Shaked (, ''lit.'' Almond) is a secular

Israeli settlement Israeli settlements, also called Israeli colonies, are the civilian communities built by Israel throughout the Israeli-occupied territories. They are populated by Israeli citizens, almost exclusively of Israeli Jews, Jewish identity or ethni ...

in the northern

West Bank The West Bank is located on the western bank of the Jordan River and is the larger of the two Palestinian territories (the other being the Gaza Strip) that make up the State of Palestine. A landlocked territory near the coast of the Mediter ...

. Located near the Green Line, it is organized as a

community settlement A community settlement (, ''Yishuv Kehilati'') is a type of town or village in Israel and in the West Bank. In an ordinary town, anyone may buy property, but in a community settlement, the village's residents are organized in a cooperative an ...

and falls under the jurisdiction of

Shomron Regional Council The Shomron Regional Council (, ''Mo'atza Azorit Shomron'', English ''Samaria Regional Council'') is an Israeli regional council in the northern portion of the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Thirty-five Israeli settlements fall under its jurisdict ...

. 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 settlement was established in June 1981 by the

Mishkei Herut Beitar Mishkei Herut Beitar () is a Revisionist Zionism, revisionist Zionist Settlement movement (Israel), settlement movement in Israel, affiliated with Betar, Beitar and Likud. It is based in the Metzudat Ze'ev offices on King George Street (Tel Aviv ...

organization, after the first ten homes were complete. It was named for the wild almond trees that grow in the area. In 2006, Israeli Defense Minister

Shaul Mofaz Shaul Mofaz (; 4 November 1948) is a retired Israeli military officer and politician. He joined the Israel Defense Forces in 1966 and served in the Paratroopers Brigade. He fought in the Six-Day War, Yom Kippur War, 1982 Lebanon War, and Operati ...

cited Shaked as one of the settlements that would be included in Israel's final borders under a peace plan with the Palestinians. In 2011, a resident of Shaked, 15-year-old Shahar Sagi, won a silver medal in the Loralux international judo competition in Luxembourg.Girl Wins Silver Medal in Judo
Israel National News

References

External links

Official website
{{Authority control Israeli settlements in the West Bank Populated places established in 1981 1981 establishments in the Israeli Military Governorate