Karmei Tzur
כַּרְמֵי צוּר | |
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| Etymology: Vineyards of Rock | |
  Karmei Tzur | |
| Coordinates: 31°36′33″N 35°6′5″E / 31.60917°N 35.10139°E | |
| District | Judea and Samaria Area |
| Council | Gush Etzion |
| Region | West Bank |
| Affiliation | Hapoel HaMizrachi |
| Founded | 1984 |
| Founded by | Residents of Alon Shvut |
| Population (2022)[1] | 980 |
| Website | www |
Karmei Tzur, or Carmei Tzur (Hebrew: כַּרְמֵי צוּר) is an Israeli settlement organized as a community settlement in the West Bank located north of Hebron in the Judean hills between the Palestinian towns of Beit Ummar and Halhul. The National Religious community falls under the jurisdiction of Gush Etzion Regional Council.[2] Under the terms of the Oslo Accords of 1993 between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization, Karmei Tzur was designated Area "C" under full Israeli civil and security control.[3] In 2022 it had a population of 980.
The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this.[4]
According to a Peace Now report from 2006, 27% of the land on which Karmei Tzur is built is privately owned, all or most of it by Palestinians.[5] According to Israeli law, settlements on privately owned Palestinian land are illegal.[6]
- ^ "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ "Settlements list". Peace Now. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
- ^ "LAND GRAB. Israel's Settlement Policy in the West Bank" (PDF). B'Tselem. May 2002. p. 111.
- ^ "The Geneva Convention". BBC News. 10 December 2009. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
- ^ In the data provided by the Civil Administration “there is no mention of whether the private land is owned by Palestinians or by Jews... Nevertheless, it is highly probable that most of the land that is marked here as private land (if not all of it) is privately-owned Palestinian land”."Settlement are built on Private Palestinian Land". Peace Now. 14 March 2007. Retrieved 29 March 2011.
- ^ "G U I L T Y! Construction of Settlements upon Private Land – Official Data". Peace Now. 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 1 April 2011.