Ma'ale Efrayim

Israeli settlement in the West Bank

Local council in West Bank

Ma'ale Efraim 32°4′13.54″N 35°24′13.01″E / 32.0704278°N 35.4036139°E / 32.0704278; 35.4036139
Region	West Bank
District	Judea and Samaria Area
Founded	1978
Government
• Head of Municipality	Shlomo Lalosh
Area
• Total	4,173 dunams (4.173 km² or 1.611 sq mi)
Population (2022)^[1]
• Total	1,377
• Density	330/km² (850/sq mi)

Ma'ale Efrayim (Hebrew: מַעֲלֵה אֶפְרַיִם, lit. Ascent of Ephraim)^[2] is an Israeli settlement in the West Bank, organized as a secular settlement and a local council, located along the eastern slopes of the Samarian mountains in the Jordan Valley.^[3] It was founded in 1978 and named after the Biblical tribe of Ephraim.^[3] The settlement's municipal status was upgraded to local council in 1981.^[3] In 2022, it had a population of 1,377.

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

History

According to ARIJ, in 1970 Israel illegally confiscated 1,464 dunams of land from the Palestinian land in order to construct Ma'ale Efrayim.^[5]

References

^ "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
^ Carta's Official Guide to Israel and Complete Gazetteer to all Sites in the Holy Land. (3rd edition 1993) Jerusalem, Carta, p.302, ISBN 965-220-186-3 (English)
^ ^a ^b ^c מועצה מקומית מעלה אפרים (in Hebrew). 2014.
^ "The Geneva Convention". BBC News. 10 December 2009. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
^ Al Jiftlik Village Profile p. 17, ARIJ