Ma'ale Mikhmas
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Ma'ale Mikhmas (Template:Langx) is an Israeli settlement in the Binyamin region of the northern West Bank. Located a few miles northeast of Jerusalem, it falls under the municipal jurisdiction of Mateh Binyamin Regional Council and according to Palestinians the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate. In Template:Israel populations it had a population of Template:Israel populations.
The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this.[1]
History
Israel confiscated 1287 dunums of land from the Palestinian town of Deir Dibwan in order to construct Ma'ale Mikhmas.[2]
Ma'ale Mikhmas was founded in 1981 along the Allon Road by a group of families from Ma'ale Adumim. It is named after the biblical Michmas (Script error: No such module "Bibleverse".).[3]
The population of Ma'ale Mikhmas is evenly divided between native-born Israelis and immigrants from English-speaking countries, South America, France and Ethiopia. It defines itself as religious.[4]
Notable residents
- Otniel Schneller (born 1952), politician[5]
References
External links
- Ma'ale Michmas website
- Michmas and Almonds in the Bible
- Fighting the Philistines: Settlers of Ma’ale Michmas feel at home on a Biblical (and modern) battleground
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- ↑ Deir Dibwan Town Profile, ARIJ, p. 16
- ↑ Carta's Official Guide to Israel and Complete Gazetteer to all Sites in the Holy Land. (3rd edition 1993) Jerusalem, Carta, p.304, Template:ISBN (English)
- ↑ About Maale Michmas
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