Reihan

{{Short description|Israeli settlement in the West Bank}} {{pp-extended|small=yes}} {{Infobox Israel village | name = Reihan | hebname={{Script/Hebrew|רֵיחָן}} | image = Reihan.JPG | caption = Welcoming sign at entrance to the village | founded = 1977 | founded_by = [[Jewish Agency]] | country = [[Palestine]] | region = [[West Bank]] | district = js | council = [[Shomron Regional Council|Shomron]] | affiliation = [[HaOved HaTzioni]] | popyear = {{Israel populations|Year}} | population = {{Israel populations|Rehan}} | population_footnotes={{Israel populations|reference}} | pushpin_map=Israel shomron |pushpin_mapsize=250 |pushpin_label_position=bottom |coordinates = {{coord|32|28|8|N|35|8|6|E|display=inline,title}} | website = }}

'''Reihan''' ({{langx|he|רֵיחָן}}) is an [[Israeli settlement]] organized as a [[moshav ovdim]] in the northwest edge of the [[West Bank]]. Located in the [[Seam Zone]] close to the [[Green Line (Israel)|Green Line]], it falls under the jurisdiction of [[Shomron Regional Council]]. In {{Israel populations|Year}}, it had a population of {{Israel populations|Rehan}}.

The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank [[International law and Israeli settlements|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 November 2010 }}</ref>

==Geography== The settlement is located on a west-facing hillside at 387 metres [[above sea level]], south of the [[Ta'anakh]] and the biblical [[Ta'anakh (biblical)|city of the same name]], and east of [[Barta'a]]. Reihan is today home to 200, including 52 families, and it operates a [[Nursery (horticulture)|tree nursery]] and [[Poultry farming|poultry farm]].

==History== The moshav was established in 1977 as a [[Nahal]] outpost and populated in 1981 by civilian members of a [[labor Zionism|Labour Zionist]] group. It is located in the "[[Shaked]] bloc", meant to ensure contiguous Israeli presence between the strategic [[Highway 65 (Israel)|Highway 65]] and Palestinian population centres.

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[[Category:Populated places established in 1977]] [[Category:Non-religious Israeli settlements]] [[Category:Moshavim]] [[Category:1977 establishments in the Israeli Military Governorate]] [[Category:Israeli settlements in the West Bank]]