Kfar Tapuach (Hebrew: כְּפַר תַּפּוּחַ, lit. Apple-ville) is an Israeli settlement in the West Bank, founded in 1978. It sits astride one of the major traffic junctions in the West Bank. The executive director of the village council is Yisrael Blunder. As of December 2007, it had 800 residents. The chief rabbi is Shimon Rosenzwieg.
The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this.
The town located near the archaeological site of the biblical Kfar Tapuach appears in the Bible in the Book of Joshua chapter 12 as one of the first 31 cities conquered by Joshua Bin-Nun and the children of Israel when they entered the land. The book of Joshua chapter 17 places Tapuach the border between the territory of the sons of Joseph, the tribes of Manasseh and Ephraim.
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