Kfar Etzion

Kfar Etzion
כְּפַר עֶצְיוֹן
Kfar Etzion is located in the Southern West Bank
Kfar Etzion
Kfar Etzion
Coordinates: 31°38′56″N 35°6′55″E / 31.64889°N 35.11528°E / 31.64889; 35.11528
DistrictJudea and Samaria Area
CouncilGush Etzion
RegionWest Bank
AffiliationReligious Kibbutz Movement
Founded1927 (original)
1934, 1943, 1967 (re-establishments)
Founded byYemenite immigrants
Population
 (2022)[1]
1,371
Websitek-etzion.co.il

Kfar Etzion (Hebrew: כְּפַר עֶצְיוֹן, lit. Etzion Village) is an Israeli settlement in the West Bank, organized as a religious kibbutz located in the Judean Hills between Jerusalem and Hebron in the southern West Bank, established in 1927, depopulated in 1948 and re-established in 1967. It is located 4.7 km east of the Green Line and falls under the jurisdiction of Gush Etzion Regional Council.[2][3] In 2022, Kfar Etzion had a population of 1,371.

The majority of the international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this.[4]

  1. ^ "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  2. ^ Yahav, Nir; Breiner, Yehoshua (12 June 2012). נוהל שכן: בין העיירה בית אומר להתנחלות כפר עציון. Walla! News (in Hebrew). Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  3. ^ "Gush Etzion". Gush Etzion. Archived from the original on 5 September 2011. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
  4. ^ "The Geneva Convention". BBC News. 10 December 2009. Retrieved 27 November 2010.