Ma'ale Hever

Ma'ale Hever
מַעֲלֵה חֶבֶר‎
Ma'ale Hever is located in the Southern West Bank
Ma'ale Hever
Ma'ale Hever
Coordinates: 31°29′10″N 35°9′58″E / 31.48611°N 35.16611°E / 31.48611; 35.16611
DistrictJudea and Samaria Area
CouncilHar Hevron
RegionWest Bank
AffiliationAmana
Founded1982
Population
 (2022)[1]
743

Ma'ale Hever (Hebrew: מַעֲלֵה חֶבֶר) or Pnei Hever (Hebrew: פְּנֵי חֶבֶר) is an Israeli settlement in the West Bank. Located in the eastern Hebron Hills to the east of Hebron at an elevation of 810 m (2,660 ft), it is organised as a community settlement and falls under the jurisdiction of Har Hevron Regional Council. It overlooks the wilderness of Ziff and the Dead Sea Valley. In 2022 it had a population of 743.

The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law. The Israeli government, as of 2019, disputes this, claiming the Palestinian territories were not under the legitimate sovereignty of any state prior to their Israeli capture in the Six-Day War in 1967.[2]

History

The settlement was established as Nahal Yakin on 31 January 1982 as a pioneer Nahal military outpost. It was demilitarized when turned over to eleven families on 24 August 1983, after which it was renamed after the nearby Hever Stream. In its early years, the only route leading to the village passed through the Palestinian town of Bani Na'im.

In 2009, Assaf Ramon, son of Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon who was aboard the fatal Columbia mission when the Space Shuttle exploded, was killed when the F-16 he was flying crashed in the vicinity of Ma'ale Hever.[3]

In 2019, a new Kollel, led by Rabbi Haim Klein, was built to teach necessary courses to rabbis to be community leaders.[4]

Notable Residents

  • Gidon Ariel, founder and CEO of Root Source

References

  1. ^ "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  2. ^ "The Geneva Convention". BBC News. 10 December 2009. Retrieved 27 November 2010.
  3. ^ Late astronaut's pilot son killed in crash Ynetnews, 13 September 2009
  4. ^ "Why did the Rabbi cry?". Israel National news. 7 October 2019. Retrieved 30 November 2024.