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Giv'ot Eden גבעות עדן
Giv'ot Eden
Giv'ot Eden
Coordinates: 31°39′44″N 35°00′46″E
Country	Israel
District	Jerusalem
Council	Mateh Yehuda
Founded	2022
Population	-

Giv'ot Eden (Hebrew: גבעות עדן, lit. Eden Hills) is a community settlement in central Israel. Located in the Judean Mountains, 41.7 kilometres (25.9 mi) southwest of Jerusalem, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of -.. The settlement sits in the Judean foothills, and rests at an elevation of 379 metres (1,243 ft) above sea-level.

As of 2024, there were 90 households at Giv'ot Eden, with a total population of 450 souls.

History

Prior to 1948, the territory was considered public lands owned by, both, Jews and Arabs living in Mandatory Palestine. Following the Armistice agreement of 1949 between Israel and Jordan, the land was officially recognized as territory falling under Israeli jurisdiction.

In 1997, the then Infrastructure Minister of Israel, Ariel Sharon, along with the Israel Land Administration, initiated the establishment of the settlement as part of a plan designed to increase the concentration of the Jewish population along the Green Line, similar to the Star Settlements plan initiated about ten years earlier, and it was approved by the government in June of 1998. The plan was initially promoted as an expansion of the Neve Michael settlement, whose original name was "Roglit", and the new settlement (now Giv'ot Eden) was intended to be called "Roglit B". At the time, only 64 families lived in Neve Michael, and the moshav itself also promoted an expansion plan. In March 1999, the District Planning and Building Committee approved the plan for submission as a new neighborhood of Neve Michael. A representative of the Ministry of Environmental Protection opposed the plan, claiming that it contradicted the plan to establish a biosphere reserve in the entire area, which aims to preserve landscape values and environmental quality and preserve ecological corridors. Under pressure from committee member Haim Falk, who argued that the expansion was necessary due to the road's location on the way to Gush Etzion, the plan was approved. Environmental activists decided to raise the issue again at the National Planning and Building Council, which was supposed to discuss the planning of the area.

On May 23, 2000, the National Planning and Building Council approved for submission the plan for the establishment of the settlement (which was a change to the Jerusalem District Outline Plan). At the same time, a plan for a new highway in the area, Highway 39, between the Hala Junction and Jerusalem, was also approved. The council approved the establishment of a community settlement of 500 housing units on an area of approximately 1,000 dunams, with the possibility of expansion to 1,400 housing units, and the establishment of a research and development center in the fields of science and industry adjacent to it, on an area of 50 dunams[5]. On June 3, 2001, the government's socio-economic cabinet decided to instruct the relevant government ministries and planning institutions to expedite the approval of plans for the establishment of the settlement[7].

In December 2000, the Committee for the Preservation of Agricultural Land and Open Spaces (whose goals are to preserve land reserves for use in agriculture and open spaces in the State of Israel) also approved the plan for establishing the settlement (part of the settlement area was established on agricultural land, which was used for field crops)[8]