Hemdat

Hemdat
Hemdat is located in the Northern West Bank
Hemdat
Hemdat
Location within the Northern West Bank
Hemdat is located in the West Bank
Hemdat
Hemdat
Location within the West Bank
Coordinates: 32°15′07″N 35°31′37″E / 32.25194°N 35.52694°E / 32.25194; 35.52694
CountryPalestine
DistrictJudea and Samaria Area
CouncilBik'at HaYarden
RegionWest Bank
AffiliationAmana
Founded1979
Founded byNahal
Population
 (2024)[1]
431

Hemdat (Hebrew: חמדת) is a community Israeli settlement in the West Bank located near the Palestinian hamlet of Khirbet Makhoul,[2][3] in the Jordan River Valley on a plain at an altitude of 178 metres along the Allon Road in the municipal jurisdiction of the Bik'at HaYarden Regional Council. Other Israeli settlements in the area are Ro'i and Beka'ot. The closest city, Beit Shean, is a thirty-minute drive north of Hemdat. In 2024, Hemdat had a population of 431[4].

The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this.[5]

History

Hemdat was first established in 1979,[6] as a pioneer Nahal military outpost that was soon thereafter demilitarized and turned into a kibbutz when turned over to residential purposes to a group of pioneers from Hashomer Hatzair and Israel Boy and Girl Scouts Federation.[6] Due to the harsh living conditions of the valley (intense heat, distant location) and other obstacles, this group abandoned the kibbutz and the village was returned to the Israel Defense Forces Nahal brigade. In 1997, a group of Bnei David Mechina pre-military yeshiva academy in Eli, organized by the Amana organization moved to Hemdat to resettle it. One family named Shitrit moved with the students.[6]

Education

Since 1997, a religious pre-military academy called Hemdat Yehuda is operating in the settlement.[7][8] Other educational institutions include a nursery school and a kindergarten.[9]

Demographics

As of 2024, 53.6% of Hemdat's population were make, 46.2% females. Roughly 70% of the population was under 24 years of age.[4]

Hemdat does not have a homogeneous population and it is made up of a mixed group of families from different Jewish ethnic backgrounds and locations in Israel.[citation needed] There is one central synagogue that serves the village, as well as religious services at the academy.[citation needed]

AAerial view of Hemdat
Aerial view of Hemdat

References

  1. ^ "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2026.
  2. ^ Gideon Levy and Alex Levac, 'In the Jordan valley, the inhuman-yet-human bulldozers came at dawn,' at Haaretz, September 20, 2013.
  3. ^ Reuters and Gili Cohen 'European diplomats: Israeli army manhandled us, seized Palestinian aid,' at Haaretz, September 20, 2013.
  4. ^ a b "הלשכה המרכזית לסטטיסטיקה יישובים". www.cbs.gov.il (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2026-04-29.
  5. ^ "The Geneva Convention". BBC News. 10 December 2009. Retrieved 27 November 2010.
  6. ^ a b c Hemdat Archived 2017-01-21 at the Wayback Machine Bik'at HaYarden Regional Council (in Hebrew)
  7. ^ גוכמן, ענבל. "מכינת חמדת יהודה | מועצת המכינות הקדם צבאיות בישראל". mechinot.org.il (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2026-04-29.
  8. ^ ""אחרי השנה שחווינו, גילינו פה את עם ישראל היפה שבא להציל את החקלאות"". מקור ראשון (in Hebrew). 2023-11-15. Retrieved 2026-04-29.
  9. ^ "List of Kindergartens" (in Hebrew). Bik'at HaYarden Regional Council. Retrieved 29 April 2026.

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