Yitav
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Yitav (Template:Langx, an abbreviation of Yad Yitzhak Tabenkin) is an Israeli settlement and moshav shitufi in the southern Jordan Valley of the West Bank.[1] Located just north of Jericho and west of the Palestinian village of al-Auja, it falls under the jurisdiction of Bik'at HaYarden Regional Council.[1] 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.[2]
History
According to ARIJ, Israel confiscated 499 dunams of land from the Palestinian village of Al-Auja in order to construct Yitav.[3]
Niran was established as a Nahal settlement in 1970, Yitav was recognised by the state in 1977, and began operating as a kibbutz.[1] It was named a memorial (Template:Langx) to Yitzhak Tabenkin, one of the leaders of the Israeli kibbutz movement.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". It subsequently reorganized into a moshav shitufi (though remaining within the Kibbutz Movement), whose members today are immigrants from the former Soviet Union (34 families). Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Nature
Subtropical agriculture is the main economic activity in Yitav (dates, bananas, vegetables), although some members have outside jobs in the surrounding area or in Jerusalem.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Yitav Nature Reserve located 4 km west of Yitav covers the canyon of Nahal Yitav (Wadi al-Auja) with its springs.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
References
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External links
- Yitav on Bik'at HaYarden Regional Council site Template:In lang.