Publication Date: November 1, 1983
• Content Type: MEMO

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
WASHINGTON. D.C. 20505
MEMORANDUM FOR: Mr. William Kirby
Deputy for Middle East Negotiations
Department of State
SUBJECT: Transmittal of Report on Israeli. Settlements
in the West Bank and Jerusalem
1. Attached is a report on Israeli settlements that you
requested last Tuesday
The data on individual settlements in this report
have been adapted from the more comprehensive report that we
prepared for you in March 1983. Since then, about half of the
settlements have been updated to show changes to at least
July 1983.
2. Tf van have an estions on these materials please
contact Chief, Near East Branch,
Deputy Director
Office of Global Issues
Attachment:
Israeli Settlements and Civilian Land Use in
the West Bank and Jerusalem, September 1983,
GI M83-10276
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Name: Adora Location: West of Hebron
Type: Nahal settlement Map Grid: C-14
Affiliation: NAHAL Corps Land Area (dunams): Not available
(IDF)
Chronology: Constructed spring 1982.
Function/Activities: Local security.
Population: Estimated Current: 35 Estimated Capacity: 40
Planned: Approx. 1,200 (300 families)
Dwellings: 10 mobile homes, 2 tents (unoccupied).
Other Buildings: 5 unidentified buildings.
Remarks:
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Name: Alfe Menashe Location: Southeast of Qalqilyah
(Qarne Shomeron C)
Type: Urban Map Grid: D-6
Affiliation: Defense Ministry Land Area (dunams): Not available.
Chronology: Announced Feb 1980. Construction began by mid-1981.
Function/Activities: Settlers will commute to Jerusalem.
Population: Estimated Current: 0 Estimated Capacity: 870
Planned: Approx. 7,500 (1,800 families)d
Dwellings: 61 two-family, one- to three-story houses; 45 four-family,
two-story apartment buildings; 23 single-family, one-story houses; 9
single-family, two-story houses (all unoccupied, in various stages
of construction.)
Other Buildings: None.
Remarks: Settlement will house Defense Ministry employees and career
army officers and their families.
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Name: Allon Shevut Location: 'Ezyon bloc, south of
Bethlehem
Type: Regional center Map Grid: E-13
Affiliation: HaPo'el haMizrahi Land Area (dunams): 1000
(National Religious Party)
Chronology: Construction started Jul 1969. Formally established
1970.
Function/Activities: Housing for commuters, education, sports, shops,
synagogue, yeshiva, government offices.
Population: Estimated Current: 965 . Estimated Capacity: 1005
Dwellings: 70 houses, 10 dormitories (at yeshiva), 13 apartment
buildings (78 units), 8 houses under construction.
Other Buildings: Community center (2 buildings), yeshiva, synagogue,
nursery school, 7 unidentified buildings, water tank.
Remarks: Site of a pre-1948 Jewish settlement. Named for an oak tree
near the yeshiva. Tree nursery west of the settlement. Family size
estimated at 5. Yeshiva houses approximately 225 students.
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Name : Almog
Type: Kibbutz
Affiliation: Ha Tenu'a
hakibbutzit haMe'uhedet--
United Kibbutz Movement
(Labor Party)
Location: Jordan Valley
Map Grid: E-11
Land Area (dunams): 2,400
Chronology: Announced June 1976. Construction started Jan 1977 (as
nahal settlement). First settled Jan 1977. Civilianized Jan 1979.
Function/Activities: Agriculture
Population: Estimated Current: 60 Estimated Capacity: 205
Planned: Not available.
Dwellings: 36 prefab units (36 residences, occupied) 4 trailers
(unoccupied), 2 barracks (occupied), 12 prefab units (6 residences,
occupied), 96 prefab units (48 residences, unoccupied).
Other Buildings: 1 garage, 2 poultry houses, 1 warehouse, 14
unidentified buildings.
Remarks: Water tank to the southwest. Reservoir to the east. Named
for Yehuda Almog, pioneer.
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Name: 'Anatot Location: Northeast of Jerusalem
Type: Community settlement Map Grid: G-11
Affiliation: Amana Land Area (dunams): Not available
(Gush Emunim)
Chronology: Announced Apr 1979. Settled Oct 1982.
Function/Activities:. Housing for commuters to Jerusalem.
Population: Estimated Current: 35 Estimated Capacity: 55
Planned: Not available
Dwellings:- 5 prefabs, 8 mobile homes (4 unoccupied).
Other Buildings: 2 unidentified buildings.
Remarks: Near the site of the biblical Anathoth, birthplace of
Jeremiah (Jer. 1:1). 200 families ready to move in, 60 registered
for "building-your-own-home" scheme. Press reported that the first
15 families were ready to move here in Oct 1982
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Name: Argaman Location: Jordan Valley north of
Wadi Farah
Type: Moshav Map Grid: J-6,7
Affiliation: Mishqe Herut Land Area (dunams): 8,700
uBetar--Farms of Herut
and Betar (Herut Party)
Chronology: Announced Oct 1968. Construction started Nov 1968 (as a
Nahal settlement). Civilianized May 1971.
Function/Activities: Agriculture: poultry, vegetables, dates.
Restaurant. Tourism .
Population: Estimated Current: 160 Estimated Capacity: 225
Planned: 505 (120 units)
Dwellings: 40 houses (2 unoccupied); 14 barracks (unoccupied).
Other Buildings: 2 community buildings, 2 poultry houses,
3 greenhouses, 23 storage buildings, 1 garage, 1 poolhouse'with
pool, 22 unidentified buildings.
Remarks:
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Name: Ari'el (Haris) Location: Southwest of Nablus on
Trans-Samaria Highway
Type: Urban Map Grid: F-7
Affiliation: Gush Emunim Land Area (dunams): 1,600
Chronology: Founded Feb 1978 in a military camp. Military presence
ended Jul 1978. Expansion began Jul 1979.
Function/Activities: Urban, industry. Some settlers commute to Tel
Aviv.
Population: Estimated Current: 1,390 Estimated Capacity: 2,140
Planned: Not available.
Dwellings: 16 six-family, three-story apartment buildings (occupied);
111 two-family, two-story houses (31 occupied); 181 double and
triple prefab units (37 unoccupied), 121 townhouses (60 unoccupied).
Other Buildings: 21 unidentified buildings, 1 large water tank, 4
-smaller tanks.
Remarks: Industrial area under construction on a noncontiguous site
several kilometers west. Population consists of native-born and
Soviet immigrants. Joshua is believed to be buried here. This site
is not named for Ari'el Sharon.
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Name: Ari'.el Industrial Site Location: Southwest of Nablus on
Trans-Samaria Highway
Type: Industrial Center Map Grid: E-7
Affiliation: Not available. Land Area (dunams): More than 1,000
Chronology: Site preparation began summer 1981. Announced May 1982.
Function/Activities: Planned industry for Barqan-Ari'el region.
Population: Estimated Current: 0 Estimated Capacity: 0
Dwellings: None.
Other Buildings: 1 large building under construction.
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Name: 'Ateret (Ha.'Atara, Location: Northwest of Bir Zayt
Bet Arye, Hallamish B)
Type: Community settlement Map Grid: F-8,9
Affiliation: Amana Land Area (dunams): 250
(Gush Emunim)
Chronology: Site preparation observed mid-Jul 1981. Prefabs on site
and a few occupied by late Sep 1981. Formally established Dec 1981.
Function/Activities: Housing for commuters to Jerusalem and the
coastal cities.
Population: Estimated Current: 30 Estimated Capacity: 195
Dwellings: 46 double prefab units (39 unoccupied), 4 single prefab
units (unoccupied).
Other Buildings: None
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Name: Barqan (Elqana B, Location: Southwest of Nablus, on
Yaqqir B)'(Bet Abba?) Trans-Samaria Highway
Type: Community settlement Map Grid: E-7
Affiliation: Mishqe Herut Land Area (dunams): 1,000
uBetar--Farms of Herut and
Betar (Herut Party)
Chronology: Elqana B announced for this site Sep 1979, settled
illegally Jul 1980, and abandoned Aug 1980. Yaggir B (Barqan)
approved for this site Jan 1981. Site preparation began Aug 1981.
Settlers arrived Nov-Dec 1981. '
Function/Activities: Settlers commute to Tel Aviv. Industry:
computer services, fiberglass factory.
Population: Estimated Current:. 185 Estimated Capacity: .220
Planned: Approx. 1,200 (300 families)
Dwellings: 22 houses (6 under construction, 11 unoccupied), 36 double.
prefab units (3 unoccupied).
Other Buildings: 'Kindergarten, 2 pools, pool house, basketball court,
2 tennis courts, 17 unidentified buildings.
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Name: Bega'ot (Bika, Bikon) Location: East of Nablus
Type: Moshav Map Grid: 1-6
Affiliation: Ha'Ihud haHaqla'i Land Area (dunams): 4,000-6,000
--The Agricultural Union
Chronology: Construction began Jul 1972.
Function/Activities: Agriculture: turkeys, vegetables, citrus fruit.
Population: Estimated Current: 195 Estimated Capacity: 225
Planned: 505 (120 units)
Dwellings: 53 houses (6 unoccupied).
Other Buildings: Kindergarten, 50 greenhouses, 30 storage buildings,
? 4 poultry buildings, pool with poolhouse, 20 unidentified buildings.
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Name: Berakha Location: South of Nablus on Mt.
Gerizim
Type: Comnmunity settlement Map Grid: G-6
Affiliation: Amana Land Area (dunams): Not available.
(Gush Emunim)
Chronology: Announced Jan 1982. Settled as a Nahal settlement Nov
1982. Civilianized Apr.1983.
Function/Activities: Houses commuters to Israel
Population: Estimated Current: 0 Estimated Capacity: 80
Dwellings: 19 single-family prefabs, unoccupied.
Other Buildings: 4 unidentified buildings.
Remarks: Highest settlement in Samaria, on the Samaritan's holy
Mt. Gerizim
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Name: Bet Arye Location: Northwest of Ram Allah
(formerly Levona) near the Green Line
Type: Community settlement Map Grid: D-8
Affiliation: Mishge Herut Land Area (dunams): 1,000
uBetar--Farms of Herut and
Betar (Herut Party)
Chronology: Approved Jan 1980. Site preparation under way by late
fall 1980. Dedicated Jun 1981.. Settlers arrived Jul 1981.
Function/Activities: Housing for commuters to Jerusalem and the
coastal cities.
Population: Estimated Current: 250 Estimated Capacity: 255
Planned: 1,260 (300 units)
Dwellings: 61 double prefab units (2 unoccupied).
Other Buildings: 16 unidentified buildings, 1 water tank.
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Name: Bet El (Bet E1 A) Location: North of Ram Allah
Type: Community settlement Map Grid: F-9
Affiliation: Amana Land Area (dunams): Approx. 325
(Gush Emunim)
Chronology: Founded 1 Nov 1977 inside the Bet E1 army camp. New
site, outside camp perimeter, was ready for civilian occupation in
Sep 1978. Expansion under way in 1979.
Function/Activities: Housing for commuters to Jerusalem or for
military base civilians. Industry: factories for toys, crafts,
teaching aids, boxes, religious articles; book publishers.
Population: Estimated Current: 480 Estimated Capacity: 645
Planned: 1,680 (400 units)
Dwellings: 88 two-story houses (7 under construction,
.47 unoccupied), 73 double and triple prefab units.
Other Buildings: School, kindergarten, nursery school, grocery,
16 unidentified buildings.
Remarks: Expansion under way. Water pipeline from Ayn Samya. Near
Biblical Bethel. Name means "House of God".
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Name: Bet El B
(Bet El Yeshiva)
Type: Urban
Map Grid: F-19
Affiliation: Amana
(Gush Emunim) Land Area (dunams): Approx. 80
Chronology: Under construction Nov 1978. Occupied May 1979.
Function/Activities: Yeshiva. Housing for students and some
Jerusalem commuters.
Population: Estimated Current: 210 Estimated Capacity: 430
Planned: 1,680 (40Q units)
Dwellings: 3 six-family, two-story apartment buildings; 25 two-story
houses (16 unoccupied); 5 duplexes (unoccupied); 37 mobile homes
(22 unoccupied); 4 single prefab units (unoccupied); 12 double
prefab/mobile home units (5 unoccupied).
Other Buildings: Yeshiva (3 buildings), 14 unidentified buildings.
Remarks: Subject of the Nov 1978 "Bet El Decision" of the Israeli
Supreme Court, holding that civilian settlements could have military
security value. Near Biblical Bethel.
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Name: Bet Ha'Arava Location: Southeast of Jericho
Type: Not available Map Grid: J-11
Affiliation: Not available Land Area (dunams): Not available
Chronology: Announced Jun 1980 as a Nahal settlement. Construction
began and first settlers arived Jul 1980. Formally established Sep
1980. Civilianized early 1981.
Function/Activities: Agriculture
Population: Estimated Current:- 30 Estimated Capacity: 45
Dwellings: 22 prefab barracks (3 groups of 6, 1 group of 3, 1 single,
probably a total of 12 residences, all occupied)
Other Buildings: 10 unidentified buildings.
Remarks: On the old road to the Abdullah Bridge. Built on the site
of a pre-1948 Jewish settlement destroyed by the Jordanian Army in
the 1948 war.
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Name: Bet Hadassa Location: Downtown Hebron
(Dabboya Building,
Hadassa Building)
Type: Not available Map Grid: E-14
Affiliation: Gush Emunim Land Area (dunams): Not available
Chronology: Occupied Apr 1979. by settlers from Qiryat Arba'. After
the May 1980 killing of six Jewish settlers, Gush Emunim personnel
seized several adjacent buildings. Renovation began Oct 1982 to
improve living conditions.
?Function/Activities: The buildings are intended to be the nucleus of
.a settlement; they establish a Jewish presence in.Hebron, "the
second holiest city of the Jewish people."
Population: Estimated Current: 70 Estimated Capacity: Not available.
Planned: Not available
Dwellings: Hadassa Building; the adjacent Schneerson Building, which
is being prepared for occupation; and another adjacent building.
Other Buildings: Several surrounding buildings have also been seized;
some of them have been destroyed.
Remarks: Initial occupation was,by women and-children, including the
family of Rabbi Moshe Levinger.
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Name: Bet Horon (Horon) Location: Southwest of Ram Allah
Type: Community settlement Map Grid: E-10
Affiliation: Amana Land Area (dunams): Less than 40
(Gush Emunim)
Chronology: Announced May 1976. Approved Sep 1977. Settled
Nov 1977. Adjacent site squatted Jan 1979, then again in Mar 1981.
Function/Activities: Houses commuters to Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.
Industry: locksmith shop, carpentry, phylactery factory.
Population:' Estimated Current: 175 Estimated Capacity: 315
Planned: 420 (100 units)
Dwellings: 4 barracks (13 unoccupied), 47 prefabs (7 unoccupied).
Other Buildings: School, kindergarten, day-care center, co-op
grocery, 35 unidentified buildings.
Remarks: Biblical name (Joshua 10:11). Permanent housing for the
settlers is being constructed at Bet Horon B, 1/2 km NW.
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Name: Dani'el Location: 'Ezyon bloc, southwest of
Bethlehem
Type: Not available Map Grid: E-12
Affiliation: Gush Emunim Land Area (dunams): Not available
Chronology: Ground broken Jul 1982. Approved Aug 1982.
Function/Activities: Not available.
Population: Estimated Current: 20 Estimated Capacity: 75
Planned: 840 (200 apartments)
Dwellings: 18 mobile homes (estimate 5 occupied).
Other Buildings: 1 community building, 1 service building, 1
unidentified building.
Remarks: Reportedly on land purchased by a Jew in the 1930s.
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Name: Efratah Location: 'Ezyon Bloc, southwest of
Bethlehem
Type: Urban Map Grid: E-13
Affiliation: Ministry Land Area (dunams): More than 2,000
of Housing (see remarks)
Chronology: Announced Sep 1975. Land'clearance began Feb 1980.
First small permanent structures completed by autumn 1980. Yeshiva
students settled in Aug 1980. First 15 families settled in
Mar 1983.
Function/Activities: High-rise apartments for commuters to Jerusalem
and to other 'Ezyon bloc settlements; yeshiva boarding school.*
Population: Estimated Current: 20 Estimated Capacity: 575
Planned: 21,000 (5,000 families)
Dwellings: 5 single-family prefabs (occupied); 4 two-family duplexes,
149 single-family, two-story townhouses, 3 four-family, three-story
apt. bldgs., 4 single-family, three-story townhouses under
construction.
Other Buildings: 15 unidentified buildings, 1 large unidentified
building under construction, 1 water tank.
Remarks: Additional tracts of land under dispute in Israeli courts.
Jordanian Government claimed 7,000 dunams, most cultivated, were
expropriated from Arabs. Will be the first Jewish town developed
solely by private interests. Biblical name, ancient-version of
Bethlehem.
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Name: El David Location: Southeast of Bethlehem
(Tego'a C) near Herodian
Type: Community settlement Map Grid: F-13
Affiliation: Amana Land Area (dunams): Approx. 120
(Gush Emunim)
Chronology: El David was established Jul 1982 (see remarks). Tego'a
C was approved Aug 1982. Arabs of the adjacent Furaydis village
asked the Israeli High Court of Justice to remove the settlement in
Dec 1982. The El David site along the road by Herodian was
dismantled and probably moved to a site south of Herodian between
Oct 1982 and Jan 1983.
Function/Activities: Housing for commuters.
Population: Estimated Current: 60 Estimated Capacity: 120
Planned: Not available.
Dwellings: 24 trailers (24 residences, 12 possibly occupied), 5
groups of 2 prefab units each (5 residences, 3 possibly occupied).
Other Buildings: 5 unidentified buildings, 2 probable storage
buildings.
Remarks: Settlers from Tego'a established a settlement near the
Herodian archeological site to protest the killing of David
Rosenfeld of Tego'a moshav.
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Name: El'azar Location: 'Ezyon bloc, southwest
of Bethlehem
Type: Moshav shitufi Map Grid: E-13
Affiliation: HaPo'el ha Mizrahi Land Area (dunams): Approx. 360
(National Religious Party)
Chronology: Construction began Apr 1974. Permanent site. complete
Sep 1975. First settlers arrived Mar 1976.
Function/Activities: Industry: chemicals, needlework, educational
toys,. computer software, electronics. Agriculture: fruit,,
poultry. Tourism. Restaurant.
Population: Estimated Current: 210 Estimated Capacity: 210
Dwellings: 50 single-family houses
Other Buildings: 2 livestock sheds, 1 service building, 1 community
center (probably includes kindergarten), 7 unidentified buildings.
Remarks: Settlers are North American, South African, and UK
immigrants.
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Type: Nahal Settlement Map Grid: I-10
Affiliation: NAHAL Corps Land Area (dunams): Not available
(IDF)
Chronology: Established Apr 1982. Construction began by May 1982.
Function/Activities: Local security.
Population: Estimated Current: 20 Estimated Capacity: 35
Planned: Not available.
Dwellings: 3 double prefab units (2 unoccupied), 4 single prefab
units, 3 tents (unoccupied).
Other Buildings: 1 community building, 1 unidentified hexagonal
building, water tower, 2 unidentifited buildings.
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Name: Elon More (Nablus Alit, Location: East of Nablus
Shechem Alit)
Type: Community settlement Map Grid: G-6
Affiliation: Amana Land Area (dunams): Not available.
(Gush Emunim)
Chronology: Founded Jan 1980 as a replacement for the dismantled Elon
More settlement southeast of Nablus. Connected to the Israeli
electric grid Dec 1982.
Function/Activities: Housing for commuters to Israel; industry.
Population: Estimated Current: 380 Estimated Capacity: 540
Planned: Approx. 10,000.
Dwellings: 91 single-family prefabs (occupied); 37 single-family
houses (unoccupied)..
Other Buildings: Electric generator shed, grocery, synagogue, school,
kindergarten, 16 unidentified buildings, 4 water tanks.
Remarks: This is the third settlement named Elon More. The first is
Kefar Qedumim. The second was located near Rujayb, southeast of
Nablus; it was authorized by the Israeli Cabinet in Jun 1979 but
declared illegal and ordered dismantled by the Israeli High Court of
Justice in Oct 1979.
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Name: Elqana (Mesha, Pe'erim) Location: East of Kafr Qasim on the
Trans-Samaria Highway
Type: Urban Map Grid: D-7
Affiliation: Local Council Land Area (dunams): Approx. 100
Chronology: Founded Apr 1977 as a Nahal settlement. Civilianized May
1977.
Function/Activities: Housing for commuters to Tel Aviv. Industrial
park is planned.
Population: Estimated Current: 525 Estimated Capacity: 545
Planned: 4,200 (1,000 units)
Dwellings: 129 double and triple prefab units (5 unoccupied), 2
single prefab units.
Other Buildings: 23 unidentified buildings, basketball court.
Remarks: Planned to use Elqana as site for regional education (a
religious girls college was established in Apr 1983 )and religious,
social, and commercial services. Originally named Mesha, later
changed to Pe'erim, then to Elgana: This is Samuel's father's name
and the family name of local Levites at the time of the Judges.
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Name: Elqana C
Type: Not available
Affiliation: Judaea and
Location: Southwest of Qalqilyah,
on Trans-Samaria Highway
Map Grid: D-7
Samaria (private company) Land Area (dunams): Not available
Chronology: Announced Apr 1982. Site preparation began by Oct 1982.
Function/Activities: Will house commuters to Israel.
Population: Estimated Current: 0 Estimated,Capacity: 15
Planned: 3,780 (900 families)
Dwellings: 1 large bus, 1 small bus.
Other Buildings: None.
Remarks:
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Name: Elqana D Location: Across from Elqana on the
Trans-Samaria Highway
Type: Community Settlement Map Grid: D-7
Affiliation: Gal Company Land Area (dunams): Not available.
Chronology: Approved Apr 1982.
Function/Activities: Housing for commuters to Israel.
Population: Estimated Current: 0 Estimated Capacity: 210
Planned: 5,000 (1,200 families)
Dwellings: 147 single-family, one- and two-story houses (unoccupied,
in various stages of construction).
Other Buildings: 4 unidentified buildings.
Remarks: Being built by a private company. Housing now under
construction will house an estimated 620 people.
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Name: 'Enav Location: Northwest of Nablus
Type: Community settlement Map Grid: E-5
Affiliation: Amana. Land Area (dunams): 300
(Gush Emunim)
Chronology: Approved Jan 1981. Site preparation, began mid-spring
1981. First settlers by mid-Aug 1981. Officially dedicated Oct
1982.
Function/Activities: Most residents commute to jobs in the Tel Aviv
area. Industrial zone is planned.
Population: Estimated Current: 85 Estimated Capacity: 170
Planned: 1,260 (300 units)
Dwellings: 40 double prefab units (20 unoccupied).
Other Buildings: Kindergarten, day-care center, 13 unidentified
buildings (2 under construction).
Remarks: Settlers are religious.
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Name: Eshkolot Location: Southwest of Hebron near
the Green Line
Type: Nahal settlement Map Grid: B-16
Affiliation: NAHAL Corps Land Area (dunams): Not available
(IDF)
Chronology: Announced Apr 1982.
Function/Activities: Local security.
Population: Estimated Current: 25 Estimated Capacity: 25
Planned: Not available
Dwellings: 5 mobile homes, 2 prefabs, 1 tent (unoccupied).
Other Buildings:, 4 unidentified buildings, 1 possible microwave
tower.
Remarks: Will reportedly be civilianized by members of HaKibbutz
haArzi--the National Kibbutz Movement (Mapam, Labor Party).
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Name: Gannim Location: East of Janin
Type: Not available. Map Grid: H-3
Affiliation: Not available Land Area (dunams): Not available
Chronology: Announced Jan 1983. Site preparation began by Feb 1983.
Function/Activities: Not available
Population: Estimated Current: 95 Estimated Capacity: 95
Planned: Not available
Dwellings: 23 triple prefab units.
Other Buildings: 5 unidentified buildings, 2 water towers,
basketball court.
Remarks: Name means "gardens." Settlement has been connected to
water line since Apr 1983.
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Name: Gilgal
Location: Jordan Valley Road
Type: Kibbutz Map Grid: 1-8,9
Affiliation: HaTenu'a
haKibbutzit haM6'uhedet--
United Kibbutz Movement
(Labor Party)
Land Area (dunams): Approx. 2,400
Chronology: Announced Oct 1969. Construction as a Nahal settlement
started Nov 1969. Established as a kibbutz May 1973.
Function/Activities: Agriculture: poultry, vegetables, grapes,
citrus. Light industry.
Pcculation: Estimated Current: 370 Estimated Capacity: 370
Planned: Not-available.
Dwellings: 75 double prefab units (12 under construction); 23 single
prefab units; 13 barracks (20 residences, occupied).
Other Buildings: 6 poultry houses, 2 warehouses, 1 poolhouse with
pool, 15 unidentified buildings.
Remarks:. Some settlers are of the French Dror movement. Biblical
name.
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Name: Ginnat Location: Northwest of Janin
Type: Nahal settlement Map Grid: G-3
Affiliation: NAHAL Corps Land Area (dunams): Not available
(IDF)
Chronology: Announced Apr 1982. Site clearance began by Aug 1982.
Announced in Nov 1982 that settlement is to be civilianized by Gush
Emunim in the near future.
Function/Activities:. Local security.
Population: Estimated Current: 0 Estimated Capacity: 45
Planned: Approx. 1,200 (300 families)
Dwellings: 11 prefabs (unoccupied).
Other Buildings: 4 unidentified buildings, 2 water towers.
Remarks: 2 additional prefab. barracks are located at the foot of the
hill near the main road.
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Name: Ginnot Shomeron Location East of Qaliqilyah
Type: Not available. Map Grid: D,E-6
Affiliation: Not available. Land Area (dunams): Not available.
Chronology: Site preparation began by Feb 1983.
Function/Activities: Not available.
Population: Estimated Current: 0 Estimated Capacity: 0
Dwellings: None.
Other Buildings: None.
Remarks:
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Name: Gittit (Gatit)
Location: On the Allon Road above
the Jordan Valley
Type: Moshav Map Grid: H-7
Affiliation: Mishqe Herut Land Area (dunams): 5,000'
uBetar--Farms of Herut and
Betar (Herut Party)
Chronology: Founded as Nahal settlement Aug 1972. Civilianized
Dec 1975. Permanent site complete 1977.
Function/Activities: Agriculture: vegetables, fruit, flowers.
Industry.
Population: Estimated Current: 115 Estimated Capacity: 215
Planned: 505 (120 units)
Dwellings: 40 houses (13 unoccupied), 3 triple prefab units
(unoccupied), 32 single prefab units (unoccupied).
Other Buildings: School, basketball court, community center,
12 unidentified buildings, 9 storage buildings, 10 greenhouses.
Remarks: Water tank to the west. Fenced vehicle maintenance area
along access road. Name comes from a stringed instrument.
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Name: Giv'at Harsina
(Qiryat Arba' B,
Giv'at Haharsina)
Location: Northeast of Hebron
Type: Urban Map Grid: E-14
Affiliation: Gush Emunim, Land Area (dunams): Not available.
Housing Ministry
Chronology: Site clearing began between May 1979 and Mar 1980,
temporarily stopped by court order Jul 1980.
Function/Activities: Housing for-commuters to Jerusalem and Israel.
Population: Estimated Current: 0 Estimated Capacity: 280
Planned: 2,100 (see remarks)
Dwellings: 72 townhouses; 2 apartment buildings (4 units) under
construction.
Other Buildings: 10 unidentified buildings.
Remarks: 100 French immigrants registered to move in. 500 housing
units planned (implying approx. 2,100 residents).
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Name: Giv'at Ze'ev Location: Southwest of Ram Allah
Type: Urban Map Grid: E, F-10
Affiliation: Housing Ministry Land Area (dunams): 2,000
Chronology: Planned in 1978. Squatters arrived Jan 1981. Site
preparation began May 1981. Dedicated by Prime Minister Begin in
Jun. Construction of first apartment buildings began Jan 1982.
Function/Activities: Housing for commuters to Jerusalem and Israel.
Population: Estimated Current: 0 Estimated Capacity: 1,830
Dwellings: 63 four-family, two-story apartment buildings; 10 six-
family, two-story apartment buildings (all appear complete on
outside); 3 two-family, two-story apartment buildings (2 appear
complete on outside); 6 twelve-family, three-story apartment bldgs
(4 completed on outside, 2 nearing completion); 46 single-family,
two- and three-story houses under construction; 20 foundations for
apartment buildings begun.
Other Buildings: 9 large unidentified buildings (of which 5 are under
construction).
Remarks: Site designated the "permanent site" for settlers at
Givon. Named for Ze'ev Jabotinskiy, Zionist Leader.
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Name: Giv'on (Mahane Giv'on, Location: Southwest of Ram Allah
Gibeon, Al Jib)
Type: Urban Map Grid: F-10
Affiliation: Amana Land Area (dunams): Approx. 80 (see
(Gush Emunim) remarks)
Chronology: Founded Dec 1977 in an abandoned Jordanian army camp.
Function/Activities: Housing for commuters to Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.
Industry: clothing plant, chemical laboratory.
Population: Estimated Current: 265 Estimated Capacity: 370
Planned: Not available
Dwellings: 4 three-family barracks, 30 two-family barracks, 15 one-
family barracks.
Other Buildings: 1 former Tegart fort, grocery store, school,
kindergarten, water tank, 5 unidentified buildings.
Remarks: Press accounts mention large tracts allegedly purchased by
Israeli land companies. Originally planned as a temporary
settlement; some settlers state intention to remain when the
permanent settlement at Giv'at Ze'ev is completed. Biblical name
Gibeon, where Joshua commanded the sun to stand still.
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Name: Giv'on Hadassa Location: Southwest of Ram Allah
(Givat HaDasha, Givon-Bet)
Type: Community settlement Map Grid: E-10
Affiliation: Amana
(Gush Emunim)
Land Area (dunams): Not available
Chronology: Founded Feb 1980 by defectors from Giv'on. Prefab
housing provided by Israeli Government May 1980.
Function/Activities: Housing for commuters to Tel Aviv and
Jerusalem. Industry and agriculture planned.
Population: Estimated Current: 115 Estimated Capacity: 260
Planned: 1,000
Dwellings: 29 prefabs (2 unoccupied), 34 two-story houses
(unoccupied, 1 under construction).
Other Buildings: 11 unidentified buildings, 2 probable water tanks.
Remarks: Land is claimed to be pre-1948 Jewish-owned. Maccabean
name. Settlers are secular; many are Soviet immigrants.
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Name: Hallamish (formerly Location: Northwest of Ram Allah
Newe Zuf or Nebe Saleh)
Type: Community settlement. Map Grid: E-8
Affiliation: Amana Land Area (dunams): Approx. 100
(Gush Emunim) (see remarks)
Chronology: Founded .1 Nov 1977 at a large abandoned Jordanian police
station.
Function/Activities: Housing for commuters to Jerusalem and
Tel Aviv. Agriculture: fruit, poultry, rosemary, bees. Industry:
plastics, lenses.
Population: Estimated Current: 235 Estimated Capacity: 540
Planned: 1,260 (300'units)
Dwellings: 60 double and triple prefab units, (18 unoccupied),
47 two-story houses (33 unoccupied, 1 under construction), 23 mobile
homes (unoccupied)
Other Buildings: 1 Tegart fort. 4 industrial buildings, 1 school,
1 co-op grocery, 8 unidentified?buildings, 4 water tanks.
Remarks: Additional area for expansion variously estimated at 800-,
2,400 dunams. A new neighborhood was reported ready for occupancy
in Jan 1983. Name means "flint."
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Name:. Hamra Location: Jordan Valley, northern
slope of Jebal Kabir
Type: Moshav Map Grid: 1-6
Affiliation: Ha' Ihud
haHagla'i--The Agricultural
Union .
Land, Area (dunams): 10,000
Chronology: Construction started May 1971.
Function/Activities: Agriculture: poultry, vegetables, citrus
fruits, flowers. Metal shop.
Population: Estimated Current: 245 Estimated Capacity: 300
Planned: 505 (120 units)
Dwellings: 60 houses (2 unoccupied), 12 single prefab units.
(unoccupied), 8 barracks (unoccupied)
Other Buildings: 40 greenhouses, 27 storage buildings, community
center (4 buildings), 4 poultry houses, vehicle maintenance
building, 13. unidentified buildings.
Remarks: 2 fenced water tanks 1 kilometer southwest; probable
synagogue and l.other building off access road. Named for Hamra, a
good, red soil.
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Name: Har Gilo Location: Northwest of Bethlehem
(Ras Beit Jala)
Type: Urban Map Grid: F-12
Affiliation: Not available Land Area (dunams): Approx. 100
Chronology: Israeli field school established here Dec 1968.
Expansion began for settlement in 1976.
Function/Activities: Many settlers commute to Jerusalem. Ostensibly
a field school.
Population: Estimated Current: 575 Estimated Capacity: 575
Planned: Not'available.
Dwellings: 137 prefab houses.
Other Buildings: 30 school buildings, 4 unidentified buildings (1
under construction), 1 large tower.
Remarks: Biblical name (II Sam. 15:12).
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Name: Hebron Jewish Quarter Location: Downtown Hebron
Type: Not available Map Grid: E-14
Affiliation: Gush Emunim Land Area (dunams): Not available
Chronology: Decision to renovate the old Hebron Jewish Quarter made
Feb 1980. Officially dedicated May 1981, when two families and 30
yeshiva students moved into the Avraham Avinu Synagogue. Work
temporarily halted late May 1981. Begin gave go-ahead to resume
renovation Oct 1982, at which time several Arab houses adjacent to
the synagogue were razed. Israeli High Court halted work Dec 1982.
Function/Activities: Yeshiva, synagogue, securing Jewish presence in
Hebron.
Population: Estimated Current: 105 Estimated Capacity: Not available
Planned: 185 (21 apartments, see remarks)
Dwellings: Occupied school, synagogue, and several adjacent
buildings.
Other Buildings: Several other buildings have been taken. Gush
Emunim claims all buildings in area that were formerly owned by
Jews.
Remarks: Settlers hope to link the Avraham Avinu Synagogue complex to
Jewish-occupied Bet Haddasa, some 500 meters northwest. Population
estimate based on assumed average family size of 5 and includes 80
yeshiva students.
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Name: Hermesh Location: Northeast of Tulkarm
Type: Not available. Map Grid: E-3
Affiliation: Not available Land Area (dunams): Not available
Chronology: Site preparations began by May 1982. Announced
June 1982. Civilianized Jul 1983.
Function/Activities: Local security.
Population: Estimated Current: 35' Estimated Capacity: 45.
Planned: Not available
Dwellings: 11 prefabs (3 unoccupied).
Other Buildings: 4 unidentified buildings.
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Name: Hinnanit (Rehan B) Location: West of Janin
Type: Community settlement Map Grid: F-3
Affiliation: Tenu'at Land Area: Not available
haMoshavim--The Moshav
Movement (Histadrut,
Labor Party)
Chronology: Announced Jun 1979. Inhabited Mar 1981. Soviet Caucasus
immigrants arrived mid-1981.
Function/Activities: Housing for commuters to Israel. Agriculture:
geese, sheep. Industry: sewing factory, others planned.
Population: Estimated Current: 110 Estimated Capacity: 170
Planned: 505 (120 units)
Dwellings: 40 double prefab units.
Other Buildings: 15 unidentified buildings, nursery school,
kindergarten.
Remarks: Thought to be the location of the fourth century village of
Bayt 'Anaya. Name means "daisy." Settlers are immigrants from
Caucasia.
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Name: Homesh (Ma'ale Nahal, Location: Northwest of Nablus
Silat az Zahr)
Type: Community settlement Map Grid: F-5
Affiliation: HaNo'ar ha'Oved Land Area (dunams): Approx. 400
v'haLomed haLe'umi--Nationalist
Working and Student Youth
Association (National Labor
Federation)
Chronology: Founded in 1978 as a? military camp. NAHAL flag raised
late 1978. Plans to civilianize?announced Apr 1979; civilianized
Nov 1980.
Function/Activities: Housing for commuters to Israel. Industry:
decorator items, others planned.
Population: Estimated Current: 145 . Estimated Capacity: 210
Planned: 1,260 (300 units)
Dwellings: 39 double prefab units (17 unoccupied), 11 triple prefab
units (1 unoccupied) .
Other Buildings: Kindergarten, day-care center, 12 unidentified
buildings, 1 water tank.
Remarks: Name means "five", for the five proximate ancient villages
(Pentakomia). Water tank southeast. About 25 olive trees were cut
down by IDF in preparing this site. Fourteen families of the
secular population left the settlement during 1982, for reasons of
distance and hardship.
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Name: 'Immanu'el Location: Southwest of Nablus in
(Emanuel, Qarne Shameron E) Wadi Qanah
Type: Urban Map Grid: E-7
Affiliation: National Land Area (dunams): 4,000
Religious Party
Chronology: Announced May 1980. Site preparation began Jun 1981.
Formally dedicated Oct 1982. Expansion onto neighboring land
temporarily halted by court order, Sep 1983.
Function/Activities: Housing for commuters to Jerusalem and Israel.
Will have large yeshiva.
Population: Estimated Current: 0 Estimated Capacity: 380
Planned: 30,000 (6,000 families).
Dwellings: 20 'four-family, two-story buildings; 5 two-family, two-
story buildings; 42 three-family, two-story buildings (all under
construction).
Other Buildings: 12 unidentified buildings.
Remarks: Planned to be a major urban center exclusively for
"religious.Jews," ultraorthodox followers of the rabbi of Gur.
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Type: Nahal settlement
Location: Northwest of Tubas
Map Grid: H=4
Affiliation: NAHAL Corps Land Area (dunams): Not available
(IDF)
Chronology: Dedicated Apr 1982.
Function/Activities: Local security.
Population: Estimated Current: 25 Estimated Capacity: 25
Planned: Not available
Dwellings: 6 barracks.
Other Buildings: 10 unidentified buildings.
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Location: Judaean Desert, southeast'
of Yattah
Type: Moshav shitufi Map Grid: F-15
Affiliation: Amana (Gush Land Area (dunams): 4,000
Emunim) (shared with Ma'on)
Chronology: Site preparation began spring 1980. Inhabited as Nahal
settlement Jul 1981. Occupied by civilian settlers Aug 1981.
Officially inaugurated Sep 1981. Civilianized Oct 1981.
Function/Activities: Settlers will commute to 'Arad (20 kilometers
south) in the Negev.
Population: Estimated Current: 60 Estimated Capacity: 60
Planned: Not available.
Dwellings: 13 mobile homes, 11 barracks.
Other Buildings: 1 community building,'4 unidentified buildings.
Remarks: On the site of Biblical settlement of the same name.
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Name: Kefar Adummim (Ma'ale Location: East of Jerusalem,
Adummim B, Pe'era, Khan Al- north of Jericho road
Ahmar)
Type: Community settlement Map Grid: H-11
Affiliation: Amana Land Area"(dunams): Not available
(Gush Emunim)
Chronology: Founded Sep 1979; construction began same month.
Function/Activities: Housing for commuters to Jerusalem.
Population: Estimated Current:, 215 Estimated Capacity: 355
Dwellings: 52 single-family, one-story prefabs (19 occupied); 32
single-family, one- and two-story houses.
Other Buildings: 12 unidentified buildings. 2 large greenhouses,
3 large greenhouse plots, 1 unidentified building at separate site
1 km southeast.
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Name: Kefar 'Ezyon Location: 'Ezyon bloc, South of
(Kefar Etzion) Bethlehem
Type: Kibbutz Map Grid: E-13
Affiliation: HaKibbutz
haDati--The Religious Kibbutz
Movement (National Religious
Party)
Land Area (dunams): 1,000
Chronology: Established Sep 1967 as a Nahal settlement. First
permanent homes dedicated Sep 1971.?
Function/Activities: Agriculture: poultry, livestock, field crops,
fruit. Industry: foundry, candle factory, Amgazit gas ranges, Snor
lathe shop, glider assembly plant. Field school. Museum.
Population: Estimated Current: 225 Estimated Capacity: 275
Planned: 840 (200 units)
Dwellings: 52 two-story houses, 3 duplexes (2 unoccupied) 18 prefabs
(unoccupied), 7 hexagonal prefabs (probably a hostel).
Other Buildings: 13 poultry sheds, 9 school buildings, synagogue,
cemetery, museum, clinic, foundry, garage, candle factory,
37 unidentified buildings.
Remarks: On the site of a Jewish settlement established 1927-29 and
destroyed 13 May 1948 with four survivors. Named for Mr. Holtzman
(=Tree,= 'Ez) who bought the land from Benedictine monks in 1943.
This was the first West Bank settlement established after the 1967
conflict and was settled initially by children of the Kibbutzniks
who died in 1948.
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Name: Kefar Qedumim
(Qaddum, Kedumim, Elon
More)
Location: West of Nablus
Type: Community settlement Map Grid: E-6
Affiliation: Amana Land Area (dunams): Approx. 300
(Gush Emunim)
Chronology: Settled in 1975. Legalized by the Likud government in
Jul 1977.
Function/Activities: Industry: metal workshop, sewing plant,
insecticide factory, paper mill, carpenter's shop, paint factory.
Yeshiva. Commercial and other services. Some settlers commute to
Tel Aviv.
Population: Estimated Current: 600 Estimated Capacity: 1,010
Planned: Not available.
Dwellings: 120 single-family prefab homes (occupied); 82 single-
family, two- and three-story houses (under construction).
Other Buildings: Yeshiva, synagogue, school, dining hall, grocery,
health clinic, 47 unidentified buildings.
Remarks: This settlement provided the population nucleus for the
second Elon More settlement, east of Nablus, founded in Jun 1979.
At that time, it took the name of Kefar Qedumim. Average family
size estimated at 5.
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Name: Kefar Rut Location: West of Ram Allah
(Kefar Ruth, formerly in No Man's Land
Mattityahyu)
Type: Moshav Map Grid: D-9,10
Affiliation: Tenu'at Land Area (dunams): Approx. 600
haMoshavim--The Moshav
Movement (Histadrut, Labor
Party)
Chronology: Construction began Mar 1979. Settlers moved in from
adjacent original Kefar Rut site in fall 1981.
Function/Activities: Agriculture: field crops, grapes in
greenhouses. Settlers also commute to Israeli aircraft industries
and El Al.
Population: Estimated Current: 120 Estimated Capacity: 170
Planned: Not available
Dwellings: 40 houses (11 unoccupied).
Other Buildings: 13 storage buildings, 16 large greenhouses, 8 small
greenhouses, 24 buildings associated with greenhouses,
7 unidentified buildings.
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Name: Kefar Tappuah Location: South of Nablus
Type: Community settlement Map Grid: F-7
Affiliation: Amana Land Area (dunams): Approx. 180
(Gush Emunim)
Chronology: Founded Jan 1978 as a Nahal settlement. Site clearance
began May 1978. Civilianized Aug 1978.
Function/Activities: Housing for commuters to Tel Aviv.
Agriculture: geese. Industry: diamonds, lathe shop.
Population: Estimated Current: 120 Estimated Capacity: 140
Planned: 1,280 (300 units)
Dwellings: 8 triple prefab units (1 unoccupied), 24 double prefab
units (2 unoccupied), 4 single prefab units (unoccupied).
Other Buildings: 1 nursery/kindergarten, lathe shop, restaurant, 2
vehicle maintenance buildings, 1 possible barn.., 10 unidentified
buildings, water tower, water tank.
Remarks: Built on the hill which strategically controls the main
Samaria junction. Name means. "Apple village."
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Name: Kokhav HaShahar Location:" On the Allon Road
Type: Community settlement Map Grid: H-9
Affiliation: Amana Land Area (dunams): Approx. 1,000
'(Gush Emunim)
Chronology: Founded as a Nahal settlement Mar 1975. Civilianized
mid-1980.
Function/Activities: Agriculture: sheep, small orchard, vegetable
and field crops. Most settlers commute to Jerusalem and 'Ofra.
Population: Estimated Current: 135 Estimated Capacity: 250
Planned: 505 (120 units)
Dwellings: 53 double prefab units (27 unoccupied), 7 triple prefab
units (1 unoccupied).
Other Buildings: 3 warehouse/farm buildings, 17 unidentified
buildings.
Remarks: Well 250 meters west. Name means "Morning Star."
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Name: Luzifar ('Enav, Yattir) Location: South of Hebron, near the
Green Line
Type: Moshav Map Grid: E-16
Affiliation: Gush Emunim Land Area (dunams): Not available.
Chronology: Occupied Jun 1981.
Function/Activities: Agriculture; housing for commuters to Arad and
Dimona.
Population: Estimated Current: 60 Estimated Capacity: 105
Planned: Not available.
Dwellings: 25 single-family houses (occupied).
Other Buildings: 6 unidentified buildings, 1 possible poultry
building under construction.
Remarks: Initial ..(temporary) site in the Yattir forest; permanent
location in the vicinity of the former police station at Luzifar.
Water tower on hill.
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Name: Ma'ale Adummim Location: East of Jerusalem
(Ein Shemesh)
Type: Urban Map Grid: G,H-11
Affiliation: Housing Ministry Land Area (dunams): 1,000 and
growing
Chronology: Groundbreaking'Nov 1978. Cornerstone laid Aug 1979.
?First apartment building completed spring 1980. First settlers by
Apr 1982. Officially inaugurated Sep 1982.
Function/Activities: Housing, administrative, commercial center. A
multimillion-dollar motion picture studio is planned.
Population: Estimated Current: 3,900 Estimated Capacity: 7,000
Planned: 40,000
Dwellings: 13 houses/duplexes (17 residences, occupied); 205
townhouses (approx. 111 occupied); 109 apartment buildings (1,435
residences, approx. 796 occupied); 5% houses/duplexes, 34 apartment
buildings under construction.
Other Buildings: 'l school, 1 garage, 1 shopping center, 11
unidentified buildings, 3 unidentified buildings under construction.
Remarks: Settlement contains 1,000 families and its eventual
population will be 40,000. Modern, Disney World-type people movers
are planned for internal transportation.
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Name: Ma'ale Adummim
Industrial Site
Type: Industrial
Location: East of Jerusalem
Map Grid: G,H-11
Affiliation: Government of Land Area (dunams): 6,000
Israel; development by MTZ
Corp., a subsidiary of the
Israeli Artisans' Association
Chronology: Construction began 1975. Factories began producing in
1977.
Function/Activities: Light industry.
Population: Estimated Current: 0 Estimated Capacity: 0
Dwellings: None.
Other Buildings: Approx. 63 industrial buildings.
Remarks: Employed approx. 1,200 during Oct 1981. Total of 80
buildings planned. Day care center planned. Archeological site
within perimeter.
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Name: Ma'ale 'Amos (Tego'a B) Location: Northeast of Hebron
Type: Community settlement Map Grid:' F-14
Affiliation: Mishqe Land Area (dunams): 2,400
Herut uBetar (Herut Party)
Chronology: Announced Aug 1980. Construction began Apr 1981.
Settled and inaugurated Jun 1981.
Function/Activities: Housing for commuters.
Population: Estimated Current: 140 Estimated Capacity: 210
Dwellings: 31 double prefab units, 14 single prefab units, 5 mobile
homes (50 residences--33 occupied, 17 unoccupied).
Other Buildings: 1 community building, 11 unidentified buildings.
Remarks: Members of Esh Hator yeshiva had planned to live here.
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Name: Ma'ale Efrayim Location: In the mountains above
the Jordan Valley
Type: Urban Map Grid: H-8
Affiliation: Ministry Land Area (dunams): 400
of Housing
Chronology:. Temporary site established Jul 1972. Cornerstone laid
for permanent site (old Peza'el site) Sep 1976. Settlers moved to
present site Mar 1978.
Function/Activities: Designated a regional center; staging point for
settlers awaiting construction of several Jordan Valley settlements.
Population:. Estimated Current: 1,150 Estimated Capacity:. 1,250
Planned: 20,000 (5,000 families).
Dwellings: 131-houses (111 occupied); 28 apartment buildings (56
residences, occupied); 26 duplexes (52 residences, occupied); 86
prefab units (59 residences, 55 occupied).
Other Buildings: 1 school, 8 community buildings, 1 poolhouse and
pool, 51 unidentified buildings (2 under construction); 9
warehouse/fabrication buildings (1 under construction) and 1
unidentified building under construction located 1 kilometer east.
Remarks: Industrial site to the east is served by a separate road.
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Name: Ma'ale Levona Location: Between Nablus and Ram
Allah
Type: Nahal settlement Map Grid: F-8
Affiliation: NAHAL Corps Land Area (dunams): Not available.
(IDF)
Chronology: Announced Jan 1983. Site preparation began by Feb 1983.
Function/Activities: Not available.
Population: Estimated Current: 0 Estimated Capacity: 0
Planned: Not available.
Dwellings: None.
Other Buildings: None.
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Name: Ma'ale Shomeron (Qarne Location: Near 'Azzun on Nablus-
Shomeron B Qalqilyah Road
Type: Community settlement Map Grid: D-6
Affiliation: Mishqe Herut Land Area (dunams): More than 100
uBetar--Farms of Herut
and Betar (Herut Party)
Chronology: Announced Feb 1979. Site clearance began Jun 1979.
Dedicated Feb 1980 (Ari'el Sharon present).
Function/Activities: Housing.for commuters to Israel. Industrial
park planned.'
Population: Estimated Current: 200 Estimated Capacity: 200
Planned: 840 (200 units)
Dwellings: 14 mobile homes, 27 double prefab units, 7 triple prefab
units.
Other Buildings: School, synagogue, warehouse, water tower, 9
unidentified buildings.
Remarks: 7,000 dunams reportedly available for expansion. Founded as
an example of religious/secular coexistence, though recent conflicts
have resulted in the two groups' decision to part ways.
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Name: Manoah Location: South of Hebron
Type: Nahal settlement- Map Grid: E-14
Affiliation: NAHAL Corps Land Area (dunams): Not available.
(IDF)
Chronology: Constructed during summer 1982. In Nov 1982, it was
announced that the outpost would be civilianized by members of the
Kakh movement (see remarks).
Function/Activities: Local security
Population: Estimated Current: 0 Estimated Capacity: 75
Planned: Not available.
Dwellings: 9 prefab barracks.
Other Buildings: 1 community building, 4 unidentified buildings.
Remarks: In Aug 1982?, followers of Kakh leader Rabbi Kahane left
Qiryat Arba' and illegally set up tents and shacks on a site
adjacent to Manoah. This they called El Naqam ("God Avenges").
As of Jan 1983, 22 people remained in the huts of El Naqam. In
Mar 1983, the IDF ordered El Naqam to be dismantled.
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Name: Ma'on Location: Judaean Desert,
southeast of Yattah
Type: Moshav shitufi Map Grid: E,F-16
Affiliation: Amana Land Area (dunams): 4,000 (shared
(Gush Emunim) with Karmel)
Chronology: Announced Aug 1980. Site preparation began spring
1981. Buildings and utilities in place by summer 1981. Inhabited
as Nahal. settlement Oct 1981. Officially established Nov 1981
(Arie'el Sharon present). Civilianized Jul 1982.
Function/Activities: Settlers will commute to 'Arad (18 kilometers
south) in the Negev.
Population: Estimated Current: 60 Estimated Capacity: 60
Planned: Not available.
Dwellings: 7 barracks.
Other Buildings: 1 community building,'4 unidentifed buildings, 2
unidentified structures, water tank.
Remarks: Near the site of a Biblical settlement of the same name.
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Name: Massu'a Location: Jordan Valley Road
Type: Moshav Map Grid: 1-7
Affiliation: Ha'Oved
haZiyyoni--The Zionist
Worker Independent
Liberal Party)
Land Area (dunams): Approx. 5,260
Chronology: Announced Oct 1969. Founded Jan 1970 as a Nahal
settlement. Civilianized May 1974. Construction began 1977.at
permanent site. First settlers at permanent site in 1979.
Function/Activities: Agriculture. Planned regional center.
Population: Estimated. Current: 165 Estimated Capacity: 265
Planned: 505 (120 units)
Dwellings: 50 houses (21 unoccupied), 12 single prefab units
(unoccupied). 10 prefab barracks at old site 1 kilometer south.
Other Buildings: 1 probable community building, 1 nursery,
1 poolhouse with pool, 33 storage buildings, 8 greenhouses,
3 unidentified buildings. Water tanks, 13 unidentified buildings (1
under construction) at old site 1 kilometer south.
Remarks: 2 unidentified buildings opposite site and 2 unidentified
buildings (garages or warehouses)'opposite old site. Adjacent Arab
village of Jiftlik was razed in 1967.
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Name: Mattityahu Location: West of Ram Allah near
the Green Line
Type: Moshav shitufi Map Grid: D-9
Affiliation: Po'ale Aguddat Land, Area (dunams): 800
Yisra'el--Aguddat Yisra'el
Workers.(Aguddat Yisra'el Party)
Chronology: Approved Feb 1974. Under construction Mar 1979.
Dedicated Jun 1981. Settled fall 1981.
Function/Activities: Agriculture: vineyards, field, crops, poultry.
Industry: metal works, electronics, computers.
Population: Estimated Current: 100 Estimated Capacity: 150
Planned: 505 (120 units)
Dwellings: 30 two-story houses (10 unoccupied).
Other Buildings: Kindergarten, store, clinic, 11 unidentified
buildings.
Remarks: Located on the ruins of the Arab village Yaalu, destroyed
by the IDF after the 1967 war. This is the second site of the same
name in the area--the first Mattityahu is now Kefar Rut, having been
renamed when Kefar Rut settlers moved there from the first Kefar Rut
site. Assume average family size of 5.
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Type: Moshav
Affiliation: HaPo'el
haMizrahi--The Mizrahi
Worker (National
Religious Party)
Location: Jordan Valley Road
Map Grid: J-4
Land Area (dunams): 3,000-6000
Chronology: Founded Feb 1968 as Nahal settlement. Civilianized
Nov 1969.
Function/Activities: Agriculture: poultry, vegetables, fruit,
cotton. Metalworking.
Population: Estimated Current: 220 Estimated Capacity: 340
Planned: 505 (120 units)
Dwellings: 71 houses (19 unoccupied), 10 barracks (unoccupied).
Other Buildings: 2 community buildings, 5 poultry houses, 2 garages,
1 poolhouse with pool, 28 storage buildings, 40 greenhouses,
33 unidentified buildings.
Remarks: Named for Biblical Abel-mehola, birthplace of Elisha (I
Kings 19:16).
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Name: Mekhora Location: On the Allon Road south
of Wadi Fa'rah
Type: Moshav Map Grid: I-6,7
Affiliation: Ha'Ihud
HaHagla'i--The Agricultural
Union
Land Area (dunams): 1,000-4,000
Chronology: Founded Dec 1972 as a Nahal settlement. Civilianized
Jul 1976. Additional housing added 1980-81.
Function/Activities: Agriculture: fruit and vegetables.
Population: Estimated Current: 165 Estimated Capacity: 250
Planned: 505 (120 units)
Dwellings: 57 houses (18 unoccupied), 12 single prefab units.
Other Buildings: 21 storage buildings, 1 garage, 1 warehouse,
1 dispensary, 1 poolhouse with pool, 27 greenhouses, 9 unidentified
buildings.
Remarks: Water tanks to north and east. Named after nearby valley.
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Name: Mevo Dotan (Dothan) Location: Southwest of Janin
Type: Community settlement Map Grid: F-3
Affiliation: Amana Land Area (dunams): Not available.
(Gush Emunim)
Chronology: Site preparation began in autumn 1980. Settlers had
moved in from temporary site at Sa Nur by May 1981. Dedicated by
Ari'el Sharon Oct 1982.
Function/Activities: Housing for commuters to Israel. Industry:
ceramics, floor laying, leather goods,. lampshades, locksmith,
carpentry shop.
Population: Estimated Current: 120 Estimated Capacity: 210
Planned: 1,280 (300 units)
Dwellings: 36 double prefab units (22 unoccupied); 14 multiprefab
units.
Other Buildings: Kindergarten, 16 unidentified buildings.
Remarks: Water tank northeast. Near the site of the biblical Dothan,
where Joseph was sold and Elisha saw angels.
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Name: Mevo Horon
(originally Modi'im)
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Location: Latrun Salient
Type: Moshav. shituf i Map Grid: D-10
Affiliation: POI ale Aguddat Land Area (dunams): Approx. 2,700
Yisra'el--Aguddat Yisra'el
Workers (Aguddat Yisra'el Party)
Chronology: Founded as a Kibbutz. Construction began on temporary
site in Dec 1969. Moved to permanent location Nov 1973. Became a
Moshav Apr 1974.
Function/Activities: Agriculture: cattle, turkeys, cotton, grapes,
olives. Microscope plant.
Population: Estimated Current: 220 Estimated Capacity: -240
Planned: Not available
Dwellings: 50 houses, 4 mobile homes (unoccupied), 12 single-prefab
units.
Other Buildings: 5poultry houses., cattle shed, stockyard,2 cattle
feed lots, 3 trench silos, water tank, synagogue, bathhouse,
cultural center, nursery, 4 workshops, vehi.cle maintenance building,
9 unidentified buildings.
Remarks: Settlement is built on ruins of Bayt Nuba village. Land
also is claimed by former residents of razed.'Imwas and Yalu
villages. Assume average family size of 5.
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Name: Mevo Shillo Location: On the Allon Road
Type: Nahal settlement Map Grid: H-8
Affiliation: NAHAL Corps Land Area (dunams): Approx. 400
(IDF)
Chronology: Founded Nov 1978 as a Nahal settlement. Israeli
Government announced in'Apr 1979 that it was to be civilianized. By
spring 1981, NAHAL Corps had departed.
Function/Activities: Local security. Agriculture.-
Population: Estimated Current: 20 Estimated Capacity: 125
Planned: Not available
Dwellings: 3 barracks (1 unoccupied), 18 mobile homes (unoccupied), 9
. tents (unoccupied).
Other Buildings: 16 unidentified buildings.
Remarks: Included on 1981 World Zionist organization settlement map
but not on 1982 map.
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Name: Migdal 'Oz Location: 'Ezyon bloc, southwest of
Bethlehem
Type: Kibbutz Map Grid: E-13
Affiliation: HaKibbutz haDati Land Area (dunams): 400, expanding
(National Religious Party)
Chronology: Construction began Jun 1977. Expansion started Jan
1980. Israeli Supreme Court ruled in-1981 that Arab claims were
invalid.
Function/Activities: Agriculture: poultry. Toy manufacture.
Population: Estimated Current: 175 Estimated Capacity: 175
Planned: Not available.
Dwellings: 42 single-family houses; approx. 12 single-family houses
under construction.
Other Buildings: 5 poultry houses; toy factory; 1 large building
under construction.
Remarks: Israelis cut down hundreds of Arab plum trees in Dec 1977.
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Name: Mikhmas Location: On the Allon Road east of
(Ma'ale Mikhmas) Ram Allah
Type: Community settlement Map Grid: G-10
Affiliation: Amana Land Area (dunams): 160
(Gush Emunim)
Chronology: Approved Aug 1980. Site preparation began in early
spring 1981. Settlers in residence by Jun 1981.
Function/Activities: Housing for commuters to Jerusalem.
Agriculture'. Small Industries.
Population: Estimated Current: 170 Estimated Capacity: 170
Planned: 840 (200 units)
Dwellings: 20 double prefab units, 20 mobile homes.
Other Buildings: 14 unidentified buildings.
Remarks: Biblical name.
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Name: Mishor Adummim (Ma'ale Location: East of Jerusalem
Adummim temporary)
Type: Regional center Map Grid: G-11
Affiliation: Gush Emunim Land Area (dunams): 80-100
Chronology: Established Mar 1975 as an illegal work camp.
Construction began Jun 1975. Legalized by the Likud government Jul
1977.
Function/Activities: Housing for commuters, some to Jerusalem.
Population: Estimated Current: 70 Estimated Capacity: 235
Planned: Not available
Dwellings: 52 double and triple prefab units (35 unoccupied),
16 single prefab units (unoccupied).
Other Buildings: 1 community building, 12 unidentified buildings,
water tower, water tank.
Remarks: Plans are to convert this site to an archeological and
nature study field school or a home for physically and/or mentally
handicapped after present population is moved to Ma'ale Adummim.
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Name: Mizpe Deragot (Mezoke Location: On cliffs above the
Dragot, "Desert Tour Dead Sea, northwest of
Village") Mizpe Shalem
Type: Recreational site Map Grid: H-13
Affiliation: Not available Land Area (dunams): Not available
Chronology: Settlers reoccupied former site of Mizpe Shalem in winter
of 1980-81.
Function/Activities: Restaurant. Guest village run by Mizpe Shalem
residents. Tours conducted in the desert to archeological sites;
instruction offered in mountain climbing, rappelling, desert travel,
desert lore, and bird watching.
Population: Estimated Current: 55 Estimated Capacity: 55
Dwellings: 13 barracks, 9 tents.(unoccupied).
Other Buildings: 11 unidentified buildings.
Remarks: Name means "Top of the Cliff."
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Name: Mizpe Shalem Location: Western shore of the Dead
Type: Kibbutz
Map Grid: H-14
Affiliation: HaTenu'a- Land Area (dunams): Approx. 1,200
haKibbuzit haMe'uhedet-- at several sites
United Kibbutz Movement
(Labor Party)
Chronology: Founded Dec 1970 as a Nahal settlement. Civilianized as
kibbutz-Jan 1977. New.site announced Jul 1978. Settlers moved to
present site late 1979.
Function/Activities: Agriculture: vegetables, mangoes, grapes, date
palm groves, poultry. Some settlers commute to 'En Gedi (where they
operate the 'En Gedi Camping-Vacation Village) or to the
recreational village of Mizpe Deragot to the north, which is the
kibbutz's main enterprise.
Population: Estimated Current: 80 Estimated Capacity: 160
Planned: Not available.
Dwellings: 36 prefab units (12 residences, occupied), 58 prefab units
in 11 groups (26 residences, occupied).
?
Other Buildings: 6 community buildings, 2 garages, 2 storage.
buildings, 4 poultry houses, 1 poolhouse with pool, 9 unidentified
buildings.
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Name: Mizpe Yeriho Location: Southwest of Jericho
(Ma'ale Jericho)
Type: Community settlement Map Grid: H-11
Affiliation: Amana Land Area (dunams): 60-80
(Gush Emunim)
Chronology: Founded Nov 1977 in a military camp. Military personnel
were evacuated when civilian settlers arrived. The settlement split
in late 1980; the nonreligious moved to Vered Yeriho.
Function/Activities: Housing for commuters to Jerusalem.. Tourism.
Population: Estimated Current: 180 Estimated Capacity: 265
Dwellings: 85 prefab units (43.residences, occupied), 20 single-
family houses (unoccupied).
Other Buildings: 11 unidentified buildings.
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Name: Moshe Zar's Mansion Location: Southwest of Nablus
Type: Private residence Map Grid: E-6
Affiliation: Moshe Zar Land Area (dunams): Not available
Chronology: Road graded and foundation in place by Oct 1982.
Building completed by Jan 1983.
Function/Activities: Private home.
Population: Estimated Current: 0 Estimated Capacity: 10
Planned: Not available
Dwellings: One three-story mansion, topped by Eifel Tower-style TV
antenna.
Other Buildings: None
Remarks: Moshe Zar has been buying land from private Arab sellers and
reselling it to Israeli developers and promoters at a tidy profit.
He has built his mansion, the first Israeli one of its kind on the
West.Bank, on his own private mountain. Zar was axed and shot by
unidentified men near his home, Mar 1983.
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Name: Na'ale (Nili) Location: Northwest of Ram Allah
Type: Community settlement Map Grid: D-9
Affiliation: Amana Land Area (dunams): 600
(Gush Emunim)
.Chronology: Under construction in May 1979. Partially occupied by.
NAHAL Corps personnel by early spring 1981. Some civilians arrived
in summer 1981. Civilianized 5 Oct 1981.
Function/Activities: Houses commuters to Israel. Field
agriculture. Industry planned.
Population: Estimated Current: 170 . Estimated Capacity: 210
Planned: 1,260 (300 units)
Dwellings: 50 duplex prefab units (10 unoccupied).
Other Buildings: 11 unidentified buildings, water tower, basketball
court.
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Type: Moshav
Location: North of Jericho
Map Grid: 1-9
Affiliation: Tenu'at Land Area (dunams): Not available
haMoshavim--The Moshav
Movement (Histadrut,
Labor Party)
Chronology: Construction began Jan 1979 (as Nahal settlement).
Civilianized 1982.
Function/Activities: Agriculture.
Population: Estimated Current: 80 Estimated Capacity: '115
Planned: 505 (120 units)
Dwellings: 12 mobile homes (4 unoccupied), 12 single prefab units
(4 unoccupied), 3 double prefab units.
Other Buildings: 4 unidentified buildings.
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Name: Nablus Yeshiva Location: Joseph's tomb near Nablus
Type: Yeshiva Map Grid: G-6
Affiliation: Gush Emunim Land Area (dunams): Not available
Chronology: Established Nov 1982.
Function/Activities: Yeshiva. A reported attempt by settlers from
the nearby Elon More settlement to establish a settlement foothold.
Population: Estimated Current: 10 Estimated.-Capacity: Not availabl
Planned: Not available
Dwellings: A building at the site is partially and intermittently
occupied (see remarks).
Other Buildings: None
Remarks: This is believed to be the burial site of Joseph (son of
Jacob) and his two sons Ephraim and Manasseh. The yeshiva is
occupied by students, camping at the site at night.
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Name: Negohot (Lakhish) Location: West of Hebron
Type: Nahal settlement Map Grid: C-15
Affiliation: NAHAL Corps Land Area (dunams): 100
(IDF)
Chronology: Site preparation began spring 1981, completed Aug 1981.
Wooden barracks erected and 'occupied Jan 1982.
Function/Activities: Local security
Population: Estimated Current: 35 Estimated Capacity: 50
Planned: Approx. 1,200 (300 families)
Dwellings: 6 barracks.
Other Buildings: 9 unidentified buildings, 1 tent.
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Name: Netafim Location: Southwest of Nablus on
Trans-Samaria Highway
Type: Community settlement Map Grid: E-7
Affiliation: Zionist Land Area (dunams): 200
Federation
Chronology: Announced Dec 1981. Construction began by Aug 1982.
Function/Activities: Housing for cgmmuters to Tel Aviv.
Population: Estimated Current: 0 Estimated Capacity:
Planned: Approx. 1,500 (300 families) (see remarks)
Dwellings: None.
Other Buildings: None.
Remarks: To be peopled by religious settlers. Planned population
figure based on an assumed average family size of 5. Located across
the Trans-Samarian Highway from the future Ari'el industrial site.
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Name: Netiv HaGedud Location: Jordan Valley road
Type: Moshav Map Grid: 1-9
Affiliation: Tenu'at Land Area (dunams):(Shares land
haMoshavim--The Moshav with neighboring settlements)
Movement (Histadrut,
Labor Party)
Chronology: Construction started 1976. First settlers arrived in
1977.
Function/Activities: Agriculture. Packing plant.
Population: Estimated Current: 155 Estimated Capacity: 245
Planned: 505 (120 units)
Dwellings: 56 houses (19 unoccupied), 12 prefabs (unoccupied).
Other Buildings: 3 community buildings, 38 storage buildings, 1
garage/warehouse, 1 poolhouse with pool, 10 unidentified buildings.
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Name: Niran (Mivsam) Location: Jordan Valley Road
Type: Kibbutz Map Grid: I-9
Affiliation: HaTenu'a Land Area (dunams): 2,000 (Shared
haKibbutzit haMe'uhedet-- with Peza'el, nearby settlements)
United Kibbutz Movement
(Labor Party)
Chronology: Construction started Apr-1977-
Function/Activities: Agriculture. Industry: packing plant,
irrigation equipment plant.
Population: Estimated Current: 245 Estimated Capacity: 245
Planned: 840 (200 units)
Dwellings: 38 double prefab units, 20 barracks.
Other Buildings: 6 poultry houses, 1 garage, 2 industrial plants
1 poolhouse with pool, 12 unidentified buildings.
Remarks: 'Fenced water tank to the west. 70 percent of the population
is Sephardic. There are 70 permanent kibbutznikim, with an
additional transit population of close to 200. Biblical name.
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Name: Nofim Location: Southeast of Qalqilyah
Type: Community settlement Map Grid: E-7
Affiliation: Nofim Economic Land Area (dunams): Not available
Enterprises, Ltd. (a member
of the Anashim group)
Chronology: Authorized May 1981. Cornerstone laid and construction
began Nov 1982. (350 of 700 planned villas sold before site
preparation started).
Function/Activities: Settlers will commute to Israel. Commercial and
public services (see remarks). -
Population: Estimated Current: 0 Estimated Capacity: 0
Planned: x2,940,(700 families)
Dwellings: None.
Other Buildings: None.
Remarks: Reportedly the first settlement to be developed entirely by
private enterprise. Planned: 700 luxury villas ($100,000 each),
with cable TV, home computers and "electronic babysitters," full
shopping facilities, regional clinic, stables, country club,
computer center, and audio/video recording studio.
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Name: 'Ofra (Ba'al Hazor) Location: Northeast of Ram Allah on
Ram Allah-Jericho Road
Type: Community settlement Map Grid: G-9
Affiliation: Amana (Gush Land Area (dunams): Approx. 445
Emunim)
Chronology: Founded May 1975 as .a. Gush Emunim work camp. Legalized
Jul 1977. Major expansion undertaken 1980-81.
Function/Activities: Agriculture: bees, chickens, cherries,
vegetables. Industry: carpentry, metals and electronics workshops,
paper plant, wax works, computer software. Hostels. Translation
services. Field School of the Society for Preservation of the
Environment. Some settlers commute to Jerusalem.
Population: Estimated Current: 455 Estimated Capacity: 550
Planned: 1,260 (300 units)
Dwellings: 67 two-story houses (17 unoccupied) 2 duplexes
(unoccupied), 26 barracks (52 residences), 10 single prefab units
(unoccupied), 6 double prefab units.
Other Buildings: Community center, 1 school, 4 industrial workshops,
3 large garages, 22 unidentified buildings, approx. 30 small sheds,
water tank.
Remarks: Biblical name '(Joshua 18:23). Site of a former Jordanian
military camp. Water is provided by pipeline. Many of the
territory's elite members of Gush Emunim and the Council. of Jewish
Settlements live here. A prerequisite for acceptance is the ability
to work in the settlement. "Nekuda"," the monthly settlements
journal, is published here.
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Name: 'Omarim
Location: South of.Az Zahiriyah
Type: Nahal settlement Map Grid: C-16
Affiliation: NAHAL Corps Land Area (dunams): Not available
(IDF)
Chronology: Announced Sep 1982.
Function/Activities: Local security.
Population: Estimated Current: 35 Estimated Capacity: 35
Planned: 630 (150 families)
Dwellings: 11 single-family prefab houses.
Other Buildings: 6 unidentified buildings.
Remarks: Being built by the Zionist Federation.
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Name: Pesagot (Jebal Tawil) Location: East of Ram Allah
Type: Regional center Map Grid: F-10
Affiliation: Gush.Emunim Land Area (dunams): Not available.
Chronology: Site preparation began May 1981. Settlers arrived Jul
1981.
Function/Activities: Service center.
Population: Estimated Current: 245 Estimated Capacity: 245
Planned: Not available.
Dwellings: 10 three-family, two-story apartment buildings; 28 single-
family prefab houses.
Other Buildings: 5 unidentified buildings.
Remarks: Colocated with administrative offices of Binyamin Regional
Settlement Council.
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Name,: Peza'el (Phatzael) Location: Jordan Valley Road
Type: Moshav Map Grid: 1-8
Affiliation: Tenu'at Land Area (dunams): 2,000 (shared
haMoshavim--The Moshav with nearby settlements)
Movement (Histadru.t,
Labor Party)
Chronology: Founded Dec 1970 as a Moshav at the site of Ma'ale
Efrayim. Moved to permanent site 1974. First settlers at present
site 1975.
Function/Activities: Agriculture: poultry, vegetables, fruit.
Population: Estimated Current: 210 Estimated Capacity: 350
Planned: 505 (120 units)
Dwellings: 80 houses (30 unoccupied), 12 prefabs (unoccupied).
Other Buildings: 55 storage buildings, 1 garage/warehouse,
3 community buildings, basketball court, 1 poolhouse with pool,
8 unidentified buildings.
Remarks: Water storage tank at stone-crushing facility 2 kilometers
west. Named for town built by King Herod and named for his brother.
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Name: Qalya Location: Jordan Valley, northwest
Dead Sea coast
Type: Kibbutz Map Grid: I-11
Affiliation: Tenu'a
Kibbutzit Me'uhedet
(United Kibbutz
Movement, Labor Party)
Land Area (dunams): Approx. 1,600
Chronology: Construction as Nahal settlement began 1968.
Civliianized May 1974 and renamed Almog; however, that name
has been given to a new settlement, and this settlement retains its
original name.
Function/Activities: Agriculture: dairy cattle, turkeys, grapes,
vegetables, tree nursery, fish ponds. Operates Dead Sea Scroll
tourist site.
Population: Estimated Current: 240 Estimated Capacity: 280
Dwellings: 8 barracks (16 residences, occupied); 6 duplexes (12
residences, unoccupied); 84 prefab units in 14 groups of 6 each (42
residences, occupied); 12 prefab units in 3 groups of 4 each.
Other Buildings: 3-building community center. 4 cattle buildings,
4 poultry buildings, 1 poolhouse with pool, 12 unidentified
buildings.
Remarks: On the site of 'a pre-1948 Jewish settlement and state
concession land. One of the lowest inhabited places on earth.
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Name: Qarne Shomeron (Karnei Location: East of Qalqilyah
Shomron)
Type: Urban Map Grid: E-6
Affiliation: Gush Emunim Land Area (dunams):. Approx. 1,600
Chronology: Cornerstone laid Apr 1977. Established 1 Jan 1978 in "an
existing Israeli army base" established about 1 Nov 1977. Army
personnel left the site before 15 Jan 1978.
Function/Activities: Housing for commuters to Tel Aviv.
Population: Estimated Current: 640 Estimated Capacity 1,200
Planned: Not available.
Dwellings: 6 single-family prefab homes (occupied), 40 two-family
homes (occupied), 26 single family,.one-story houses (occupied),
67 two-family, two-story houses (unoccupied).
Other Buildings: 1 multistory community building, 2 warehouses,
24 unidentified buildings, 3'water tanks.
Remarks: Water acquired from local sources since summer 1981.
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Name: Qedumim B Location: West of Nablus
Type: Community settlement Map Grid: E-6
Affiliation: Amana Land Area (dunams): Not available
(Gush Emunim)
Chronology: Construction began 1981.
Function/Activities: Settlers probably commute to Israel.
Population: Estimated Current: 40 Estimated Capacity: 85
Planned: Not available
Dwellings: 20 double prefab units (10 unoccupied).
Other Buildings: 9 unidentified buildings.
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Name: Qiryat Arba' (Kiryat Location: East of Hebron
Arba)
Type: Urban Map Grid: E-14
Affiliation: Amana Land Area (dunams): Approx. 4,000
(Gush Emunim)
Chronology: Temporary site established Apr 1968 in Hebron, legalized
1970. Permanent site established Jul 1971.
Function/Activities: Housing for commuters to Israel. Industry:
Wood'shop, metal shop, plastics, printing, jewelry making, other
light industry (many manned by Arabs). Services. Yeshiva. Tourism
and a large hotel are planned
Population: Estimated Current: 4,000 Estimated Capacity: 5,305
Planned: 75,000
Dwellings: 73 3-to-5 story apartment buildings (total of 1061 units).
Other Buildings: High school with basketball court, daycare center
2 clinics, commercial building, co-op grocery, hotel, fairgrounds,
4 elementary schools, synagogue, multistory community building,
23 industrial buildings, water tank, 13 unidentified buildings.
Remarks: Biblical name (Gen. 23:2) derived from the four ('arba).
Patriarchal couples buried in nearby Machpelah Cave. The annual
budget for the settlement is about three million dollars. Assume
average family size of 5.0.
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Name: Ras Karkar Location: Northwest of Ram Allah
Type: Not available Map Grid: E-9
Affiliation: Po'ele.Agudat Land Area (dunams): Not available
Yisra'el
Chronology: Announced Dec 1982. Access road under construction
Mar .1983.
Function/Activities: Not available
Population: Estimated Current: 0 Estimated Capacity: 0
Planned: 1,680 (400 families)
Dwellings: None.
Other Buildings: None.
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Name: Rehan (Mei Ami B) Location: West of Janin near the
Green Line
Type: Moshav shitufi Map Grid: E-3
Affiliation: Ha'Oved
haZiyyoni--The Zionist Worker
(Independent Liberal Party)
Land Area (dunams): Approx. 200
Chronology: Founded Aug 1977 as a Nahal settlement. Civilianized Jun -
1979.
Function/Activities: Agriculture: oranges, avocados, bees, poultry,
animal husbandry. Industry: electrical shop, locksmith, others
planned.
Population: Estimated Current: 100 Estimated Capacity: 235
Planned: 505 (120 units)
Dwellings: 30 one-family houses (6 unoccupied); 26 prefabs
(unoccupied).
Other Buildings: 1 community center, 1 co-op grocery, 1 nursery
school, 11 unidentified buildings, 2 poultry houses.
Remarks: Name derived from a local tree. Near the nature sanctuary of
Um-Rehan, and the ancient Jewish village of the same name. Resort
facility planned in cooperation with nearby Me-'Ammi.)
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Name: Rimmonim Location: East of Ram Allah on the
Allon Road
Type: Community settlement Map Grid: H-9
Affiliation:- Ha'Ihud
haHagla'i--The Agriculture
Union
Land Area (dunams): 300-400
Chronology: Founded as a Nahal settlement Feb 1977. Civilianized
Sep 1980.
Function/Activities: Field agriculture. Carpentry shop. Most
settlers commute to Jerusalem.
Population: Estimated Current: 170 'Estimated Capacity: 245
Planned: 1,260 (300 units)
Dwellings: 46 doubled prefab units (15 unoccupied), 4 triple prefab
units (3 unoccupied), 4 barracks (8 residences).
Other Buildings: Kindergarten, nursery school, 7 unidenified
buildings, 1 warehouse.
Remarks: Named for the pomegranates which grew here in Biblical
times. Settlers are secular. Settlement has several clubs,
including six music clubs.
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Name: Ro'i (Bega'ot B)
Type: Moshav
Affiliation: Ha'Ihud
haHagia'i--Agricultural
Union
Location: North of Wadi Farah
map Grid: 1-5,6
Land Area (dunams): Approx. 2,000
Chronology: Founded Mar 1976 as a Nahal settlement. Civilianized
Jul 1978.
Function/Activities: Field agriculture.
Population: Estimated Current: 255 Estimated Capacity: 265,
Planned: Not available
Dwellings: 38 single-family houses (6 under construction, 30
occupied), 60 prefab units (31 residences, occupied).
Other Buildings: 21 unidentified buildings, 25 storage buildings,'25
greenhouses.
Remarks: Land acquired after Israeli court decision on Tubas case.
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Name: Rosh Zurim Location: 'Ezyon bloc, southwest of
Bethlehem
Type: Kibbutz Map Grid: E-12,13
Affiliation: HaKibbutz
haDati (National Religious
Party)
Land Area (dunams): Approx. 7,000
Chronology: Temporary site established Jul 1967. Permanent site
constructed Sep 1969.
Function/Activities: Agriculture: cattle, poultry, wheat.
Industry: -vehicle headlight plant, underwear sewing plant.
Population: Estimated Current: 330 Estimated Capacity: 330
Planned:. Not available
Dwellings: 21 two- and three-story apartment buildings (estimate 80
apartments).
Other Buildings: .2 industrial structures, 5 kindergartens, 11 service
bldgs, 2 livestock sheds, 1 synagogue, 9 poultry-sheds, 1 primary
school, 14 unidentified bldgs.
Remarks.: Part of the settlement is on land occupied by the Jewish
settlement of Ein-Zurim, 1946-1948.
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Name: Sal'it (Zur Natan B) Location: West of Nablus near
the Green Line
Type: Moshav Map Grid: D-6
Affiliation: Mishqe Herut Land Area (dunams): Approx. 500
uBetar (Herut Party)
Chronology: Founded Aug 1977, as a Nahal settlement. Civilianized
mid-1979.
Function/Activities: Agriculture: field crops, vineyards, flowers.
Industry.
Population: Estimated Current: 170 Estimated Capacity: 255
Dwellings: 40 single-family, one-story houses (occupied); 21 single-
family prefab homes (unoccupied).
Other Buildings: 22 greenhouses, 3 greenhouses plots, 11 buildings
associated with greenhouses, water tank, 18 unidentified buildings.
Remarks: Will share industrial site with Zur Natan in Israel.
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Name: Sa Nur (Dothan) Location: Northwest of Nablus
Type: Village Map Grid: F-4
Affiliation: Ha'Oved
haLe'umi--The Nationalist
Worker
Land Area (dunams): Approx. 60
Chronology: Announced Feb 1976. Temporary site founded Oct 1977.
Most of population moved to permanent site of Mevo Dotan Jun 1981.
New group moved into old Sa Nur site Dec 1981.
Function/Activities; Horticulture; restaurant; temporary site for
settlement groups until their settlements are completed.
Population: Estimated Current: 40 Estimated Capacity: 115
Planned: 840 (200 units
Dwellings: 18 single prefab units (12 occupied),
21 double prefab units (15 unoccupied), 2 triple prefab units.
Other Buildings: 1 former Tegart fort, 3 greenhouse plots,
7 unidentified buildings.
Remarks: At the site of a former' Jordanian police station.
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Name: Sha'are Tiqwa Location: Southwest of Nablus near
the Green line
Type: Urban Map Grid: D-7
Affiliation: Private
enterprise
Land Area (dunams): 700
Chronology: Established 1982.
Function/Activities: Housing for commuters to Israel.
Population: Estimated Current: 0 Estimated Capacity: 170
Planned: Approx. 3,300 (800 families)
Dwellings; 41 single-family, one- and two-story houses under
construction.,
Other Buildings: * None.
Remarks: Being built by Judaea and Samaria, a private company.
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Name: Shadmot Mehola Location: Jordan Valley Road
(Shelah, Mehola D) southeast of Mehola
Type: Moshav shitufi Map Grid: J-4
Affiliation: HaPo'el
haMizrahi (National
Religious Party)
Land Area (dunams): Not available
Chronology: Established Feb 1979 as Nahal settlement. Settlers moved
into prefab units autumn 1980.
Function/Activities: Agriculture.
Population: Estimated Current: 90 Estimated Capacity: 90
Planned: Not available.
Dwellings: 5 barracks, 12 prefab houses, 42 houses under
construction.
Other Buildings: .9 trailers, 3 tents, 3 unidentified buildings, 4
unidentified buildings under construction.
Remarks: Name means "fields of'Mehola."
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Name: Shaqed Location: West of Janin
(Shaqad, Hinnanit B)
Type: Community settlement Map Grid: F-3
LL111a1.1Vaai ruoii~c
Herut uBetar--Farms of Herut
and, Betar (Herut Party)
Land Area (dunams): Not available
Chronology: Site preparation began late fall 1980. Prefabs on site
and settlers observed by late spring 1981. Officially founded
Sep 1982.
Function/Activities: Most settlers will probably commute to Israel
Some agriculture. Industry: electronics, locksmith, paper factory.
,Population: Estimated Current: 170 Estimated Capacity: 170
.Dwellings: 40 single-family double prefab units.
Other Buildings: 11 unidentified buildings.
Remarks:
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Name: Shave Shomeron Location: Northwest of Nablus
(Shomeron)
Type: Community settlement Map Grid: F-5
Affiliation: Amana Land Area (dunams): Approx. 100
(Gush Emunim)
Chronology: Founded Oct 1977.
Function/Activities: Settlers commute to Tel Aviv; agriculture:
irrigated grapes.
Population: Estimated Current: 185 Estimated Capacity: 220
Dwellings: 13 two-family, one-story houses; 39 single-family, one-
story houses (31 occupied).
Other Buildings: 6 greenhouses, 7 unidentified buildings, water tank.
Remarks: Located about 1 kilometer south of ancient Sebastiya
(Shomeron), capital of Israel 886-722 B.C. Site of an attempted
Gush Emunim settlement in Dec 1975.
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Name: Shilat (Shayalet) Location: West of Ram Allah in
No Man's Land)
Type: Moshav Map Grid: D-9
Affiliation: Ha'Oved Land Area (dunams): Approx. 160
haZiyyoni--The Zionist
(Independent Liberal Party)
Chronology: Temporary site established in 1976. Present site
established October 1977
Function/Activities: Agriculture. Industries. Housing for
commuters.
Population: Estimated Current: 145 Estimated Capacity: 215
Dwellings: 35 one-story houses, 29 two-story houses (unoccupied,
13 under construction).
Other Buildings: 12 unidentified buildings. In Israel:
22 greenhouses, 13 buildings associated with greenhouses.
Remarks: Settlement owns additional land, including
greenhouses, in Israel. Most greenhouses are not in use.
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Name: Shillo (Shiloh) Location: Between Ram Allah and
Nablus
Type: Community settlement Map Grid:' G-8
Affiliation: Amana Land Area (dunams)': 8,000
(Gush Emunim)
Chronology: Settlement suggested in Jun 1974. Settled 8 Jan 1978,
ostensibly as an archeological dig. Government of Israel identified
as a civilian settlement mid-1979.
Function/Activities: Housing for commuters to Jerusalem and Tel Aviv;
yeshiva (rabbinical studies).
Population: Estimated Current: 380 Estimated Capacity: 470
Planned: Not available.
Dwellings:. 91 single-family, one-story prefabs (occupied); 21 single-
family, one-story prefabs (unoccupied).
Other Buildings: Former Byzantine church, 23 unidentified buildings,
1 water tank.
Remarks: No archeological work done,; Ministry of Antiquities denied
connection with settlement; may, however, be-the site of biblical
Shiloh where Ark of the Convenant was kept for two centuries.
Settlers claim well drilled nearby in 1981 will permit cultivation
of additional 5,000 dunams, which they will confiscate from local
Arabs. Jordanian Government claimed that 15,000 dunams of Arab
lands were expropriated.
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Name: Susya (Susiya) Location: South of Hebron
Type: Community settlement Map Grid: E-16
Affiliation: Zionist Land Area (dunams): Not available.
? Federation
Chronology: Announced Apr 1982. Site clearance began Jan 1983.
Function/Activities: Housing for commuters.
Population: Estimated Current: 0 Estimated Capacity: 25
Planned: Approx. 1,200 (300 apartments)
Dwellings: Approximately 13 prefab units being positioned at this
time (at least 6 residences,, unoccupied).
Other Buildings: 1 unidentified building.
Remarks: Near ruins of Khirbat Susiyah.
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Name:. Telem (Mizpe Govrin, Location: West of Hebron
Mizpe Govrin B) West of Hebron
Type: Nahal settlement Map Grids D-14
Affiliation: NAHAL Corps Land Area (dunams): Not available
(IDF)
Chronology: Approved Jan 1981 as a Nahal settlement. Established
that year, following a temporary court order stopping
construction. Officially dedicated Apr 1982.
Function/Activities: Local security.
Population: Estimated Current: '70 Estimated Capacity: 70
Dwellings: 30 single prefab units, 10 double prefab units
Other Buildings: Garage/repair facility, community building/mess
hall, school, 7 unidentified'buildings, water tower.
Remarks: Will be civilianized in the future, probably as a.Moshav
shitufi affiliated with Mishqe Herut uBetar (Herut Party).
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Name: Tego'a Location: Southeast of Bethlehem
Type: Moshav/Nahal Map-Grid: F-13
settlement
? Affiliation: Amana Land Area (dunams): 800-3,000
(Gush Emunim), NAHAL (800 fenced)
Corps (IDF)
Chronology: Founded Jun 1975 by NAHAL Corps. Civilianized May 1978
(civilian group added beside Nahal settlement).
Function/Activities: Agriculture. Diamond-cutting equipment to be
installed. Some settlers will commute to Jerusalem.
Population: Estimated Current: 140 Estimated Capacity: 330
Planned: Not available.
Dwellings: 8 triple prefab units, 21 double prefab units, 5 single
prefab units (all occupied); 45 single-family houses (unoccupied); 1
single-family house under construction..
Other Buildings: 20 unidentified buildings; 3 water tanks, 2
garage/storage buildings, 2 community/commercial buildings.
Remarks: Likud government has proposed an urban settlement at this
location. Reservoir and sewage oxidation ponds 250 meters east.
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Name: Tirza Location: On the Allon Road
Type: Not available Map Grid: 1-6
Affiliation: Not available Land Area (dunams): Not available
}Chronology: Originally announced Sep 1977. Site preparation began
by Feb 1983.
Function/Activities: Not available.
Population: Estimated Current: 0 Estimated Capacity: 0
Planned: Not available
' wellings: None.
Other Buildings: 1 possible unidentified building.
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Name: Tomer (Peza'el B) Location:. Jordan Valley Road
Type: Moshav Map Grid:- 1-8
Affiliation: Tenu'at Land Area (dunams): (Shared with
haMoshavim--The Moshav "Peza'el)
Movement (Histadrut,
Labor Party)
Chronology: Construction began Aug 1976. First settlers arrived mid-
1978.
Function/Activities: Agriculture
Population: Estimated Current: 310 Estimated Capacity: 310
Planned: Not available.
Dwellings: 62 single-family homes, 12 prefab barracks (total 74
residences,. occupied) .
Other Buildings: Communal/commercial complex of 3 buildings, 1
poolhouse with pool, 3 warehouses/garages,?36 storage buildings, 3
unidentified buildings, 37 greenhouses with 33 small associated
buildings.
Remarks: 2 water tanks approx.?2 kilometers northwest.
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Name: Vered Yeriho Location: Jordan Valley
(Vered Jericho) (formerly south of Jericho
Mizpe Yeriho B)
Type: Community Settlement Map Grid: I-11
Affiliation: Ha'Ihud Land Area (dunams): Not available.
HaHagla--Agricultural Union
Chronology: Announced Sep 1979. Construction began Mar 1980.
Settled by Dec 1980.
Function/Activities: Agriculture.
Population: Estimated Current: 120 Estimated Capacity: 210
Planned: Not available.
Dwellings.: 50 houses (2 prefab units each, 29 occupied, 21
unoccupied).
Other Buildings: 1 warehouse, 8 greenhouses, 9 unidentified
buildings.
Remarks: Settlers. farm land east of the Jordan Valley Road. Built
for the nonreligious settlers of Mizpe Yeriho.
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Name: Yabboq Location: Overlooking the
Jordan Valley, south of Mehola
Type: Nahal'settlement Map Grid: J-5
Affiliation: NAHAL Land Area (dunams): Not available.
Corps (IDF)
Chronology: Established May 1981.
Function/Activities: Local security
Population: Estimated Current: 35 . Estimated Capacity: .65
Planned:. Not available.
Dwellings: '3 barracks, 5 prefab barracks.
Other Buildings: 1 garage, 1 community building, 10 unidentified
buildings.
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Name: Yafit , Location: Jordan Valley Road
(formerly Peza'el D
and Rotem)
Type: Moshav Map Grid: 1-8
Affiliation: Tenu'at Land Area (dunams): 2,400
haMoshavim--Moshav Movement
(Labor Federation and Labor Party
Chronology: Construction began June 1978. First settled Aug 1980
Function/Activities: Agriculture
Population: Estimated Current: 165 Estimated Capacity: 165
Dwellings: 36 single-family detached housed (occupied); 12 single-
family prefab units (12 residences, occupied)
Other Buildings: 17 storage buildings, 3-commercial/community
buildings, 1 large warehouse, 3 unidentified buildings. Adjacent,
separately fenced gasoline stations and garage/repair facility.
Remarks: 4 small water tanks outside perimeter fences. Press
reports indicated settlement by new French immigrants.
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Name: Yaqin Location: Southeast of Hebron
Type: Nahal settlement Map Grid: F-14
Affiliation: NAHAL Corps Land Area (dunams): Not available
(IDF)
Chronology: Announced Apr 1982. Inhabited by Sep 1982.
Function/Activities: Local security.
Population: Estimated Current: 35 Estimated Capacity: 40
Planned: 1,260 (300 families)
Dwellings: 5 mobile homes.
Other Buildings: 1 community building, 4 unidentified buildings,
2 unidentified structures.
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Name: Yaqqir Location: Southwest of Nablus
(Qarne Shomeron D)
Type: Community settlement Map Grid: E-7
Affiliation: Amana Land Area (dunams): Not available.
(Gush Emunim)
Chronology: Approved Sep 1979. First settlers arrived Feb 1981.
Function/Activities: Housing for commuters.
Population: Estimated Current: 215 Estimated Capacity: 215
Planned: 1,000 families.
Dwellings: 51 single-family prefab houses (two units each).
Other Buildings: 13 unidentified buildings, water tank.
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Name: Yitav Location: North of Jericho
Type: Kibbutz Map Grid: 1-9
Affiliation: Tenu'a Kibbutzit Land Area (dunams): Approx 3,000
Me'uhedet (United Kibbutz
Movement, Labor Party)
Chronology: Founded Dec 1970 as Nahal Niran. First settlers Jan
1971. Civilianized and changed names to Yitav in Nov 1976.
Function/Activities: Agriculture: vegetables. Furniture
factory.
.Population: Estimated Current: 120 Estimated Capacity: 120'
Dwellings: 6 duplexes (12 residences, occupied); 12 prefab
barracks (24 residences, occupied).
Other Buildings: 2 community buildings, 16 unidentified
buildings.
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Name: Yo'ezer Location: Northwest of Ram Allah
Type: Community settlement Map Grid: D-8
Affiliation: Mishqe Herut Land Area (dunams): Not available.
u Betar(Herut Party)
Chronology: Announced Jun 1982. Buildings in place by Feb 1983.
Function/Activities: Settlers will probably commute to Israel.
Population: Estimated Current: 0 Estimated Capacity: 70
Planned: Approx. 2,900 (700 families)
Dwellings: 16 single prefab units.
Other Buildings: 4 unidentified buildings
Remarks: Will be built by Herut Movement and a private settlement
group.
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Name: Zif Location: Southeast of Hebron
Type: Community settlement Map Grid: E-14
Affiliation: Not available Land Area (dunams): Not available
Chronology: Announced Mar 1979. Site preparation began by Feb 1983.
Function/Activities: Not available.
Population: Estimated Current: 0 Estimated Capacity: 30
Planned: Not available
Dwellings: 7 single-family houses.
Other Buildings: 5 unidentified buildings.
Remarks: Named for a nearby historical site.
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Name: Zohar (Az Zahiriyah) Location: Southwest of Hebron
Type: Nahal settlement Map Grid: C-16
(see remarks)
Affiliation: NAHAL Corps Land Area (dunams):? Approx. 48
(IDF) HaShomer HaZair (Labor
Party) and Gush Emunim
(see remarks)
Chronology: Founded Dec 1977 at an abandoned Jordanian police post.
Function/Activities: Agriculture: row crops within perimeter fence.
Population: Estimated Current: 30 Estimated Capacity: 30
Planned: Not available.
Dwellings: 1 former Tegart fort (occupied).
Other Buildings: 2 undentified buildings.
Remarks: Settlement in the process of civilianization, but it appears
to be having difficulty attracting civilian settlers. Place looks
run down.
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Name: Zori Location: Jordan Valley Road
Type: Nahal settlement Map Grid: 1-9
Affiliation: NAHAL Corps (IDF) Land Area (dunams): Not available
Chronology: Construction began Jun 1981.
Function/Activities: Local Security. Agriculture.
Population: Estimated Current: 30 Estimated Capacity: 35
Planned: Not available
Dwellings: 7 barracks, 4 tents (unoccupied).
Other Buildings: 8 unidentified buildings.
Remarks: 10 water storage tanks to the north.
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Name: Site, northeast of Location: 'Southwest of Nablus
-Ari'el on Trans-Samaria Highway
Type: Not available Map Grid: F-7
Affiliation: Not available Land Area (dunams): Not available
Chronology: 2 tents present by Aug 1982. Road graded and site.
preparation begun by Feb 1983.
Function/Activities: Not available.
Population: Estimated Current: 0 Estimated Capacity: 0
Planned: Not available.
Dwellings: None.
Other Buildings: 2 unidentified buildings.
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Name: Site, northeast of Location: Northeast of Az Zahiriyah
Az Zahiriyah
Type: Not available Map Grid: D-15
Affiliation: Not available. Land Area (dunams): Not available
Chronology: Site preparation began by Apr 1983.
Function/Activities: Not available
Population: Estimated Current: 0 Estimated Capacity: 40
Planned: Not available.
Dwellings: 10 prefab barracks.
Other Buildings: 5 unidentified buildings (3 under construction).
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Name: Site, north of Location: East of Tubas
Bega'ot
Type: Not available Map Grid: 1-5
Affiliation: Not available Land Area (dunams): Not available
Chronology: Site preparation began by Feb 1983.
Function/Activities: Not available.
Population: Estimated Current: 0 Estimated Capacity: 45
Dwellings: 11 prefab barracks.
Other Buildings: Water tank.
Remarks:
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Name: Site, northeast Location: Northwest of Ram Allah
of Bet Arye
Type: Not available Map Grid: D-8
Affiliation: Not available Land Area (dunams): Not available
Chronology: Buses in place by Feb 1983.
Function/Activities: Not available.
Population: Estimated Current: 0 Estimated Capacity: 0
Planned: Not available.
Dwellings: None.
Other Buildings: 4 Buses.
Remarks:
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Name: Site, northwest of Location: Southwest of Ram Allah
Bet Horon
Type: Not available Map Grid: E-10
Affiliation: Not available Land Area (dunams): Not available
Chronology: Site preparations begun by May 1982.
Function/Activities: Not available.
Population: Estimated Current: 0 Estimated Capacity: 35
Planned: Not available
Dwellings: 8 single-family, two-story houses (unoccupied).
Other Buildings: None.
Remarks: Possibly the permanent site for residents of Bet Horon.
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Name: Site, west of Gannim Location: East of Janin
Type: Nahal settlement Map Grid: G-3
Affiliation: NAHAL Corps Land Area (dunams): Not available
(IDF)
Chronology: Site preparation began by Oct 1982.
Function/Activities: Local security.
Population: Estimated Current: 0 Estimated Capacity: 45
Planned: Not available
Dwellings: 10 prefabs (unoccupied).
Other Buildings: 5 unidentified buildings, 2 water towers.
Remarks:
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Name: Site, southeast Location: Northeast of Tulkarm
of Hermesh
Type: Not available Map Grid: E-3
Affiliation: Not available Land Area (dunams): Not available
Chronology: Buildings in place by Apr 1982.
Function/Activities: Not available
Population: Estimated Current: 0 Estimated Capacity: 0
Planned: Not available
Dwellings: None
Other Buildings: 6 unidentified buildings.
Remarks:
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Name: Site, southwest of Location: Southwest of Bethlehem
Kefar 'Ezyon
Type: Not available Map Grid: D-13
Affiliation: Not available Land Area (dunanms): Not available
Chronology: Site preparation began by Oct-1982. Buildings in place
by Feb 1983.
Function/Activities: Not available.
Population: Estimated Current: 0 Estimated Capacity: 45
Planned: Not available.
Dwellings: 11 mobile homes.
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Other Buildings: 1 large unidentified building.
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Name: Site, adjacent Location: West of Ram Allah
to Kefar Rut (formerly in No Man's Land
Kefar Rut) (Mevo Horon C,
Beer Tal)
Type: Not available. Map Grid: D-9,10
Affiliation: Unknown Land Area (dunams): Approx. 160-
Chronology: Founded Sep 1977 as a moshav. All settlers moved out in
fall 1981 to adjacent site (formerly Mattityahu), taking name Kefar
Rut to new site.
Function/Activities: None.
Population: Estimated Current: 0 Estimated Capacity: 40
Planned: Not available.
.Dwellings: 5 barracks.
Other Buildings: 6 unidentified buildings.
Remarks: Barracks are uninhabited, but other buildings appear to be
in use, probably by residents of neighboring Kefar Rut-.
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Name: Site, east of Location: South of Nablus
Kefar Tappuah
Type: Not available Map Grid: G-7
Affiliation: Not available Land Area (dunains): Not available
Chronology: Site preparation and construction begun by. Feb 1983.
Function/Activities: Not available.
Population: Estimated Current: 15 Estimated Capacity: 65
Planned: Not available.
Dwellings: 31 prefab units in groups.of 2,3,4, and 10 (15 residences,
4 occupied).
Other Buildings: 1 unidentified building.
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Name: Site, northwest Location: South of Nablus
of Kefar Tappuah
Type: Not available Map Grid: F-7
Affiliation: Not available Land Area (dunams): Not available
Chronology: Tehts in place by Aug 1982. Road graded by Feb 1983.
Function/Activities: Not available
Population: Estimated Current: 5 Estimated Capacity: 5
Planned: Not available
Dwellings: 2 tents.
Other Buildings: None.
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Name: Site, west of Location: West of Ram Allah,
Mattityahu near the-Green Line
Type: Not available Map Grid: D-9
Affiliation: Not available Land Area (dunams): Not available
Chronology: Site preparation began by Aug 1982.
Function/Activities: Not available.
Population: Estimated Current: 0 Estimated Capacity: 0
Dwellings: None.
Other Buildings: None.
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Name: Site, west of Location: Southeast of Qalqilyah
Sha'are Tiqwa
Type: Not available Map Grid: C-7
Affiliation: Not available Land Area (dunams): Not available
Chronology: Site preparation began by Feb 1983.
Function/Activities: Not available.
Population: Estimated Current: 0 Estimated Capacity: 0
Planned: Not available.
Dwellings: None.
Other Buildings: None.
Remarks:
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Name: Industrial Site, Location: On Nablus-Qalqilyah Road
north of Qarne Shomeron
Type: Industrial site Map Grid: E-6
Affiliation: Not available Land Area (dunams): Not available
Chronology: Site preparation began Aug 1982. Buildings erected by
Oct 1982.
Function/Activities: Industry.
Population: Estimated Current: 0 Estimated Capacity: 0
Dwellings: None.
? Other Buildings: 1 large unidentified building, 8 unidentified
buildings.
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Name: 'Atarot Industrial Location: North of Jerusalem
Zone
Type: Industrial park Map Grid: F-10
Affiliation: Not available Land Area (dunams): 1,200
Chronology: Construction began late 1970 or early 1971.
Function/Activities: Light industry, warehouses.
Population: Estimated Current: 0 Estimated Capacity: 0
Dwellings: None.
Other Buildings: 23 industrial buildings, 22 probable warehouses.
Remarks: Built on or near the site of a pre-1948 moshav bearing the
same name. Most of the site is on former Arab land. Surrounds a
small parcel of Arab-owned, Arab-occupied land.
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Name: East Talpiyot Location: Southeast of Jerusalem
Type: Urban neighborhood Map Grid: F-11, 12
Affiliation: Ministry of Land'Area (dunams): 2,500
Housing
Chronology: Construction began 1973.
Function/Activities: Housing and services for commuters to Jerusalem.
.Population: Estimated Current: 10,570 Estimated Capacity: 10,830
Planned : ' 17 , 000 (see remarks)
Dwellings: 240 apartment buildings, 150 modular units, 27 townhouses;
29 apartment buildings under. construction.
'Other Buildings: 2 commercial areas, 3 primary schools, 2
kindergartens.
Remarks: Planned population estimate is derived from Ministry of
Housing plans for 5,000 apartments and an assumed'average family
size of 3.4. The project is about 60 percent completed. Most of
the area is in no man's land.
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Name: Gilo Location: South Jerusalem
Type: Urban neighborhood Map Grid: F-12
Affiliation: Ministry
of Housing, World
Zionist Organization
(see-remarks)
Chronology: Construction started 1973.
Function/Activities: Housing and services for commuters to Jerusalem.
Population: Estimated Current: 32,000 Estimated Capacity: 32,000
Land Area (dunams): 2,700
Planned: 40,000'(12,000 apartments)
Dwellings: 214 two- to five-story apartment buildings, 26 two-to
five-story apartment buildings under construction.
Other Buildings: 5 schools, at least 3 kindergartens, at least 1
synagogue, 10 unidentified buildings (probably community centers,
commercial and institutional buildings).
Remarks: Houses the Absorbtion Center for Russian Immigrants, an
agency of-the World Zionist Organization. Population includes many
Soviet and American immigrants. Population figures based on
estimate that 80 percent of neighborhood is-completed; assumed
average family size 3.4. Built on a high ridge.
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Name: Giv'at HaMivtar Location: North Jerusalem between
(Ammunition Hill) Giv'at Shapira and Ramat Eshkol
Type: Urban neighborhood Map Grid: F-11
Affiliation: Ministry of Land Area (dunams): Not available
Housing
Chronology: Construction started 1968, completed mid-1970s.
Function/Activities: Housing for commuters.
Population: Estimated Current: 1,560 Estimated Capacity: 1,560
Dwellings: 157 small multifamily apartment houses (1-2 families), 13
four- to seven-story apartment buildings (estimate total 459
apartments).
Other Buildings: 3 unidentified buildings..
Remarks: Population estimate assumes average family size, of 3.4.
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Name: Giv'at Shapira
(French Hill)
Location: North Jerusalem
Type: Urban neighborhod Map Grid: F-11
Affiliation: Ministry Land Area (dunams): Not available
? of Housing
Chronology: Construction began 1969.
Function/Activities: Housing and services for commuters.
Population: Estimated Current: 6,500 . Estimated Capacity: 6,800
Planned: 6,800 (2,000 apartments, see remarks)
Dwellings: 91 apartment buildings (two to nine stories, 2 under
construction), 12 townhouses, 3 single-family houses.
Other Buildings: Super market, 3 shopping areas, 4 schools,
synagogue, kindergarten, 2 water tanks, 7 unidentified buildings (2
under construction).
Remarks: Population based on family size of 3.4.
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Name: Government Office Location: West of Mount Scopus
Buildings, East
Jerusalem
Type: Institutional Map Grid: F-11
Affiliation: Government of Land Area (dunams): Not available
Israel
Chronology: National Police Headquarters moved Jun 1969 into building
being constructed as hospital by Jordanian Government prior to
Jun 1967; Israeli-built annex started 1969. Additional office
buildings constructed late 1970s-80s.
Function/Activities: Police headquarters and government offices.
Reported office space for the Prime Minister in one of the
structures. Some offices of Ministries of Health and
Transportation, Public Works Department, and the Government Press
Office may be located here.
Population: Estimated Current: 0 Estimated Capacity: 0
Dwellings: None.
Other Buildings: National police headquarters, 3 government office
buildings.
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Name: Hebrew University, Location: East of Jerusalem
Mount Scopus
Type: University Map Grid: F, G-11
Affiliation: Government Land Area (dunams): Not available
of Israel
Chronology: Old university buildings predate 1948 creation of Israel;
first classes held in 1925.
Function/Activities: University; housing for students and faculty.
Population: Estimated Current: 3,000 Estimated Capacity: 3,000
Planned: 5,000 students in dormitories; 2,700
students/faculty (80 families) in apartments
(see remarks).
Dwellings: 10 four-story dormitories, 15 student hostels in disputed
area; 2 six-story,-l seven-story, 1 three-story apartment buildings,
41 student hostels, and 12 townhouses in West Bank area (see
remarks).
Other Buildings: 2 areas of continuous structures, probably
classrooms; 8 unidentified buildings in an area east of the main
university complex (in disputed area).
Remarks: University facilities lie mainly in an area designated a
demilitarized area by an agreement signed 7 Jul 1948 by Israeli and
Jordanian military commanders. Israel and Jordan disagree on the
boundaries of that zone and on the limits of no man's land between
the Israeli and Arab enclaves within the zone. Land within the
Jordanian version of the zone boundary is generally recognized as
Israeli territory. Land between the Jordanian and Israeli versions
of the boundaries is disputed. Land outside the Israeli zone
boundary is recognized as West Bank territory. Building counts
include only structures in disputed and West Bank territory.
Population figures, however, apply to the entire university complex.
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Name: Jerusalem Airfield Location: North Jerusalem just
(Qalandiyah Airfield)- south of Ram Allah and Al Birah
Type: Airport Map Grid: F-10
Affiliation: Transportation Land Area (dunams): Not available
Ministry
Chronology: Built by the British in the 1930s. Further developed by
the Jordanian Government. Taken over by Israel during the Jun 1967
War. Closed Sep 1971 - Mar 1973 for renovation. Plans for
expansion approved May 1982(see remarks).
Function/Activities: Airport for internal flights.
Population: Estimated Current: 0 Estimated Capacity:
Dwellings: None.
Other Buildings: Terminal buildings, 14 unidentified buildings; 3
hanger/maintenance buildings' under construction.
Remarks: Recent plans call for extending the landing strip from 1,960
to 2,600 meters to accommodate international flights. This would
supposedly increase passenger capacity from the present 50,000
persons a year to one million. However, because of political
reasons most nations will probably not agree to fly direct to
Jersualem.
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Name: Jewish Quarter Location: Old Walled City
(Old City)
Type: Urban Map Grid: F-11
Affiliation: Ministry of Land Area (dunams): 100, expanding
Housing to 145
Chronology: Jews inhabited until 1948 when they were replaced by
Arabs. Since Israeli occupation (Jun 1967), Arabs have been forced
out and gradually replaced by Jews.
Function/Activities: Housing; tourist trade;.religious, cultural, and
public institutions.
Population: Estimated Current: 3,000 Estimated Capacity: 4,000
Planned: 4,000
Dwellings: 630 apartments planned through renovation and restoration,
to occupy 80 dunams. Additional living space in institutional
buildings.
Other Buildings: Plans include 200 shops, to occupy 16 dunams, and
religious, cultural, and public institutions, to occupy 50 dunams.
Remarks: Expansion into adjoining Quarters is likely to continue.
The Jewish Quarter is being inhabited by middle to upper class
Israelis; apartments cost from $100,000 to $1,000,000.
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Name:. Ma'alot Dafna
Location: North of Jerusalem, south
of Ramat Eshkol,
Type: Urban neighborhood Map Grid: F-11
Affiliation: Ministry of Land Area (dunams): Not available.
Housing
Chronology: Construction began 1973.
Function/Activities: Housing and services for commuters to Jerusalem.
Population: Estimated Current: 4,440 Estimated Capacity: 4,760
Planned: 4,800-8,000 (see remarks)
Dwellings: Apartment building complex: 1 10-story, 1 nine-story, 3
eight-story,'16 five-story, 2 four-story, 10 three-story (2 recently
completed, probably unoccupied).
Other Buildings: 1 school, 1 community building.
Remarks: According to the Ministry of Housing, 1,400-2,400 apartments
are planned here. Assuming an average family size of 3.4, the
settlement will have a population of approx. 4,800-8,000. Land for
expansion is available.
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Name: Newe Ya'agov Location: North Jerusalem
Type: Urban neighborhood Map Grid: F-10
Affiliation: Ministry Land Area (dunams): 820
of Housing
Chronology: Construction began 1973.
Function/Activities: Housing and services for commuters to Jerusalem.
Population: Estimated Current: 12,600 Estimated Capacity: 12,600
Planned: 13,600 (see remarks)
Dwellings: 128 apartment buildings, 3 single-family houses.
Other Buildings: Commercial/shopping area, police station, post
office, 3 schools, 5 probable kindergartens, 8 unidentified
buildings, 3 unidentified buildings under construction.
Remarks:' Built partially on the site of pre-1948 Jewish-owned land;
Jewish ownership of this land is not disputed, although Bayt Hanina
villagers inhabited the area during 1948-67. Estimates of planned
population derived from Ministry of.Housing plans for 4,000
apartments. Average family size assumed at 3.4. Apartment units
now under construction will house an additional 1,000 people.
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Name: Ramat Eshkol Location: North Jerusalem between
Sanhedria and Giv'at HaMivtar
Type. Urban neighborhood Map Grid: F-11
Affiliation: Ministry Land Area (dunams): 600
of Housing
Chronology: Construction began early 1968, completed 1970.
Function/Activities: Housing for commuters; offices, stores.
.
Population: Estimated Current: 7,500 Estimated Capacity: 7,500
Planned: Approx. 7,500
Dwellings: 43 villas.(one- or two- family), 52 four- or five-story
apartment buildings, 1 six-story apartment building, 4 seven-story
apartment buildings. Total units estimated at 2,200.
Other Buildings: 1 14-story office building, 1 eight-story office
building, 1 six-story office building, 2 schools, 1 large shopping
center.
Remarks: Population estimate based on an average family size of
3.4. Additional apartment buildings in this neighborhood are in
Israel (West Jerusalem).
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Name: Ramot Allon Location: North Jerusalem
(formerly Ramot)
Type: Urban neighborhood Map Grid: F-11
Affiliations -Ministry
of Housing, private
enterprise
Land Area (dunams.):' 2,500
Chronology: Construction started 1973.
Function/Activities: Housing and services for commuters to Jerusalem.
Population: Estimated Current: 9,200 Estimated Capacity: 9,200
Planned: 28,000 (9,000 housing units)
Dwellings: 169 one- to five-story apartment buildings, 30 townhouses,
108 single-family houses, 28 two-family duplexes; 102 apartment
buildings, 4 townhouses, 162 single-family houses, 43 two-family
duplexes under construction.
Other Buildings: 5 schools, at least 7 kindergartens, 1 water'tank, 6
unidentified buildings, 5 areas of unidentified construction.
Remarks: Main expansion northwest, some southward into pre-1967
Israeli area. Building counts and population estimates apply only
to West Bank portion; housing completed and under construction in
pre-1967 Israel portion will accommodate approx. 400 people.
Housing under construction in West Bank portion will accommodate
approx. 6,000 additional people. Population figures assume an
average family size of 3.4.
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Name: Sanhedriya Extension Location: North Jerusalem
Type: Urban neighborhood Map Grid: F-11
Affiliation: Ministry Land Area (dunams).: Not available
of Housing
Chronology: Construction began 1973, completed in 1977.
Function/Activities: Housing for commuters.
Population: Estimated Current: 800 Estimated Capacity: 800
Planned: 800
Dwellings: 4 five-story apartment buildings, 2 four-story apartment
buildings, 1 seven-story apartment building.
Other Buildings:'.1 school, 2 unidentified buildings.
Remarks: Extension of a Jewish suburb of West Jerusalem; about one-
sixth of this suburb lies in the West Bank area. Population and
building figures-apply only to the West Bank portion.
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Name: South Newe Ya'agov Location: North Jerusalem
(Zefon Yerushalayim, between Newe Ya'agov and
Pisgat Tal) Giv'at Shapira
Type: Urban neighborhood Map Grid: F-10, 11
Affiliation: Jerusalem
municipality, Housing
Ministry
Land Area (dunams): Approx. 4,450
Chronology: Plans approved by Jerusalem District Planning Commission
11 Nov 1981. Site preparation under way by Dec 1981.
Function/Activities: Housing for commuters; offices, stores.
Population: Estimated Current: 0 Estimated Capacity:
Planned: Estimated 40,000 (see remarks)
Dwellings: None.
Other Buildings: None.
Remarks: Jerusalem municipal sources estimate 11,000-12,000
apartments will be built in this neighborhood. Applying an average
family size of 3.4 yields a total population of some 40,000.
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Name: South Newe Ya'agov Location: North Jerusalem
(Zefon Yerushalayim, between Newe Ya'agov and
Pisgat Tal) Giv'at Shapira
Type: Urban neighborhood Map Grid: F-10, 11
Affiliation: Jerusalem
municipality, Housing
Ministry
Land Area (dunams): Approx. 4,450
Chronology: Plans approved by Jerusalem District Planning Commission
11 Nov 1981. Site preparation under way by Dec 1981.
Function/Activities: Housing for commuters; offices, stores.
Population: Estimated Current: 0 Estimated Capacity:
Planned: Estimated 40,000 (see remarks)
Dwellings: None.
Other Buildings: None.
Remarks: Jerusalem municipal sources estimate 11,000-12,000
apartments will be built in this neighborhood. Applying an average
family size of 3.4 yields a total population of some 40,000.
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