Lapid
לַפִּיד
Lapid is located in Central Israel
Lapid
Lapid
Coordinates: 31°54′59″N 35°1′59″E / 31.91639°N 35.03306°E / 31.91639; 35.03306
DistrictCentral
CouncilHevel Modi'in
Founded1996
Population
 (2021)[1]
2,322

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 2021 it had a population of 2,322.[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 dunam of land from the Palestinian village of Saffa after 1967 for the construction of Lapid.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  2. Land grab: Israel's Settlement Policy in the West Bank Btselem
  3. Saffa village profile, ARIJ, p. 17
View of Lapid and Kfar HaOranim
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