# Ateret

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{{Short description|Israeli settlement in the West Bank}}
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{{Infobox Israel village
| name = Ateret
| hebname = עטרת
| meaning = Crown
| image = Ateret7732.JPG
| foundation = 1981
| founded_by = Residents of [Petah Tikva](/source/Petah_Tikva)
| country = [Palestine](/source/Palestine)
| council = [Mateh Binyamin](/source/Mateh_Binyamin_Regional_Council)
| 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](/source/Israeli_settlement) organized as a [community settlement](/source/community_settlement_(Israel)) in the [West Bank](/source/West_Bank). Located in the municipal jurisdiction of the [Mateh Binyamin Regional Council](/source/Mateh_Binyamin_Regional_Council), it is located on a hilltop, at an [elevation](/source/elevation) of 760 metres, occupying land confiscated by Israel from three nearby [Palestinian](/source/Palestinians) villages: [Ajjul](/source/Ajjul),<ref name=":0" /> ['Atara](/source/'Atara),<ref name=":1" /> and [Umm Safa](/source/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](/source/International_law_and_Israeli_settlements), 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](/source/Halamish) 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](/source/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](/source/Applied_Research_Institute%E2%80%93Jerusalem), Israel confiscated land from three nearby [Palestinian](/source/Palestinians) villages in order to construct Ateret:

*363 [dunam](/source/dunam)s from [Ajjul](/source/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](/source/'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](/source/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==
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{{Matte Binyamin Regional Council}}
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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

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