Alfei Menashe

Infobox Israel municipality
name=Alfei Menashe


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hebname=Hebrew|אַלְפֵי מְנַשֶׁה
arname=
meaning=Thousands of the tribe of Manasseh
founded=1983
type=lc
typefrom=1987
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district=js
population=5,800
popyear=2006
area_dunam=4600
mayor=Eliezer Hisdai

Alfei 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 of Samaria in the central West Bank. It was granted local council status in 1987. As of 2006, the Israel 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 of Qalqilyah has made its inclusion on the Israeli 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]