Shilat

Shilat (Hebrew: שִׁילָּת‎) is an Israeli moshav located around a kilometre north of Modi'in in the Latrun Salient of the Green Line. It falls under the jurisdiction of Hevel Modi'in Regional Council. In 2019 it had a population of 771.[1]

For the villages in Iran, see Shilat-e Farahabad and Shilat-e Gaharbaran.
Shilat

שִׁילָּת‎
Memorial to 45 fallen soldiers
Shilat
Coordinates: 31°55′13.44″N 35°1′7.32″E
CountryIsrael
DistrictCentral
CouncilHevel Modi'in
AffiliationHaOved HaTzioni
FoundedJuly 1977
Population
 (2019)[1]
771
Websitewww.shilat.co.il

The Shilat Junction, at the intersection of Route 443 and Route 446, is the main northern entrance to Modi'in and the site of an industrial park which houses many commercial establishments as well as light industry.

History

The moshav was established in July 1977 by 25 families on land that had belonged the Palestinian village of Shilta, which was depopulated in 1948.[2] After the Six-Day War in 1967, Israel confiscated 781 dunams of land from the Palestinian village of Saffa for the construction of Shilat.[3]

References
  1. "Population in the Localities 2019" (XLS). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  2. Khalidi, Walid (1992). All that Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington DC: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 414. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
  3. Saffa village profile, ARIJ, p. 17
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