Netiv HaGdud
{{Short description|A moshav and Israeli settlement in the West Bank}}
{{About|the Israeli settlement|the Neolithic site|Netiv HaGdud (archaeological site)}}
{{Infobox Israel village
| name = Netiv HaGdud
| image = File:Moshav Netiv Hagdud.JPG
| founded = April 1975
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| district = js
| country =
| council = Bik'at HaYarden
| affiliation = Moshavim Movement
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| population = {{Israel populations|Netiv Hagedud}}
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| pushpin_map=Israel binyamin |pushpin_mapsize=250
|coordinates = {{coord|31|59|18|N|35|26|41|E|display=inline,title}}
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Netiv HaGdud ({{langx|he|נְתִיב הַגְּדוּד||Path of the Battalion}}) is an Israeli settlement organized as a moshav in the West Bank.[http://www.jordanvalley.org.il/page_49321 Netiv HaGdud] Bik'at HaYarden Regional Council Located in the Jordan Valley around twenty kilometres north of Jericho, it falls under the jurisdiction of Bik'at HaYarden Regional Council. In {{Israel populations|Year}} it had a population of {{Israel populations|Netiv Hagedud}}.
The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this.{{cite web |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 }}
History
According to ARIJ, in order to construct Netiv HaGdud, Israel confiscated land from two nearby Palestinian villages: 215 dunams(215000 m2) from Fasayil,[http://vprofile.arij.org/jericho/pdfs/vprofile/Fasayil_vp_Final.pdf Fasayil Village Profile] p. 17, ARIJ and 993 dunams (993,000 m2) from Al-Auja.[http://vprofile.arij.org/jericho/pdfs/vprofile/Al%20%27Auja_tp_en.pdf Al 'Auja Town Profile] p. 19, ARIJ
The settlement was established in April 1975 by members who had been preparing in Ma'ale Efraim, and was named after the 38th Battalion of the Jewish legion, which fought in the Jordan Valley during World War I. In May 1977 it moved to its present site.{{Cite web|url=http://moshavimofisrael.netzah.org/netiv-hagdud.php|title = Netiv HaGdud. Cities and Villages of Israel}}
A nearby archaeological site, which has been excavated by Ofer Bar-Yosef amongst others, has produced remains from the Neolithic era, including Pre-Pottery Neolithic A.
Ofer Bar-Yosef, Avi Gopher, Eitan Tchernov & Mordechai E. Kislev (1991) Netiv Hagdud: An Early Neolithic Village Site in the Jordan Valley, Journal of Field Archaeology, 18:4, 405-424, DOI: 10.1179/009346991791549077
References
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Category:Israeli settlements in the West Bank
Category:Populated places established in 1975
Category:1975 establishments in the Israeli Military Governorate