Metzad

Coordinates: 31°35′9″N 35°11′14″E / 31.58583°N 35.18722°E / 31.58583; 35.18722
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Metzad
מיצד‎
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Metzad is located in the Southern West Bank
Metzad
Metzad
Coordinates: 31°35′9″N 35°11′14″E / 31.58583°N 35.18722°E / 31.58583; 35.18722
DistrictJudea and Samaria Area
CouncilGush Etzion
RegionWest Bank
Founded1984
Population
 (2022)[1]
1,228

Metzad (

Judean Mountains, 14.5 km from the Green Line, outside the Separation Barrier. In January 2022 its population was 1110, up 35% from five years earlier. It falls under the municipal jurisdiction of the Gush Etzion Regional Council.[2][3]

History

Metzad was established in 1984 by

Ash-Shuyukh.[4] The first structures on Metzad were erected by the Israel Defense Forces
's civil corps of engineers. They were handed over for civilian use at the time of the creation of Metzad in 1984. Initially, the road up to the settlement was unpaved, water was brought by truck, and electricity was sporadically provided by a generator.

The next phase of development involved the placement of sixty caravans to serve as homes, offices, security compound, award-winning Preschool facilities, Clinic, Youth Center, Library, Weaving and Art Studios, and Computer Center. Construction of a new neighborhood of twenty-five permanent homes began in 1992. This included the building of a Family Health Center, an industrial building housing both the Weaving Studio and a Simcha Hall for special events and an outdoor basketball court.

Metzad is the southernmost settlement in the Gush Etzion bloc, and is one of its three Haredi settlements, the others being

Judean Mountains, the Dead Sea and Jerusalem.[5]

Immediately to the west is Khirbet ez-Za'feran or Hurvat Za'afran, thought to be the site of the ancient Bor Asphar (Well of Asphar), where, according to 1 Maccabees and Josephus, the Maccabees gathered following Judas Maccabeus's death.[6][7]

References

  1. ^ "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  2. ^ Gush Etzion Communities Archived 2011-09-05 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "The Geneva Convention". BBC News. 10 December 2009. Retrieved 27 November 2010.
  4. ^ 'Settlers destroy 1200 Palestinian olive trees near Hebron ,' Ma'an News Agency 27 March 2015.
  5. ^ About Metzad Archived 2010-08-21 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ 1 Maccabees 9:33; Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews, 13:1:2-8
  7. ISSN 0333-5844
    .

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