Settlement Type: | Israeli settlement |
Ma'ale Mikhmas | |
Founded: | 1981 |
Imgsize: | 250 |
District: | js |
Council: | Mateh Binyamin |
Affiliation: | Amana |
Pushpin Map: | Israel binyamin |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Coordinates: | 31.8789°N 35.3064°W |
Ma'ale Mikhmas (he|מַעֲלֵה מִכְמָשׂ) is an Israeli settlement in the Binyamin region of the northern West Bank. Located a few miles northeast of Jerusalem, it falls under the municipal jurisdiction of Mateh Binyamin Regional Council and according to Palestinians the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate. In it had a population of .
The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this.[1]
Israel confiscated 1287 dunums of land from the Palestinian town of Deir Dibwan in order to construct Ma'ale Mikhmas.[2]
Ma'ale Mikhmas was founded in 1981 along the Allon Road by a group of families from Ma'ale Adumim. It is named after the biblical Michmas (multi=yes).[3]
The population of Ma'ale Mikhmas is evenly divided between native-born Israelis and immigrants from English-speaking countries, South America, France and Ethiopia. It defines itself as religious.[4]