Shvut Rachel
Shvut Rachel is an Israeli settlement in the West Bank, formerly an outpost, which was retroactively designated a neighborhood of the settlement of Shilo, and legalized in 2025.
Shvut Rachel is an Israeli settlement in the West Bank, formerly an outpost, which was retroactively designated a neighborhood of the settlement of Shilo, and legalized in 2025. Shvut Rachel sits between the Palestinian villages of Turmus Ayya, Qaryut and Jalud, part of whose lands were expropriated for building Shvut Rachel. Nearby Israeli settlements include Shilo, Giv'at Har'el, Esh Kodesh, Keeda, and Adei Ad. The village, administered by the Matte Binyamin Regional Council, has a population of 100 families. The Sasson Report in 2005 noted that the settlement extends over Palestinian land, part of which is owned by Fawzi Haj Ibrahim Mohammad from Jalud, turned over to the settlement after the Israeli authorities declared it state land.
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Getting to Shvut Rachel
- Airports
- Ben Gurion (TLV), 40 km · Marka International (Amman Civil) (ADJ), 65 km · Queen Alia (AMM), 74 km
- Tel Aviv → Shvut Rachel50 km · quickest by road, 1h 36m · ₪22–29
- Eilat → Shvut Rachel280 km · quickest by road, 6h 16m · ₪120–160
- Amman → Shvut Rachel61 km · quickest by road, 2h 22m · JD4–5
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No local-transport research exists yet for Shvut Rachel
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 Shvut Rachel. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inFor reaching other Palestinian cities, service taxis (shared taxis, pronounced servees) are preferable over Egged buses.
- Get aroundYou are almost always advised to use shared taxis which will be quicker although marginally more expensive.
- Get aroundBuses, like shared taxis will also tend to wait until full before departing.
- Get aroundShared taxis (servees) are common between Palestinian cities, and often the best means of travel.
- Get aroundMost shared taxis have fixed bus-stations, often car-parks near the centre of towns or cities.
From Wikivoyage: West Bank, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Shvut Rachel
Shvut Rachel is 31 km from East Jerusalem, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.