Sal'it ( he, סַלְעִית, ''lit.'' Wheatear) is an
Israeli settlement
Israeli settlements, or Israeli colonies, are civilian communities inhabited by Israeli citizens, overwhelmingly of Jewish ethnicity, built on lands occupied by Israel in the 1967 Six-Day War. The international community considers Israeli se ...
organized as a
moshav
A moshav ( he, מוֹשָׁב, plural ', lit. ''settlement, village'') is a type of Israeli town or settlement, in particular a type of cooperative agricultural community of individual farms pioneered by the Labour Zionists between 1904 an ...
in the
West Bank. Located around eight kilometres south of the
Palestinian city of
Tulkarm, it falls under the jurisdiction of
Shomron Regional Council. 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.
History
The village was established in 1979 by the
Mishkei Herut Beitar movement.
References
External links
Official website
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Moshavim
Israeli settlements in the West Bank
Populated places established in 1979
1979 establishments in the Israeli Military Governorate