# Mehola

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Israeli settlement in the West Bank

Place in Judea and Samaria Area, Palestine

Mehola מחולה (Hebrew) Mehola Show map of the Northern West Bank Mehola Show map of the West Bank Coordinates: 32°21′57″N 35°30′52″E / 32.36583°N 35.51444°E / 32.36583; 35.51444 Country Palestine District Judea and Samaria Area Council Bik'at HaYarden Region West Bank Affiliation Hapoel HaMizrachi Founded 1967 Founded by Bnei Akiva members Population (2024)[1] 789 Website www.mechola.co.il

**Mehola** ([Hebrew](/source/Hebrew_language): מחולה) is a religious [moshav](/source/Moshav) and [Israeli settlement](/source/Israeli_settlement) in the [West Bank](/source/West_Bank). Located in the [Jordan Valley](/source/Jordan_Valley_(Middle_East)) near the [Green Line](/source/Green_Line_(Israel)) and the Palestinian village of [Bardala](/source/Bardala),[2] it falls under the jurisdiction of [Bik'at HaYarden Regional Council](/source/Bik'at_HaYarden_Regional_Council).[3] With an area of 5,000 [dunams](/source/Dunam), in 2024 it had a population of 789.

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.[4]

## History

The village was established in 1967 by [Bnei Akiva](/source/Bnei_Akiva) members. It was named after the [biblical](/source/Bible) city of [Abel-meholah](/source/Abel-meholah) ([Judges 7:22](https://bible.oremus.org/?passage=Judges%207:22&version=nrsv), [1 Kings 4:12](https://bible.oremus.org/?passage=1%20Kings%204:12&version=nrsv), [1 Kings 19:16](https://bible.oremus.org/?passage=1%20Kings%2019:16&version=nrsv)), which was located in the area.[5]

The inhabitants of Mehola cultivate some of the village lands of the depopulated [Palestinian](/source/Palestinians) village of [Al-Fatur](/source/Al-Fatur).[6]

In 1993, it was the site of [Mehola Junction bombing](/source/Mehola_Junction_bombing).

In June 2012, the [outpost](/source/Israeli_outpost) Givat Sal'it ([Hebrew](/source/Hebrew_language): גבעת סלעית) in the northern [Jordan Valley](/source/Jordan_Valley_(Middle_East)) was retroactively legalised by redesignating it as a neighbourhood of Mehola, from which it is separated by a major inter-city highway.[7]

## See also

- [Shadmot Mehola](/source/Shadmot_Mehola)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Israelpopulations_1-0)** ["Regional Statistics"](https://boardsgenerator.cbs.gov.il/pages/WebParts/YishuvimPage.aspx?mode=Yeshuv&l=1). *Israel Central Bureau of Statistics*. Retrieved 21 March 2026.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Kershner_2-0)** Isabel Kershner,[Strategic Corridor in West Bank Remains a Stumbling Block in Mideast Talks,'](https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/05/world/middleeast/strategic-corridor-in-west-bank-remains-a-stumbling-block-in-mideast-talks.html), New York Times, 4 January 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [מחולה](http://www.jordanvalley.org.il/page_49309) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20211130064136/https://www.jordanvalley.org.il/page_49309) 30 November 2021 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) Bikat HaYarden Regional Council (in Hebrew)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-BBC_GC4_4-0)** ["The Geneva Convention"](https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/1682640.stm). BBC News. 10 December 2009. Retrieved 27 November 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Carta's Official Guide to Israel and Complete Gazetteer to all Sites in the Holy Land. (3rd edition 1993) Jerusalem, Carta, p.322, [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [965-220-186-3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/965-220-186-3) (English)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** [Khalidi, W.](/source/Walid_Khalidi) (1992). [*All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948*](https://books.google.com/books?id=_By7AAAAIAAJ). [Washington D.C.](/source/Washington_D.C.): [Institute for Palestine Studies](/source/Institute_for_Palestine_Studies). p. 48. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-88728-224-5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-88728-224-5).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Watchdog_7-0)** ["Watchdog says Israel 'legalises' another settler outpost"](https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hE0rVejDibWLn9T3Ow797lzZSyqQ?docId=CNG.70570bf855b93efb7f4ebbbab4640559.171). AFP. 17 July 2012. Retrieved 22 April 2013.[*[dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*]

## External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Mehola](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Mehola).

- [Official website](http://www.mechola.co.il/) (in Hebrew)

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