Beit Aryeh-Ofarim

Beit Aryeh
Hebrew transcription(s)
– Hebrew	בֵּית אַרְיֵה-עֳפָרִים, בית אריה-עופרים
– ISO 259	Beit ʔarye - ʕoparim
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Beit Aryeh
Coordinates: 32°2′7.79″N 35°3′13.68″E / 32.0354972°N 35.0538°E / 32.0354972; 35.0538Coordinates: 32°2′7.79″N 35°3′13.68″E / 32.0354972°N 35.0538°E / 32.0354972; 35.0538
Region	West Bank
District	Judea and Samaria Area
Government
– Type	Local council (from 1989)
– Head of Municipality	Avi Naim
Area
– Total	8,500 dunams (8.5 km2 / 3.3 sq mi)
Name meaning	House of Aryeh - Fawns

Beit Aryeh-Ofarim (Hebrew: בֵּית אַרְיֵה-עֳפָרִים‎‎) is an Israeli settlement and local council in the northern West Bank. The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this.^[1]

Beit Aryeh was recognised as a local council in 1989, and had Ofarim appended to it in 2004. The settlement was named after Aryeh Ben-Eliezer, a Lithuanian born Zionist leader before the state of Israel was founded and a member of the Israeli parliament in the 1950s and 1960s.

References

1. ^ "The Geneva Convention". BBC News. 10 December 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/1682640.stm. Retrieved 27 November 2010. 

External links

• Local council website (Hebrew)