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El Matan (Template:Lang-he, lit. Towards Matan or God's Gift) is an illegal Israeli outpost in the West Bank on the lands of Wad Qana, located around a kilometer south of Ma'ale Shomron, under the jurisdiction of the Shomron Regional Council. The outpost was established in 2000 on the Nahal Kaneh Nature reserve - one of the largest and most important such reserves in the West Bank-by a group of religious youths from the nearby settlements of (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. El Matan is considered an unauthorized outpost by the Israeli government and is illegal under Israeli law. The international community does not differentiate between Israeli outposts and Israeli settlements authorized by the Israeli government. The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law, though the Israeli government disputes this.

A synagogue erected on the site was closed down for lacking a building permit from the authorities in the Israeli Civil Administration. On October 2 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. "Court freezes construction in West Bank outpost". Ynetnews. May 26, 2009. Retrieved 2011-03-29.
6. Weiss, Mark. Israeli body to examine legalising outposts Irish Times. 12 October 2011
7. The Geneva Convention BBC News. 10 December 2009
8. Annan hopeful over Mid-East peace BBC News. 14 March 2005
9. Aviad Glickman,'Agreement: Settlers to seal El Matan synagogue,' Ynet 4 November 2010.

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