Petza'el

Petza'el
פְּצָאֵל‎

War memorial
Petza'el
Coordinates: 32°02′39″N 35°26′32″E / 32.04417°N 35.44222°E / 32.04417; 35.44222Coordinates: 32°02′39″N 35°26′32″E / 32.04417°N 35.44222°E / 32.04417; 35.44222
District Judea and Samaria Area
Council Bik'at HaYarden
Region West Bank
Affiliation Moshavim Movement
Founded 1970
Founded by Moshavim Movement
Population (2015)[1] 250

Petza'el (Hebrew: פְּצָאֵל‎) is a moshav and Israeli settlement in the West Bank.[2] Located in the Jordan Valley, 34.5 kilometers from the Green line, it falls under the jurisdiction of Bik'at HaYarden Regional Council.[2] In 2015 it had a population of 250.

The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this.[3]

History

The settlement was established near Ma'ale Efraim in 1970 by the Moshavim Movement.[2] In 1975 it moved to its present location 2km north of the Palestinian village of Fasayil, where the remains of the Jewish settlement of Phasaelis from the Second Temple era lie,[4] which in turn had been named for Phasael, the brother of Herod the Great.

Near the settlement is a memorial to battles in the Jordan Valley, built in 1972.

Controversy

In April 2011, a court ruled that Petza'el has to pay NIS 750,000 to the family of Rayiq Ma'sud Dagharmeh, 35, from Tayasir,[5] who was shot dead in 2003 by the settlement's security coordinator Shlomo Adir. The victim was a Palestinian laborer who had walked over to an area near the settlement's greenhouses to relieve himself.[6] Adir then approached Daraghmeh, shot him multiple times, and later attempted to justify the deliberate killing by stating that Daraghmeh "was not where he was supposed to have been."[7] Adir was charged with negligent homicide and sentenced to 200 hours of community service earlier.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "List of localities, in Alphabetical order" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 http://www.jordanvalley.org.il/page_49323
  3. ↑ "The Geneva Convention". BBC News. 10 December 2009. Retrieved 27 November 2010.
  4. ↑ Claudine Dauphin (1998). La Palestine byzantine, Peuplement et Populations, Vol. III : Catalogue. BAR International Series 726. Oxford: Archeopress. p. 851.
  5. ↑ "Palestinians killed by Israeli civilians in the Occupied Territories, 29.9.2000-28.2.2011". March 2011. Retrieved 6 April 2011.
  6. ↑ Chaim Levinson (6 April 2011). "Settlement to pay NIS 750,000 for shooting death of Palestinian". Haaretz. Retrieved 6 April 2011.
  7. ↑ Chaim Levinson (6 April 2011). "Settlement to pay NIS 750,000 for shooting death of Palestinian". Haaretz. Retrieved 6 April 2011.
  8. ↑ Chaim Levinson (6 April 2011). "Settlement to pay NIS 750,000 for shooting death of Palestinian". Haaretz. Retrieved 6 April 2011.
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