Shadmot Mehola

{{Short description|Israeli settlement in the West Bank}}

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| name = Shadmot Mehola

| image = File:Shadmot Mehola.jpg

| founded = 1979

| founded_by = Nahal

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| district = js

| council = Bik'at HaYarden

| affiliation = Hapoel HaMizrachi

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| population = {{Israel populations|Shadmot Mehola}}

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Shadmot Mehola ({{langx|he|שַׁדְמוֹת מְחוֹלָה||Mehola Fields}}) is an Israeli settlement in the West Bank, organized as a national-religious moshav shitufi.[http://www.jordanvalley.org.il/page_49331 Shadmot Mehola] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210731025453/http://www.jordanvalley.org.il/page_49331 |date=2021-07-31 }} Bik'at HaYarden Regional Council Located in the Beit She'an Valley, it falls under the jurisdiction of Bik'at HaYarden Regional Council. In {{Israel populations|Year}} it had a population of {{Israel populations|Shadmot Mehola}}.

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

The village was established as a Nahal settlement named Shelah in 1979, and was converted to a civilian settlement by residents of Mehola in 1984.{{cite book| title = Carta's Official Guide to Israel: And Complete Gazetteer to All Sites in the Holy Land| year = 1993| publisher = State of Israel Ministry of Defence Publishing House| isbn = 978-965-220-186-7| page = 417 }} As Mehola itself it was named after the biblical city of Abel-meholah ({{Bibleverse|Judges|7:22}}, {{Bibleverse|1 Kings|4:12}}, {{Bibleverse|1 Kings|19:16}}), which was located in the area.

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