Shiloh Outdoors countryside grass land Shilo is an Israeli settlement in the northern West Bank, located 28 miles (45 km) north
Shilo is an Israeli settlement in the northern West Bank, located 28 miles (45 km) north of Jerusalem on Route 60, next to the Palestinian town Turmus Ayya. About 1200 people live in Shilo, which is organised as a communal settlement, with about another 700 people living within its municipal boundaries In January 1978, a modern community was established adjacent to the ancient biblical site, now called Tel Shilo, when a group affiliated with the Gush Emunim movement returned to the location to assert revenant rights. In 1979 the Israeli government officially authorized Shiloh's status as a recognized village. The village is administrated by the Mateh Binyamin Regional Council. The population (2006) of the village is approximately 1500 and the community contains educational institutions, a Hesder Yeshiva (see below), medical and dental clinics, grocers, sports fields, a pool and several synagogues, one scale-modeled to the ancient Tabernacle. Shilo is built on disputed territory, claimed by the Palestinian Authority as part of a potential independent state. In 2006, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert noted that Shilo might be one of the settlements which would be pulled out of the West Bank. He claimed that its residents would have to choose whether to remain citizens of Israel, or live under foreign rule. The city of Shilo used to hold a central place in the history of the Jewish people. During the period between capturing the Land and building the Temple, thousands of years ago in the days when Joshua divided the land among the 12 tribes, the Tabernacle resided in Shilo. Until the death of Eli the High Priest, Shilo was the place of pilgrimage for the Children of Israel. Three times a year the faithful traveled to Shilo to bring their festival offerings.
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