Migdalim

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Israeli settlement in the West Bank

title: "Migdalim" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["non-religious-israeli-settlements", "nahal-settlements", "populated-places-established-in-1984", "1984-establishments-in-the-israeli-civil-administration-area", "israeli-settlements-in-the-west-bank"] description: "Israeli settlement in the West Bank" topic_path: "geography/israel" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Migdalim" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Field	Value
settlement_type	Israeli settlement
name	Migdalim
image	File:שלג במגדלים - 2013.JPG
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meaning	Towers
founded	1984
founded_by	Nahal
country	Palestine
region	West Bank
district	js
council	Shomrom
affiliation	Amana
popyear
population
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Migdalim () is an Israeli settlement in the West Bank. Located 45 kilometres east of Tel Aviv on road 505 and adjacent to the Palestinian village of Qusra, it is organised as a community settlement and falls under the jurisdiction of Shomron Regional Council. In it had a population of .

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

History

According to ARIJ, Israel confiscated land from two Palestinian villages nearby in order to construct Migdalim:

177 dunums of land was confiscated from Qusra
17 dunums were confiscated from Jurish.

Migdalim was first established in 1984 as a pioneer Nahal military outpost, and demilitarized when turned over to residential purposes in 1986 to non-Orthodox Jewish Israelis. One of the reasons for choosing this location was to provide a continuity of settlements along the Trans-Samaria Highway between Kfar Tapuah on the "mountain spine" and Ma'ale Efrayim in the Jordan Valley.

On March 1, 2006, Eldad Abir, a resident of Migdalim, married with two children, was shot at point blank range and killed by Palestinians while working in the local gas station. The Fatah Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility for the murder.

An influx of new residents between 2012 and 2017 dramatically changed the demographics of Migdalim which shifted from being a dominantly secular Israeli community to becoming mix of religious and nonreligious, with majority leaning to the first. Events around hostilities with neighboring Palestinian town Qusra in December 2017 brought to light internal disputes between the two groups in Migdalim. A Facebook group called “Saving Migdalim” was formed by residents who claim that their town was taken over and its non religious atmosphere has changed as result.

References

(10 December 2009). "The Geneva Convention". BBC News.
[https://web.archive.org/web/20171203153909/http://vprofile.arij.org/nablus/pdfs/vprofile/Qusra_vp_en.pdf Qusra Village Profile], ARIJ, p. 15
[https://web.archive.org/web/20180302103412/http://vprofile.arij.org/nablus/pdfs/vprofile/Jurish_vp_en.pdf Jurish Village Profile], ARIJ, p. 15
"Victims of Palestinian Violence and Terrorism since September 2000". State of Israel - Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Magid, Jacob. (2 December 2017). "Deadly Qusra clash exacerbates secular-religious divide at West Bank settlement". Times of Israel.

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