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El Matan (Template:Lang-he, lit. Towards Matan or God's Gift) is an Israeli village on the lands of Wad Qana, located around a kilometer south of Ma'ale Shomron, under the jurisdiction of the Shomron Regional Council. The village was established in 2000 on the Nahal Qana Nature reserve - one of the largest and most important such reserves in the West Bank-by a group of youths from the nearby (Karnei Shomron and Ma'ale Shomron). It is home to an estimated population of 48 (2008), around 16 families and a small number of singles, both religious and non-religious Jews.

A synagogue erected on the site was closed down for lacking a building permit from the authorities in the Israeli Civil Administration. On 2 October 2014, Haaretz carried notification of a master plan envisaging the confiscation from Wad Qana, an area farmed by Palestinians, of 100 dunams of land for the El Matan outpost.

References

1. ^ 'The occupation puts hand on 100 dunums to expand the outpost of El Matan in Wad Qana ,' POICA 2 October 2010.
2. Zafrir Rinat,'Outposts blossom in W. Bank nature reserves,' Haaretz 16 January 2004.
3. "Elmatan". Peace Now. Retrieved 2011-03-29.
4. "Outposts list". Peace Now. Retrieved 2011-03-29.
5. Aviad Glickman,'Agreement: Settlers to seal El Matan synagogue,' Ynet 4 November 2010.

• Shomron Regional Council
• Unauthorized Israeli settlements
• Populated places established in 2000