Bat Ayin

Bat Ayin
בַּת עַיִן‎
بات عاين
Israeli settlement
Etymology: Daughter of [the] Spring
Bat Ayin is located in the Southern West Bank
Bat Ayin
Bat Ayin
Coordinates: 31°39′26″N 35°6′8″E / 31.65722°N 35.10222°E / 31.65722; 35.10222
DistrictJudea and Samaria Area
CouncilGush Etzion
RegionWest Bank
AffiliationAmana
Founded1989
Founded byRabbi Yitzchak Ginsburg
Population
 (2022)[1]
1,730

Bat Ayin (Hebrew: בַּת עַיִן, lit., "daughter of the eye" or "apple of the eye", i. e., pupil, Arabic: بات عاين)[2] is an Israeli settlement in Gush Etzion in the West Bank, between Jerusalem and Hebron, founded in 1989 by Rabbi Yitzchak Ginsburg, in lands that Israel confiscated from the neighbouring Palestinian villages of Khirbet Beit Zakariyyah[3] and Jab'a.[4] It is administered by the Gush Etzion Regional Council, with a population of less than 1,000,[5] consisting mainly of "Ba'alei T'shuva" (back to the faith) Jews with Hasidic tendencies.[6] The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law, but Israel disputes this.[7]

  1. ^ "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved March 21, 2024.
  2. ^ Meir ben Ezekiel ibn Gabbai, Sod ha-Shabbat: The Mystery of the Sabbath, SUNY, 1988 p.88.Ayin also means, 'spring/water source'. Ariel Bloch, Chana Bloch, The Song of Songs: A New Translation with an Introduction University of California Press, 1995 p.202
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  5. ^ A spotlight on those living off the land
  6. ^ Michael Feige, Settling in the Hearts: Jewish Fundamentalism in the Occupied Territories, Wayne State University Press, 2009 p. 178.
  7. ^ "The Geneva Convention". BBC News. December 10, 2009. Retrieved November 27, 2010.