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Israeli outpost in the occupied Palestinian West Bank

Amona, Mateh Binyamin

Amona was an Israeli outpost in the central West Bank.

Amona, Mateh Binyamin
Amona, Mateh Binyamin · Wikimedia Commons
The place

Amona was an Israeli outpost in the central West Bank. Located on a hill overlooking Ofra within the municipal boundaries of the Mateh Binyamin Regional Council, the village was founded in 1995 on privately owned Palestinian land. As of 2012, its population was around 200. As of October 2013, the outpost lodged 42 families. It was evacuated completely in February 2017 in compliance with a ruling by the Israeli Supreme Court.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Amona, Mateh Binyamin

2 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Tall Asur

    Tall Asur,, is an irregularly shaped plateau, marking the geographical boundary between Samaria to its north and Judea to its south. It is one of the highest points in the West Bank of the State of Palestine; with an altitude of approximately 1,020 metres above sea level.

    3.1 km · mountain in Palestine · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Yovel Cave

    Yovel Cave is a massive karst cave located near the Israeli settlement of Ofra in the Benjamin region. It is recognized as the largest natural underground site in Israel.

    1.9 km · karst cave in Ofra, Israel · Wikipedia

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Getting to Amona, Mateh Binyamin

Airports
Ben Gurion (TLV), 37 km · Marka International (Amman Civil) (ADJ), 67 km · Queen Alia (AMM), 72 km
  • Eilat → Amona, Mateh Binyamin
    268 km · quickest by road, 6h 8m · ₪115–155
  • Amman → Amona, Mateh Binyamin
    63 km · quickest by road, 2h 12m · JD3.5–5
  • El Arish → Amona, Mateh Binyamin
    168 km · quickest by road, 5h 11m · E£395–520
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No local-transport research exists yet for Amona, Mateh Binyamin

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Amona, Mateh Binyamin. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inFrom Bethlehem take a shared taxi (Sherut/serviis) from the Bethlehem bus station at Manger St.
  • Get inFrom Jericho take a shared taxi (Sherut/serviis) from the central roundabout with the garden in the middle.
  • Get aroundAs the city center is relatively small, it is not hard to walk to most destinations downtown (including the old city.) Service shuttles (shared taxis) are also available from downtown to most suburbs and to the outskirts of the city at relatively low prices (₪2.5 inside the city and up to ₪6 to nearby towns and villages).

From Wikivoyage: Ramallah, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Petra and Wadi MusaJO

    12 ways of moving, 17 sources

    182 km
  2. 02
    Wadi RumJO

    8 ways of moving, 23 sources

    265 km
  3. 03
    DahabEG

    8 ways of moving, 29 sources

    391 km
  4. 04
    KastellorizoGR

    8 ways of moving, 27 sources

    702 km
  5. 05
    NaxosGR

    12 ways of moving, 17 sources

    1,062 km

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Around it

Next door to Amona, Mateh Binyamin

Amona, Mateh Binyamin is 19 km from East Jerusalem, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Taybeh, Ramallahvillage in Ramallah and Al-Bireh Governorate, Palestine2.2 km
  • OfraIsraeli settlement in the West Bank1.6 km
  • Ein Yabrudmunicipality in Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, Palestine2.7 km
  • Rammunmunicipality in Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate3.2 km