{{Short description|Israeli settlement in the West Bank}} {{About|the Israeli settlement in the West Bank|the Crusader ruin at Jacob's Ford/Daughters of Jacob Bridge also known as Chastellet|Battle of Jacob's Ford}} {{pp-extended|small=yes}} {{Infobox Israel village | name = Ateret | hebname = עטרת | meaning = Crown | image = Ateret7732.JPG | foundation = 1981 | founded_by = Residents of Petah Tikva | country = Palestine | council = Mateh Binyamin | district=js | population = {{Israel populations|Ateret}} | popyear = {{Israel populations|Year}} | population_footnotes = {{Israel populations|reference}} | pushpin_map = Israel binyamin#West Bank |pushpin_mapsize=250 | coordinates = {{coord|31|59|59|N|35|10|37|E|display=inline,title}} }}
'''Ateret''' ({{langx|he|עטרת||Crown}}) is an Israeli settlement organized as a community settlement in the West Bank. Located in the municipal jurisdiction of the Mateh Binyamin Regional Council, it is located on a hilltop, at an elevation of 760 metres, occupying land confiscated by Israel from three nearby Palestinian villages: Ajjul,<ref name=":0" /> 'Atara,<ref name=":1" /> and Umm Safa.<ref name=":2" /> In {{Israel populations|Year}} it had a population of {{Israel populations|Ateret}}.
The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this.<ref name="BBC_GC4">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/1682640.stm |title=The Geneva Convention |publisher=BBC News |date=10 December 2009 |accessdate=27 September 2011 }}</ref><ref>McCarthy, Rory. [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/nov/29/marwan-barghouti-palestine-gilad-shalit Palestine calls for release of intifada leader in prisoner swap with Israel] ''The Guardian'', 29 November 2009</ref><ref>Valk, Guus. [http://www.nrc.nl/international/Features/article2516863.ece/Under_construction_utopian_city_for_Palestinian_yuppies Under construction: utopian city for Palestinian yuppies] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100406155718/http://www.nrc.nl/international/Features/article2516863.ece/Under_construction_utopian_city_for_Palestinian_yuppies |date=2010-04-06 }} NRC Handelsblad. 2 April 2010</ref>
==Etymology == Initially, the locality was called Neve Tzof B, due to its proximity to the existing Neve Tzuf locality . Later, the name "Ateret" was given, in connection with the name of the biblical city "'''Atarot'''" in the land of the Tribe of Ephraim. This is due to the proximity to the village of Atara, which preserves this name.
==History== The village was founded in August 1981 by a group, led by Tzvi Halamish, of eight families and a few singles.<ref>[http://myesha.org.il/?CategoryID=175&ArticleID=125 Ateret]</ref>
According to ARIJ, Israel confiscated land from three nearby Palestinian villages in order to construct Ateret:
*363 dunams from Ajjul,<ref name=":0">[https://web.archive.org/web/20170905232946/http://vprofile.arij.org/ramallah/pdfs/vprofile/Ajjul_Profile_en.pdf 'Ajjul Village Profile], ARIJ, p. 17</ref> *163 dunums from 'Atara,<ref name=":1">[https://web.archive.org/web/20170906183536/http://vprofile.arij.org/ramallah/pdfs/vprofile/Atara_tp_en.pdf Atara Village profile], ARIJ, p. 18</ref> and *186 dunams from Umm Safa.<ref name=":2">[http://vprofile.arij.org/ramallah/pdfs/vprofile/Umm%20Safa_vp_en.pdf Umm Safa Village Profile], ARIJ p. 16</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Matte Binyamin Regional Council}} {{Authority control}}
Category:Religious Israeli settlements Category:Populated places established in 1981 Category:Mateh Binyamin Regional Council Category:1981 establishments in the Israeli Military Governorate Category:Community settlements Category:Israeli settlements in the West Bank