Carmel (Israeli settlement)

For the biblical settlement, see Carmel (biblical settlement).
Carmel
כרמל‎
Carmel is located in the Southern West Bank
Carmel
Carmel
Carmel is located in the West Bank
Carmel
Carmel
Coordinates: 31°25′54″N 35°10′58″E / 31.43167°N 35.18278°E / 31.43167; 35.18278
DistrictJudea and Samaria Area
CouncilHar Hevron
RegionWest Bank
AffiliationAmana
Founded1980
Population
 (2022)[1]
465

Carmel (Hebrew: כרמל) is an Israeli settlement organized as a moshav in the south-east Mount Hebron (Har Hevron in Hebrew) area of the West Bank. It falls under the jurisdiction of the Har Hevron Regional Council and associates ideologically with the Amana settlement movement. In 2022 it had a population of 465.

The settlement is close to the Israeli settlement of Ma'on, a moshav shitufi which shares a dairy cow farm with Carmel.[2] It is also close to the village of Umm al-Kheir settled by Palestinian Bedouins, which has drawn criticism of Israel due to the difference in living conditions under Israeli occupation of the West Bank.[3][4] The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this.[5]

  1. ^ "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  2. ^ פלודה, דני (2020-06-14). "רפת כרמל-מעון". נתיב מחזור - פתרונות מיחזור לפסולת אורגנית (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2024-05-23.
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  5. ^ "The Geneva Convention". BBC News. 10 December 2009. Retrieved 27 November 2010.