Mevo Dotan
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Mevo Dotan מְבוֹא דּוֹתָן |
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 Mevo Dotan
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| Coordinates: 32°25′12.39″N 35°10′10.24″E / 32.4201083°N 35.1695111°ECoordinates: 32°25′12.39″N 35°10′10.24″E / 32.4201083°N 35.1695111°E | |
| District | Judea and Samaria Area |
| Council | Shomrom |
| Region | West Bank |
| Affiliation | Amana |
| Founded | 1977 |
| Founded by | Amana |
| Population (2015) | 364 |
Mevo Dotan (Hebrew: מְבוֹא דּוֹתָן; lit. Dothan's approach) is an Israeli settlement in the West Bank. Located in the northern Samarian hills, south of the Dotan Valley on road 585 east of Baqa al-Gharbiyye and adjacent to the Palestinian town of Ya'bad, it is organised as a community settlement and falls under the jurisdiction of Shomron Regional Council. In 2015 it had a population of 364.
The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this. Mevo Dotan is built on land belonging to Ya'bad.
Mevo Dotan was established in October 1977 by a group of religious Orthodox and non-religious Jewish Israelis who lived in tents adjacent to the police building of Sa-Nur, and was named for being on the way to the ancient town of Dothan (Gen 37:17). The group relocated to its hilltop location in June 1981 with the aid of the Amana settlement organization. The local Arab residents called the hilltop the 'Bald Mountain' (Jabl al-Akra) because of its barren state. One of the reasons for choosing this location was to settle state-owned lands in an area that had no Jewish population. Over the years, many of the religious families moved away.
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