Otniel
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Otniel עָתְנִיאֵל |
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 Otniel
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| Coordinates: 31°26′23″N 35°01′44″E / 31.43972°N 35.02889°ECoordinates: 31°26′23″N 35°01′44″E / 31.43972°N 35.02889°E | |
| District | Judea and Samaria Area |
| Council | Har Hebron |
| Region | West Bank |
| Affiliation | Amana |
| Founded | 1983 |
| Population (2015) | 909 |
Otniel (Hebrew: עָתְנִיאֵל) is a Jewish Orthodox Israeli settlement in the West Bank. Located in the southern Judaean Mountains, south of Hebron, it falls under the jurisdiction of Har Hebron Regional Council. In 2015 it had a population of 909.
Israeli settlements in the West Bank are considered illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this.
Otniel is named after Judge Otniel Ben Knaz.
The settlement was established in 1983 south of Beit Hagai and north of Shim'a and the Palestinian village of as-Samu, Yatta, Hebron and ad-Dhahiriya. It is the location of the Yeshivat Otniel, a hesder yeshiva.
According to Or report and the settlement website, the settlement has :
The international community considers Israeli settlements to violate the Fourth Geneva Convention's prohibition on the transfer of an occupying power's civilian population into occupied territory. Israel disputes that the Fourth Geneva Convention applies to the Palestinian territories as they had not been legally held by a sovereign prior to Israel taking control of them. This view has been rejected by the International Court of Justice and the International Committee of the Red Cross.
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