Migdalim

Migdalim
Road signs at main intersection
Hebrew	מִגְדָּלִים
Name meaning	'Towers'
Founded	1984
Founded by	Nahal
Region	West Bank
District	Judea and Samaria Area
Affiliation	Jewish
Coordinates	32°5′24.72″N 35°20′32.28″E / 32.0902°N 35.3423°E / 32.0902; 35.3423Coordinates: 32°5′24.72″N 35°20′32.28″E / 32.0902°N 35.3423°E / 32.0902; 35.3423
Migdalim

Migdalim (Hebrew: מִגְדָּלִים‎‎) is a village and an Israeli settlement located 45 kilometres east of Tel Aviv in the jurisdiction of the Shomron Regional Council in the northern West Bank. It is situated on road 505, otherwise known as the Trans-Samaria Highway. The village lies adjacent to the Palestinian hamlet of Qusra. The population of Migdalim is 37 families. The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this.^[1]

Migdalim was first established on 1984 as a pioneer Nahal military outpost, and demilitarized when turned over to residential purposes in 1986 to non-Orthodox Jewish Israelis. One of the reasons for choosing this location was to provide a continuity of settlements along the Trans-Samaria Highway between Kfar Tapuah on the "mountain spine" and Ma'ale Efrayim in the Jordan Valley.

On March 1, 2006, Eldad Abir, a resident of Migdalim, married with two children, was shot and killed by terrorists while working in the local gas station^[2].

External links

• pictures of Migdalim

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. 
2. ^ Father of two killed in Samaria shooting, The Jerusalem Post, March 2, 2006, accessed August 10, 2009.