Geva Binyamin
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| Founded | 1984 | |
| Founded by | Adam gar'in members | |
| Council | Mateh Binyamin | |
| Region | West Bank | |
| Coordinates | 31°51′0″N 35°16′25.68″E / 31.85°N 35.2738°ECoordinates: 31°51′0″N 35°16′25.68″E / 31.85°N 35.2738°E | |
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| Website | http://www.geva-binyamin.org.il/ | |
Geva Binyamin (Hebrew: גֶּבַע בִּנְיָמִין. lit. Benjamin Hill), also known as Adam (Hebrew: אדם), is a communal Israeli settlement in the West Bank. Located five kilometers north-west of Jerusalem, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Binyamin Regional Council. In 2007 it had a population of 3,500.
The village was established in 1984 by members of the Adam gar'in (named after Yekutiel Adam, a former Deputy Chief of Staff of the Israeli Defence Forces who had been killed two years earlier at Beaufort Castle in Lebanon).
Kubur Bani Yisra’il is located on the outskirts of the settlement.
The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ "The Geneva Convention". BBC News. 10 December 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/1682640.stm. Retrieved 27 November 2010.
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