Gitit (Israeli settlement)

Gitit is an Israeli settlement in the West Bank, organized as a moshav. Located in the Jordan Valley with an area of, it falls under the jurisdiction of Bik'at HaYarden Regional Council. In it had a population of.
The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this.

History

According to ARIJ, Israel confiscated 514 dunams of land from the Palestinian village of Al-Jiftlik in order to construct Gitit in addition to 1,085 dunums from Aqraba for Gitit and Itamar.
After the decision to establish a settlement had been made, land was seized from Aqraba first by declaring a closed military area. When the Palestinian owners refused to vacate the area, their tools were sabotaged. Finally, a crop-duster was used to spray the area with poison, in a joint operation approved by the government of Golda Meir in April 1972, involving the IDF and the Jewish Agency. The village was then established in 1972 as a Nahal settlement. It is named for a musical instrument mentioned in the Bible with a similar shape as the area: f.e. Psalm 8:1.
In 1975 it became a civilian community affiliated with Mishkei Herut Beitar. In 1978 it became a moshav shitufi, but later reverted to moshav ovdim status.