Mevo'ot Yericho [SEP] named after
Mevo'ot Yeriho
Mevo'ot Yericho (, "lit." Doorway to Jericho), founded in 1999, is an Israeli settlement and a community settlement located in the West Bank's southern Jordan Valley just north of Jericho, in the Yitav Valley. The site is 150m below sea level. It falls under the municipal jurisdiction of the Bik'at HaYarden Regional Council.
The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this.
History.
Founded as a station
for agricultural experiments known as "Havat HaIklum" (lit. "The acclimatization farm"), Mevo'ot Yericho became a farming community in 2000. Over the years more families joined and many of them are not involved in agriculture. The total number of families has gone up from a single family to 28 today.
Several crops are grown including lemons, dates, figs, grapes, sweet potatoes, passion fruit and more.
In the mid-2000s, a project for disadvantaged girls was established at Mevo'ot Yericho. The girls