Shim'a

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

{{Infobox Kibbutz

| name = Shim'a

| image = File:Shimeah.JPG

| hebname = {{Script/Hebrew|שִׁמְעָה}} / {{Script/Hebrew|יוֹנָדָב}}

| meaning=

| foundation = 1982

| altOffSp = Yonadav

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| district = js

| council = Har Hevron

| affiliation = Amana

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| population = {{Israel populations|Shim'a}}

| population_footnotes = {{Israel populations|reference}}

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Shim'a ({{langx|he|שִׁמְעָה}}), also Yonadav ({{langx|he|יוֹנָדָב}}), is an Israeli settlement in the West Bank, along the Green Line south of Livne and Teneh Omarim. Located on a hill 600 metres above sea level, it is organised as a community settlement and falls under the jurisdiction of Har Hevron Regional Council. In {{Israel populations|Year}} it had a population of {{Israel populations|Shim'a}}.

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 }}

Name

Shim'a/Yonadav is named after King David's brother Shimeah and his son Jonadab ({{bibleverse|2 Samuel|13:3}}).Bitan, Hanna: 1948-1998: Fifty Years of 'Hityashvut': Atlas of Names of Settlements in Israel, Jerusalem 1999, Carta, p. 68, {{ISBN|965-220-423-4}} {{in lang|he}}

History

The settlement was first established in 1982 as a pioneer Nahal military outpost, and demilitarized when turned over to residential purposes in 1988. As of 2015, Shim'a had approximately 600 residents.{{citation needed|date=October 2020}}

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