Elazar (Israeli settlement)

Coordinates: 31°39′36″N 35°8′31″E / 31.66000°N 35.14194°E / 31.66000; 35.14194
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Elazar
אֶלְעָזָר‎
إليعازر
Hebrew transcription(s)
 • standardEl'azar
Elazar from Efrat
Elazar from Efrat
Etymology: Named for Eleazar Avaran
Elazar is located in the Southern West Bank
Elazar
Elazar
Coordinates: 31°39′36″N 35°8′31″E / 31.66000°N 35.14194°E / 31.66000; 35.14194
DistrictJudea and Samaria Area
CouncilGush Etzion
RegionWest Bank
AffiliationHapoel HaMizrachi
Founded1975
Founded byImmigrants from North America
Population
 (2022)[1]
2,615

Elazar (

community settlement, it had a population of 2,615 in 2022. It is administered by the Gush Etzion Regional Council.[2] The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law, although the Israeli government disputes this.[3]

Netiv HaAvot outpost

The Netiv HaAvot

Israeli Ministry of Housing and Construction had by that date spent NIS 300,000 to develop the outpost.[6]

Netiv HaAvot has since been the subject of two High Court of Justice petitions.[7] The court ordered the government to form a committee to examine the land ownership issue after 8 Palestinian farmers from al-Khader petitioned for the demolition of the outpost in 2002 on the basis that it was built on their privately owned land. No committee was constituted however.[7][6] In 2008, a second petition to demolish the outpost was filed by Peace Now, and the state said a committee would be formed to examine land ownership.[7] The office of the State Attorney responded by concurring that the outpost was unauthorized and that action, stop-work orders an demolitions, was being taken. In July 2009, justices ordered the state to provide a "clear timetable for carrying out the orders." The timetable was never produced,[4] On being told by Israeli Labor MP Yuli Tamir, who confronted the residents, that the outpost had been built without permits, the Gush Etzion Council head Shaul Goldstein replied:"I have examined 200 locales around Israel, and they were all erected this way. This is the building culture in Israel."[6]

The state, though having repeated for 9 years that the outpost had been built illegally, stated through the Attorney General on the 25 April 2010, in a notification to the

B'tselem, the Israeli Human Rights organization argued that any such government approval would constitute approval of looting and unlawful construction, and implied that the state was ignoring obligations undertaking in the Road map for peace.[4] The Peace Now petition was rejected in October 2010 by Justice Edmond Levy because the land survey had not been carried out.[7] The survey, completed a month later, found that 60% of the outpost was built on privately owned Palestinian farmland.[7] On April 13, 2014, Israel announced its intention to retroactively declare 983 dunams around Netiv HaAvot state land, marking the largest expropriation of West Bank territory in recent times.[7] Palestinian village leaders were given notice of the state's intention to appropriate the land, and have 45 days to appeal the decision.[7] According to Haaretz the "planned appropriation of land far exceeds the size of Netiv Ha'avot, which is built on just a few dozen dunams".[7] About 50 families live in the outpost, including the secretary of Amana described by Haaretz as "the organization that is the driving force behind all the illegal outposts".[7] Palestinians living in nearby villages were given 45 days to appeal the decision.[7] Dror Etkes, head of the Peace Now settlement tracking project, described the decision as "a faithful reflection of the Netanyahu government's policy" intended to "extinguish the last embers of the negotiations with the Palestinians".[7]

On June 12, 2018, the outpost was evicted due to a supreme court decision.[8][9][10]

References

  1. ^ "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Gush Etzion". The Gush Etzion Foundation. Archived from the original on 2011-09-05.
  3. ^ "The Geneva Convention". BBC News. 10 December 2009. Retrieved 27 November 2010.
  4. ^
    B'tselem
    , 25 April 2010.
  5. ^ Levy, Gideon (24 April 2012). "Outposts 2012: Coming to a West Bank hill near you". Haaretz.
  6. ^ a b c d Tovah Lazaroff and Dan Izenberg Settlers lift Gush from consensus The Jerusalem Post, 23 September 2009.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Chaim Levinson (13 April 2014). "Israel set to legalize West Bank outpost, taking over private Palestinian land". Haaretz.
  8. ^ "Teens clash with police during Netiv Ha'avot evacuation". Ynetnews. 2018-12-06. Retrieved 2018-06-12.
  9. ^ "Evacuation of Netiv Ha'avot - in pictures". Israel National News. Retrieved 2018-06-12.
  10. ^ "Entrance to J'lem blocked over destruction in Netiv Ha'avot". Israel National News. Retrieved 2018-06-12.

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