The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this.[2]
The population of Ma'ale Mikhmas is evenly divided between native-born Israelis and immigrants from English-speaking countries, South America, France and Ethiopia. It defines itself as religious.[5]
^Carta's Official Guide to Israel and Complete Gazetteer to all Sites in the Holy Land. (3rd edition 1993) Jerusalem, Carta, p.304, ISBN965-220-186-3 (English)