Alfei Menashe is an Israeli settlement on the western edge of Samaria in the central West Bank that achieved local council status in 1987. As of 2003, the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics counts 5,300 residents. Hebrew redirects here. ... In Israel, a local council is a locality similar to a city in structure and way of life, that has not yet achieved a status of a city, which requires a minimum number of residents, among other things. ... Map of the districts of Israel There are six main districts of Israel, known in Hebrew as mehozot (מחוזות; singular: mahoz) and fifteen sub-districts known as nafot (נפות; singular: nafa). ... This map shows the Judea and Samaria District. ... Israel Central Bureau of Statistics (הלשכה המרכזית לסטטיסטיקה) is a state organization for the creation and maintenance of numeric data related to populations vis-à-vis the ethnic makeup of Israel and its cities. ... A dunam or dönüm, dunum, donum is a unit of area. ... Map of Israeli settlements (magenta) in the West Bank. ... It has been suggested that Sebastia, Middle East be merged into this article or section. ... In Israel, a local council is a locality similar to a city in structure and way of life, that has not yet achieved a status of a city, which requires a minimum number of residents, among other things. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Israel Central Bureau of Statistics (הלשכה המרכזית לסטטיסטיקה) is a state organization for the creation and maintenance of numeric data related to populations vis-à-vis the ethnic makeup of Israel and its cities. ...

Despite the town's proximity to the Green Line (less than 2 kilometres east), its similar proximity to the Palestinian town of Qalqilyah has made its inclusion in Israel's West Bank barrier controversial, especially as the looping nature of the barrier's path forms a quasi-enclave of some Arab villages to its south. In September 2005, Israel's Supreme Court ruled that the government must consider re-routing the barrier in this area. The term Green Line is often used to refer to the 1949 Armistice lines established between Israel and its opponents (Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, and Egypt) at the end of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. ... The term Palestinian has other usages, for which see definitions of Palestinian. ... Qalqilyah (Arabic قلقيلية ; Standard Hebrew קלקיליה Qalqilya) is a Palestinian city in the West Bank. ... The barrier route as of May 2005. ... The Supreme Court (Hebrew: בית המשפט העליון, Beit Hamishpat Haelyon ) is at the head of the court system in the State of Israel. ...

External links

• ACRI calls for dismantling of barrier in Alfei Menashe enclave
• Alfei Menashe - UNWRA Emergency Appeal

Judea and Samaria District
Cities	Ariel · Betar Illit · Ma'ale Adummim
Regional committees	Hebron
Local councils	Alfei Menashe · Beit Arieh · Bet El · Efrat · Elkana · Giv'at Ze'ev · Har Adar · Immanuel · Karnei Shomron · Kedumim · Kiryat Arba · Ma'ale Efraim · Modi'in Illit · Oranit
Regional councils	Gush Etzion · Har Hebron · Matte Binyamin · Megilot Dead Sea · Shomron · Southern Jordan Valley (Biq'at Hayarden)

Coordinates: 32°10′N 35°01′E Image File history File links Flag_of_Israel. ... This map shows the lands of Judea and Samaria. ... Cities in Israel, by district: // Northern District See also North District, Israel. ... Ariel (Hebrew: אריאל) is an Israeli city located in the biblical region of Samaria (northern Israeli administered West Bank) near the ancient village of Timnat Serah. ... Betar Illit (ביתר עילית; unofficially also spelled Beitar Illit -- Illit is pronounced: Eeleet) is an Israeli town in Gush Etzion, a group of villages and towns in the Northern Judea region of the West Bank. ... Copyright Applied Research Institute of Jerusalem Maale Adummim (מעלה אדומים; unofficially also spelled Maale Adumim) is an Israeli settlement in the Judea region of the West Bank, east of East Jerusalem. ... This article is about the place in the Middle East. ... In Israel, a local council is a locality similar to a city in structure and way of life, that has not yet achieved a status of a city, which requires a minimum number of residents, among other things. ... Bethel (Hebrew for House of El) Bible Bethel (Israel) is a city in ancient Israel, about 10 miles north of Jerusalem. ... Modern Efrat from Highway 60 Efrat (; Hebrew: ), or Efrata (אפרתה), is an Israeli settlement in Judea (southern West Bank), located south of Jerusalem, between the Biblical cities of Bethlehem and Hebron. ... Givat Zeev (גבעת זאב) is an Israeli settlement in the Samaria region of the West Bank, just to the north of Jerusalem. ... Immanuel (Hebrew: עמנואל) is an Israeli settlement and local council in Samaria, West Bank. ... Karnei Shomron (קרני שומרון), meaning the Horns of Samaria is a group of Jewish communities in the western Samaria region (West Bank), east of Kfar Saba. ... Kedumim (Hebrew: קדומים), also spelled Qedumim, is an Israeli settlement located in the northern West Bank/Samaria that was founded during Hanukah 1975 and now enjoys the municipal status of local council. ... Street at Kiryat Arba Kiryat Arba or Qiryat Arba is an Israeli settlement adjoining the city of Hebron. ... Modiin Illit () is an Israeli settlement in Samaria (Northern West Bank). ... The Israeli Ministry of Interior recognizes three types of local government in Israel: cities, regional councils, and local councils. ... Main headquarters The Gush Etzion Regional Council (Hebrew: ) is a regional council in the northern Judean hills, or rather, the northern part of the southern area of the West Bank, administering the settlements in the Gush Etzion region, as well as others nearby. ... The Har Hebron Regional Council (Hebrew: ) is a regional council in the southern Judean Hills, or rather, the southern part of the West Bank, administering villages in the Hebron region, as well as others nearby. ... Offices of the Shomron R.C. Shomron Regional Council emblem The Shomron Regional Council (Hebrew:מועצה אזורית שומרון) is a regional council in the northern Samarian hills, also known as the northern part of the northern half of the West Bank. ... The Biqat Hayarden Regional Council (Hebrew: ), lit. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...