Hemdat
חֶמְדָּת | |
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  Hemdat | |
| Coordinates: 32°15′07″N 35°31′37″E / 32.25194°N 35.52694°E | |
| District | Judea and Samaria Area |
| Council | Bik'at HaYarden |
| Region | West Bank |
| Affiliation | Amana |
| Founded | 1979 |
| Founded by | Nahal |
| Population (2022)[1] | 361 |
Hemdat (Hebrew: חֶמְדָּת) is a community Israeli settlement in the West Bank located near the Palestinian hamlet of Khirbet Makhoul,[2][3] in the Jordan River Valley on a plain at an altitude of 178 metres along the Allon Road in the municipal jurisdiction of the Bik'at HaYarden Regional Council. Other Israeli settlements in the area are Ro'i and Beka'ot. The closest city, Beit Shean, is a thirty-minute drive north of Hemdat. In 2022 it had a population of 361.
The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this.[4] In 2022 it had a population of 361.
- ^ "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ Gideon Levy and Alex Levac, 'In the Jordan valley, the inhuman-yet-human bulldozers came at dawn,' at Haaretz, September 20, 2013.
- ^ Reuters and Gili Cohen 'European diplomats: Israeli army manhandled us, seized Palestinian aid,' at Haaretz, September 20, 2013.
- ^ "The Geneva Convention". BBC News. 10 December 2009. Retrieved 27 November 2010.