In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “kibbutz established in 1929 on the northern shore of the dead sea”. Today it says “israeli settlement organized as a kibbutz in the west bank”.
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Israeli settlement in the West Bank For other uses, see Kalia . Place in Judea and Samaria Area, Israel Kalya ( ) is an Israeli settlement organized as a kibbutz in the West Bank .1 It was originally established in 1929 but was occupied and destroyed by the Jordanians in 1948; it was later rebuilt in 1968 after the Six-Day War . Located on the northern shore of the Dead Sea , 360 meters below sea level, it falls under the jurisdiction of Megilot Regional Council . In 2024 it had a population of 585. The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law , but the Israeli government disputes this. Israel Central Bureau of Statistics .
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Place in Israel Kalya ( ) is a kibbutz established in 1929 on the northern shore of the Dead Sea , 360 meters below sea level. It was occupied and destroyed by the Jordanians in 1948 and rebuilt in 1968, after the Six-Day War . Today it is located in the West Bank and considered an Israeli settlement .
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Place in Israel Kalya ( ) is an Israeli settlement and a kibbutz in the West Bank established in 1929 on the northern shore of the Dead Sea , 360 meters below sea level. It was occupied and destroyed by the Jordanians in 1948 and rebuilt in 1968, after the Six-Day War . It belongs to the Ihud HaKibbutzim movement.The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law , but the Israeli government disputes this.
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Israeli settlement in the West Bank For other uses, see Kalia . Place in Judea and Samaria Area Kalya ( ) is an Israeli settlement organized as a kibbutz in the West Bank . It was originally established in 1929 but was occupied and destroyed by the Jordanians in 1948; it was later rebuilt in 1968 after the Six-Day War . Located on the northern shore of the Dead Sea , 360 meters below sea level, it falls under the jurisdiction of Megilot Regional Council . In 2024 it had a population of 585. The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law , but the Israeli government disputes this. Israel Central Bureau of Statistics .
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The opening as it stood in 2025
Israeli settlement in the West Bank For other uses, see Kalia . Place in Judea and Samaria Area Kalya ( Hebrew : קַלְיָה ) is an Israeli settlement organized as a kibbutz in the West Bank . It was originally established in 1929 but was occupied and destroyed by the Jordanians in 1948; it was later rebuilt in 1968 after the Six-Day War . Located on the northern shore of the Dead Sea , 360 meters below sea level, it falls under the jurisdiction of Megilot Regional Council . In 2024 it had a population of 585. The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law , but the Israeli government disputes this. Israel Central Bureau of Statistics .
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kibbutz established in 1929 on the northern shore of the dead sea
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israeli settlement organized as a kibbutz in the west bank
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