Yitav | |
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Coordinates: 31°56′50″N 35°25′23″E / 31.94722°N 35.42306°E | |
District | Judea and Samaria Area |
Council | Bik'at HaYarden |
Region | West Bank |
Affiliation | Kibbutz Movement |
Founded | 1970 |
Founded by | Nahal |
Population (2022)
[1] | 261 |
Yitav ( Hebrew: יִיטַ"ב, an abbreviation of Yad Yitzhak Tabenkin) is an Israeli settlement and moshav shitufi in the southern Jordan Valley of the West Bank. [2] Located just north of Jericho and west of the Palestinian village of al-Auja, it falls under the jurisdiction of Bik'at HaYarden Regional Council. [2] In 2022 it had a population of 261.
The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this. [3]
According to ARIJ, Israel confiscated 499 dunams of land from the Palestinian village of Al-Auja in order to construct Yitav. [4]
Niran was established as a Nahal settlement in 1970, Yitav was recognised by the state in 1977, and began operating as a kibbutz. [2] It was named a memorial ( Hebrew: yad) to Yitzhak Tabenkin, one of the leaders of the Israeli kibbutz movement.[ citation needed] It subsequently reorganized into a moshav shitufi (though remaining within the Kibbutz Movement), whose members today are immigrants from the former Soviet Union (34 families). [ citation needed]
Subtropical agriculture is the main economic activity in Yitav (dates, bananas, vegetables), although some members have outside jobs in the surrounding area or in Jerusalem.[ citation needed]
Yitav Nature Reserve located 4 km west of Yitav covers the canyon of Nahal Yitav (Wadi al-Auja) with its springs.[ citation needed]