Telem
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| Etymology:Furrow | |
  Telem | |
| Coordinates:31°33′51″N35°01′52″E / 31.56417°N 35.03111°E /31.56417; 35.03111 | |
| Country | Palestine |
| District | Judea and Samaria Area |
| Council | Har Hevron |
| Region | West Bank |
| Affiliation | Mishkei Herut Beitar |
| Founded | 31 January 1982 |
| Population (2023)[1] | 581 |
Telem (Hebrew:תֶּלֶם) is anIsraeli settlement in theWest Bank. Organized as acommunal settlement, it is located in the southernJudean Hills region, west ofKiryat Arba, it falls under the jurisdiction ofHar Hevron Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 581.
The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bankillegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this.[2]
The settlement's original name wasMitzpe Guvrin, lit. 'Guvrin Lookout', since it overlooks theBeit Guvrin region.[3]
Telem (תָּלַם) means furrow, the ridge left by a plough; or to furrow, leave a ridge.[4][5]
According toARIJ, Israel confiscated about 1000dunams of land from the nearbyPalestinian town ofTarqumiyah in order to construct Telem.[6]
The settlement was established on 31 January 1982 as a pioneeringNahal military outpost and demilitarized only a year later when turned over for residential purposes in the form of a non-religiouscooperative village (Hebrew: מושב שיתופי, moshav shitufi) belonging to theHerut Betar movement. In 1995, with the assistance of theAmana settlement organization,[7] houses were built.
In 2004, a group of about twentyreligious families joined the village in order to strengthen and build a mixed community. In the centre of the village, abeit midrash ('house of study') was established and named the Netivot Dror Yeshiva (lit. 'Paths[8][9] of DrorYeshiva') in memory of Dror Weinberg, anIsrael Defense Forces armycolonel who, as of 2007, was the highest rankingIsraeli soldier to be killed during theSecond Intifada.[citation needed]
As of 2008, the community still had agriculture includingvineyards and chicken coops.[3]
The term "paths" (netivot), is the plural of נָתִיב (nativ), which means a path traced.
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