Mehola () is a religious moshav and Israeli settlement in the West Bank. Located in the Jordan Valley near the Green Line and the Palestinian village of Bardala,Isabel Kershner,Strategic Corridor in West Bank Remains a Stumbling Block in Mideast Talks,', New York Times, 4 January 2014. it falls under the jurisdiction of Bik'at HaYarden Regional Council.מחולה Bikat HaYarden Regional Council With an area of 5,000 dunams, in it had a population of .
The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this.
History The village was established in 1967 by Bnei Akiva members. It was named after the biblical city of Abel-meholah (, , ), which was located in the area.Carta's Official Guide to Israel and Complete Gazetteer to all Sites in the Holy Land. (3rd edition 1993) Jerusalem, Carta, p.322, (English)
The inhabitants of Mehola cultivate some of the village lands of the depopulated Palestinian village of Al-Fatur. According to some inhabitants of the nearby Palestinian village of Ein al-Beida, some of their land was fenced off shortly after the 1967 war, and afterwards used by the settlers of Mehola. In 2026 it was documented that some products from Mehola was falsely exported as being made in Israel.Settler products from occupied Palestine sold to Europe as Israeli, investigation finds, 15 June, 2026, The Guardian
In 1993, it was the site of Mehola Junction bombing.
In June 2012, the outpost Givat Sal'it () in the northern Jordan Valley was retroactively legalised by redesignating it as a neighbourhood of Mehola, from which it is separated by a major inter-city highway.
See also Shadmot Mehola
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