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Kfar Tapuach ({{lang-he-n|כְּפַר תַּפּוּחַ}}, lit., Apple-village), is an Orthodox Jewish Israeli settlement in the West Bank, founded in 1978. It sits astride Tapuach Junction, one of the major traffic junctions in the West Bank. The executive director of the village council is Yisrael Blunder and the chief rabbi is Shimon Rosenzwieg. In {{Israel populations|Year}}, it had a population of {{Israel populations|Kefar Tappuah}}.

The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this.^[1]

History

According to ARIJ, Kfar Tapuach was established in 1978 on land which Israel had confiscated from the Palestinian town of Yasuf.^[2]

Demographics

Although its population consists entirely of Jews, Kfar Tapuach is one of the more diverse Israeli settlements, with its population coming from a range of backgrounds.{{citation needed|date=December 2014}} Founded by a core of Habbani Yemenite Jews from the moshav of Bareket, it has since absorbed Jewish immigrants from Russia and the United States, a large group of Peruvian converts to Judaism from Trujillo, Peru, and others. Between February 2004 and August 2009, over 90 new families moved to Kfar Tapuach.^[3]

Public services

Private businesses

Private businesses include a grocery store, mechanic garage, moving company, goat farm, honey bee farm, Klaf (leather parchment) factory, and a perfume factory.^[5]

Biblical Tappuah

Kfar Tapuach is located near the archaeological site of Tapuach (Tappuah or Tapuah ^[6]), which appears in the Bible in the Book of Joshua ({{bibleverse||Joshua|12:17|NKJV}}) as one of the first 31 cities conquered by Joshua Bin-Nun and the children of Israel.^[7]

Kahanism

Kfar Tapuach is noted for its concentration of followers of the late Rabbi Meir Kahane^[9]^[10].

See also

References

1. ^{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/1682640.stm |title=The Geneva Convention |publisher=BBC News |date=10 December 2009 |accessdate=27 November 2010}}
2. ^Yasuf Village Profile, ARIJ, p. 16
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/128123 |title=Kfar Tapuach Population Doubles in Two Years - Good News - Israel News |publisher=Israel National News |accessdate=2010-10-21}}
4. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.tapuach.org/ |title=The Kfar Tapuach Playground Project |publisher=Tapuach.org |accessdate=2010-10-21 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728081724/http://www.tapuach.org/ |archivedate=28 July 2011 |df=dmy-all }}
5. ^¹{{cite web |url=http://www.yeshuv.org/about-our-towns/kfar-tapuach |title=Kfar Tapuach - The Shomron Liaison Office |publisher=Yeshuv.org |date=2010-09-26 |accessdate=2010-10-21 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100128231602/http://www.yeshuv.org/about-our-towns/kfar-tapuach |archivedate=28 January 2010 |df=dmy-all }}
6. ^[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Joshua+17%3A7-9&version=DRA Douai-Rheims 1899 American Edition]
7. ^Bitan, Hanna: 1948-1998: Fifty Years of 'Hityashvut': Atlas of Names of Settlements in Israel, Jerusalem 1999, Carta, p.34, {{ISBN|965-220-423-4}} (Hebrew)
8. ^Carta's Official Guide to Israel and Complete Gazetteer to all Sites in the Holy Land (3rd edition 1993) Jerusalem, Carta, p.266, {{ISBN|965-220-186-3}} (English)
9. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.pri.org/stories/2009-11-19/israels-enemy-within-community-edge|title=Israel's enemy within: A community on the edge|work=Public Radio International|access-date=2018-01-26|language=en-US}}
10. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.wrmea.org/2013-june-july/letters-to-the-editor-tapuach-terrorism.html|title=Letters to the Editor: Tapuach Terrorism - WRMEA|work=Washington Report on Middle East Affairs {{!}} Telling the truth for more than 35 years|access-date=2018-01-26|language=en-gb}}