Lapid (community settlement)

Lapid לַפִּיד‎
Lapid
Coordinates: 31°54′59″N 35°1′59″E
District	Central
Council	Hevel Modi'in
Founded	1996
Population  (2022)[1]	2,325

Lapid (Hebrew: לַפִּיד, lit. 'Torch') is an Israeli community settlement. Located in the Latrun salient of the Green Line near Modi'in Illit, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hevel Modi'in Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 2,325.^[1]

History

Lapid was established in 1996. According to B'Tselem, it was built on a strip of land designated no man's land inside the Green Line. Before the Six-Day War in 1967, this territory did not belong to either Jordan or Israel.^[2]

According to ARIJ, Israel confiscated 441 dunams of land from the Palestinian village of Saffa after 1967 for the construction of Lapid.^[3]

References

1. "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
2. Land grab: Israel's Settlement Policy in the West Bank Btselem
3. Saffa village profile, ARIJ, p. 17

External links

• Lapid website (in Hebrew)

View of Lapid and Kfar HaOranim