El Matan (Hebrew: אל מתן‎‎, lit. Towards Matan or God's Gift) is an illegal Israeli outpost in the West Bank on the lands of Wad Qana, located around a kilometer south of Ma'ale Shomron, under the jurisdiction of the Shomron Regional Council. The outpost was established in 2000 on the Nahal Qana Nature reserve - one of the largest and most important such reserves in the West Bank-by a group of religious youths from the nearby settlements of (Karnei Shomron and Ma'ale Shomron). It is home to an estimated population of 48 (2008), around 16 families and a small number of singles, both religious and non-religious Jews. El Matan is considered an unauthorized outpost by the Israeli government and is illegal under Israeli law. The international community does not differentiate between Israeli out