- Alfei Menashe
Infobox Israel municipality
name=Alfei Menashe
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hebname=Hebrew|אַלְפֵי מְנַשֶׁה
arname=
meaning=Thousands of thetribe of Manasseh
founded=1983
type=lc
typefrom=1987
stdHeb=
altOffSp=
altUnoSp=
district=js
population=5,800
popyear=2006
area_dunam=4600
mayor=Eliezer HisdaiAlfei Menashe ( _he. אַלְפֵי מְנַשֶׁה) is a Jewish
Israeli settlement located in the seam zonecite web|title=More Housing Units: New Tenders in Israeli West Bank Settlements|publisher=ARIJ (Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem|date=2006-10-04|accessdate=2007-07-13|url=http://www.poica.org/editor/case_studies/view.php?recordID=918] on the western edge ofSamaria in the centralWest Bank . It was granted local council status in 1987. As of 2006, theIsrael Central Bureau of Statistics counts 5,800 residents [http://www.cbs.gov.il/population/new_2007/table3.pdf] .The town's proximity to the Green Line (less than convert|2|km|mi east) and its similar proximity to the
Palestinian Arab town ofQalqilyah has made its inclusion on theIsrael i side of the 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.References
External links
* [http://www.acri.org.il/english-acri/engine/story.asp?id=185 ACRI calls for dismantling of barrier in Alfei Menashe enclave]
* [http://www.un.org/unrwa/emergency/barrier/profiles/alfei.html Alfei Menashe - UNWRA Emergency Appeal]
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