Alon Shvut

Alon Shvut
אַלּוֹן שְׁבוּת‎

ألون شفوت

Hebrew transcription(s)
 • officialAllon Shevut
Etymology: Oak of return
Alon Shvut is located in Israel
Alon Shvut
Alon Shvut
Alon Shvut is located in the West Bank
Alon Shvut
Alon Shvut
Alon Shvut is located in the Southern West Bank
Alon Shvut
Alon Shvut
Coordinates: 31°39′17″N 35°7′40″E / 31.65472°N 35.12778°E / 31.65472; 35.12778
Grid position162/118 PAL
DistrictJudea and Samaria Area
CouncilGush Etzion
RegionWest Bank
Founded1970
Population
 (2022)[1]
3,046

Alon Shvut (Hebrew: אַלּוֹן שְׁבוּת) is an Israeli settlement in the West Bank,[2][3] established in June 1970 over lands confiscated from the nearby Palestinian town of Khirbet Beit Zakariyyah. It is part of the Etzion bloc of the West Bank,[4] administered by the Gush Etzion Regional Council, and neighbors the Israeli settlements of Kfar Etzion, Rosh Tzurim, Neve Daniel, Elazar, Bat Ayin, Migdal Oz, and Efrat.[5] In 2022, its population was 3,046.

The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this.[6]

  1. ^ "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  2. ^ Marda Dunsky, [Pens and Swords: How the American Mainstream Media Report the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict,] Columbia University Press, 2013 p.161.
  3. ^ Meron Benvenisti,[Sacred Landscape: The Buried History of the Holy Land Since 1948,] University of California Press, 2003 p.36.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference katz1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference elazar1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ "The Geneva Convention". BBC News. 10 December 2009. Retrieved 27 November 2010.