Peduel
Peduel
פְּדוּאֵל | |
|---|---|
 Peduel's water tower gives it a distinct profile | |
| Etymology: Dear | |
  Peduel | |
| Coordinates: 32°3′44.63″N 35°3′6.84″E / 32.0623972°N 35.0519000°E | |
| District | Judea and Samaria Area |
| Council | Shomron |
| Region | West Bank |
| Affiliation | Hapoel HaMizrachi |
| Founded | 1984 |
| Population (2022)[1] | 2,084 |
Peduel (Hebrew: פְּדוּאֵל), is an Israeli settlement in the West Bank. Located about 25 km east of Tel Aviv and adjacent to Alei Zahav, Beit Aryeh-Ofarim and Bruchin, it is organised as a community settlement and falls under the jurisdiction of Shomron Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 2,084. The Shilo Stream passes to the south, and the Shilo Stream Nature Preserve borders Peduel on the north and west.
The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this.[2]
History
Founded in 1984 on state lands by a group of Orthodox Jewish Israelis from Yeshivat Har Etzion in Alon Shvut with help from Amana, the yishuv is now home to about 200 families. The town's name is symbolic and is derived from the bible: "And the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come with singing unto Zion" (Isaiah 35,10 and 51,11). The word ransomed in Hebrew is "Pedui", and Pedu-el means "ransomed by God".[citation needed]
Peduel is founded on land which Israel expropriated from the Palestinian towns of Deir Ballut[3] and Kafr ad-Dik.[4]
In 2020, Peduel was one of several Israeli settlement which dumped its untreated sewage onto Deir Ballut land.[5]
Education
There are many institutions located on the settlement: a nursery, three kindergartens, an elementary school, a talmud torah, and the combined pre-army and hesder Eretz Hatzvi yeshiva.[citation needed]
References
- ^ "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ "The Geneva Convention". BBC News. 10 December 2009. Retrieved 27 November 2010.
- ^ Deir Ballut Town Profile, ARIJ, p. 16
- ^ Kafr ad Dik Town Profile, ARIJ, p. 17
- ^ 'Paradise lost': How Israel turned the West Bank into a sewage dump for its settlements, By Shatha Hammad, 21 October 2020, Middle East Eye