Ma'ale Efrayim
Ma'ale Efrayim is a secular Israeli settlement and local council located along the eastern slopes of the Samarian mountains in the Jordan Valley, within the West Bank. It was founded in 1978 and named after the Biblical tribe of Ephraim. The settlement's municipal status was upgraded to local council in 1981. In it had a population of.
The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this.History
According to ARIJ, in 1970 Israel confiscated 1,464 dunams of land from the Palestinian village of Al-Jiftlik in order to construct Ma'ale Efrayim.
