Giv'at Ze'ev

Giv'at Ze'ev (Hebrew: גִּבְעַת זְאֵב) is an urban Israeli settlement[2] in the West Bank, five kilometers northwest of Jerusalem.

[2] Twice in successive years further areas amounting to 250 acres were confiscated from Beitunia and Jib to build an additional 11,550 units.

[11] On March 9, 2008, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert approved the construction of 750 new homes in Giv'at Ze'ev under the Agan Ha'ayalot project.

[citation needed] Plans are underway to set a guard post near the entrance to route 443 (currently, the road is closed off by a security fence).

[citation needed] The religious population in mixed and includes Chardal, Dati Leumi, Charedi and Secular.

Giv'at Ze'ev is the center of the Karlin-Stolin Chasidim and one of the town's most notable residents is the Stoliner Rebbe Boruch Yaakov Meir Shochet.