Hemdat (Hebrew: חמדת) is a community Israeli settlement in the West Bank located near the Palestinian hamlet of Khirbet Makhoul,[2][3] in the Jordan River Valley on a plain at an altitude of 178 metres along the Allon Road in the municipal jurisdiction of the Bik'at HaYarden Regional Council.

[5] Due to the harsh living conditions of the valley (intense heat, distant location) and other obstacles, this group abandoned the kibbutz and the village was returned to the Israel Defense Forces Nahal brigade.

[5] This group was made up of students at the Bnei David Mechina pre-military yeshiva academy in Eli and one family named Shitrit.

[5] Three months after the re-founding of the village, a religious pre-military academy was established called Hemdat Yehuda.

[citation needed] Hemdat does not have a homogeneous population and it is made up of a mixed group of families from different Jewish ethnic backgrounds and locations in Israel.