Israeli Moshav, villages, Kibbutzim in Samaria/Judea


From 1901 until 1948 90% of the land that makes up Judea/Samaria (wrongly renamed “The West Bank” by the Jordanian occupiers between 1948 to 1967) was purchased by the Jewish National Fund from absentee Arab landowners (who were all too happy to sell “worthless desert land” to the foolish Jews, who paid widely exorbitant prices for the privilege). Funds were raised from collections at Synagogues all over the Earth, for the purpose of establishing a home land for the Jewish people.

As a result of the first Arab/Israel war (1948) Judea/Samaria was captured by Jordan, and subsequently “ethnic cleansed” — Kibbutzim, towns and villages were burned to the ground, and Synagogues were destroyed. Jordans occupation of Judea/Samaria would last for nineteen years.

Prior to 1948, there were twenty-one Israeli settlements, villages, and Kibbutzim in Samaria/Judea. The oldest, Kfar Etzion, was founded 1n 1927, occupied (and ethnic cleansed) by Jordan from 1948 until 1967, when it was liberated by the IDF in the “Six Day War.” Of the kibbutzim that had existed prior to Jordan’s occupation, Kfar Etzion was the first to be rebuilt and repopulated by the original residents.

Here is a list of all the Jewish villages, Kibbutzim, and Moshav in Samaria/Judea. Villages established prior to  the 1948 Jordanian occupation are marked with an*:

 

NAME HEBREW POPULATION (2020) YR EST COUNCIL
Adora (Adura) אדורה 515 1984 Har Hebron
Alei Zahav עלי זהב 4,647 1982 Shomron
Alfei Menashe אלפי מנשה 7,975 1983 Shomron
*Almog אלמוג 236 1977 Megilot
Almon עלמון 1,467 1982 Mateh Binyamin
Alon אלון 1,031 1990 Mateh Binyamin
Alon Shvut אלון שבות 3,046 1970 Gush Etzion
Amihai עמיחי 209 2018 Mateh Binyamin
Ariel אריאל 20,520 1978 Shomron
*Argaman ארגמן 131 1968 Bik’at HaYarden
Asfar (Metzad) מיצד 1,228 1983 Gush Etzion
Ateret עטרת 891 1981 Mateh Binyamin
Avnat (Ovnat) אבנת 249 1983 Megilotl
Avnei Hefetz אבני חפץ 2,363 1990 Shomron
Barkan ברקן 2,040 1981 Shomron
Bat Ayin בת עין 1,730 1989 Gush Etzionl
Beit Aryeh-Ofarim בית אריה 5,517 1981 Shomron
Beitar Illit ביתר עילית 64,015 1985 Gush Etzion
*Beit El בית אל 6,108 1977 Mateh Binyamin
Beit HaArava בית הערבה 508 1980 Megilot
*Beit Horon בית חורון 1,442 1977 Mateh Binyamin
Beit Yatir (Metzadot Yehuda) בית יתיר 696 1983 Har Hebron
*Beka’ot (Bqa’ot) בקעות 187 1972 Bik’at HaYarden
Brukhin ברוכין 2,412 2012 Shomron
Carmel כרמל 465 1981 Har Hebron
Dolev דולב 1,613 1983 Mateh Binyaminl
Efrat (Efrata) אפרת 11,853 1980 Gush Etzion
*Elazar אלעזר 2,615 1975 Gush Etzion
Eli עלי 4,701 1984 Mateh Binyamin
Elkana אלקנה 4,301 1977 Shomron
Elon Moreh אלון מורה 2,105 1979 Shomron
Einav (Enav) ענב 1,062 1981 Shomron
Eshkolot אשכולות 623 1982 Har Hebron
Etz Efraim עץ אפרים 2,519 1985 Shomron
Ganei Modi’in גני מודיעין 2,603 1985 Mateh Binyaminil
Geva Binyamin גבע בנימין 5,913 1984 Mateh Binyamin
*Gilgal גלגל 229 1970 Bik’at HaYarde
*Giti גיתית 502 1973 Bik’at HaYarden
Giv’at Ze’ev גבעת זאב 21,097 1983 Mateh Binyamin
Giv’on HaHadasha גבעון החדשה 996 1980 Mateh Binyamin
Haggai (Beit Hagai) בית חגי 725 1984 Har Hebron
Halamish חלמיש 1,485 1977 Mateh Binyamin
*Hamra חמרה 224 1971 Bik’at HaYarden
Har Adar הר אדר 4,065 1986 Mateh Binyamin
Har Brakha הר ברכה 3,165 1983 Shomron
Har Gilo הר גילה 1,655 1972 Gush Etzion
Hashmonaim חשמונאים 2,589 1985 Mateh Binyamin
Hemdat חמדת 361 1980 Bik’at HaYarden
Hermesh חרמש 245 1982 Shomron
Hinanit חיננית 1,659 1981 Shomron
Immanuel עמנואל 4,656 1983 Shomron
Itamar איתמר 1,470 1984 Shomron
*Kalya קלי”ה 490 1968 Megilot
Karmei Tzur כרמי צור 980 1984 Etzion
Karnei Shomron קרני שומרון 9,920 1978 Shomron
Kedar (Keidar) קדר 1,649 1985 Gush Etzion
Kedumim קדומים 4,548 1977 Shomron
Kfar Adumim כפר אדומים 4,957 1979 Mateh Binyamin
*Kfar Etzion כפר עציון 1,371 1967 Gush Etzion
Kfar HaOranim (Menora) כפר האורנים 2,604 1998 >Mateh Binyamin
Kfar Tapuach כפר תפוח 1,639 1978 Shomron
Kiryat Arba קרית ארבע 7,490 1972 Har Hebron
Kiryat Netafim קרית נטפים 1,009 1983 Shomron
Kokhav HaShahar כוכב השחר 2,501 1977 Mateh Binyamin
Kokhav Ya’akov כוכב יעקב 9,794 1985 Mateh Binyamin
Ma’ale Adumim מעלה אדומים 38,046 1975 Gush Etzion
Ma’ale Amos מעלה עמוס 906 1981 Gush Etzion
*Ma’ale Efrayim מעלה אפרים 1,377 1970 Bik’at HaYarden
Ma’ale Levona מעלה לבונה 1,018 1983 Mateh Binyamin
Ma’ale Mikhmas מעלה מכמש 1,744 1981 Mateh Binyamin
Ma’ale Shomron מעלה שומרון 996 1980 Shomron
Ma’on מעון 607 1981 Har Hebron
Maskiot משכיות 353 1986 Bik’at HaYarden
*Masua משואה 297 1970 Bik’at HaYarden
Matityahu מתתיהו 920 1981 Mateh Binyamin
*Mehola מחולה 688 1968 Bik’at HaYarden
*Mekhora מכורה 179 1973 Bik’at HaYarden
Mevo Dotan מבוא דותן 612 1978 Shomron
*Mevo Horon מבוא חורון 2,669 1970 Mateh Binyamin
Migdal Oz מגדל עוז 572 1977 Gush Etzion
Migdalim מגדלים 592 1983 Shomron
*Mitzpe Shalem מצפה שלם 343 1971 Megilot
Mitzpe Yeriho מצפה יריחו 2,657 1978 Mateh Binyamin
Modi’in Illit מודיעין עילית 83,356 1996 Mateh Binyamin
Na’omi (Na’ama) נעמי 165 1982 Bik’at HaYarden
Nahliel נחליאל 743 1984 Mateh Binyamin
Negohot נגוהות 514 1999 Har Hebron
Netiv HaGdud נתיב הגדוד 214 1976 Bik’at HaYarden
Neve Daniel נווה דניאל 2,354 1982 Gush Etzion
Nili נילי 2,059 1981 Mateh Binyamin
Na’aran (Niran) נירן 101 1977 Bik’at HaYarden
Nofei Prat נוֹפֵי פְּרָת 1,200 1992 Mateh Binyamin
Nofim נופים 1,174 1987 Shomron
Nokdim נוקדים 3,094 1982 Gush Etzion
*Ofra עפרה 3,497 1975 Mateh Binyamin
Oranit אורנית 9,295 1985 Shomron
Otniel עתניאל 1,041 1983 Har Hebron
Peduel פדואל 2,084 1984 Shomron
Pnei Hever (Ma’ale Hever) מעלה חבר 743 1982 Har Hebron
*Petza’el פצאל 371 1975 Bik’at HaYarden
Psagot פסגות 2,086 1981 Mateh Binyamin
Rehelim רחלים 1,062 2013 Shomron
Reihan ריחן 408 1977 Shomron
Revava רבבה 2,950 1991 Shomron
Rimonim רימונים 707 1977 Mateh Binyamin
*Rosh Tzurim רֹאשׁ צוּרִים 978 1969 Gush Etzion
Rotem רותם 275 1983 Bik’at HaYarden
Sal’it  סַלְעִית 1,450 1977 Shomron
Sansana סנסנה 716 1997 Har Hebron

Sha’arei Tikva

שערי תקווה 6,122 1983 Shomron
Shadmot Mehola שדמות מחולה 702 1979 Bik’at HaYarden
Shaked שקד 1,128 1981 Shomron
Shani (Livne) לִבְנֶה 571 1989 Har Hebron
Shavei Shomron שבי שומרון 1,083 1977 Shomron
Shilo שילה 5,072 1979 Mateh Binyamin
Shim’a שמעה 938 1985 Har Hebron
Susiya סוסיא 1,602 1983 Har Hebron
Talmon טלמון 5,379 1989 Mateh Binyamin
Tekoa תקוע 4,326 1977 Gush Etzion
Telem תלם 540 1982 Har Hebron
Teneh Omarim טנא עומרים 985 1983 Har Hebron
Tomer תומר 310 1978 Bik’at HaYarden
Tzofim צופים 2,553 1989 Shomron
Vered Yeriho ורד יריחו 377 1980 Megilot
Yafit יפית 225 1980 Bik’at HaYarden
Yakir יקיר 2,586 1981 Shomron
*Yitav ייט”ב 261 1970 Bik’at HaYarden
Yitzar יצהר 2,093 1983 Shomron

Contrary to what is widely reported by anti-semitic, propaganda embracing sources (such as Wikipedia, Democracy Now, Al Jezerra), the various Jewish villages, Kibbutzim, and Moshav in Judea/Samaria are not illegal under International Law precisely because 1) The land they stand upon was purchased prior to the 19 year occupation by Jordan, by the Jewish National Fund. 2) Yes, some lands were confiscated by Israel from Jordanian residents after the Six Day War, but those very lands had been purchased by the JNF prior to Jordans occupation, so therefore Israeli residents were simply reclaiming what was taken from them.