Giv'on HaHadasha
Giv'on HaHadasha
גִּבְעוֹן הַחֲדָשָׁה | |
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Etymology: New Gibeon | |
Coordinates: 31°50′55″N 35°9′27″E / 31.84861°N 35.15750°E | |
District | Judea and Samaria Area |
Council | Mateh Binyamin |
Region | West Bank |
Affiliation | Amana |
Founded | 1895 (original) 1977 (modern) |
Founded by | Immigrants from Yemen |
Population (2022)[1] | 996 |
Giv'on HaHadashah (
The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this.[5]
History
The settlement was originally established in 1895 by Yemenite Jews, but they left the location after a number of years. It was named after the biblical Gibeon, in Hebrew Giv'on (Joshua 10:10-12), situated nearby.[6] The village was resettled in 1924, but its inhabitants fled as a result of the 1929 Palestine riots.
It was resettled again in 1977 by members of Gush Emunim, and the Israeli government eventually confiscated land from three nearby Palestinian villages in order to construct Giv'on HaHadasha roughly where the original Yemenite settlement's lands had been occupied:
The community eventually absorbed many
References
- ^ "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ a b Biddu Town Profile, ARIJ, 2012, p. 18
- ^ a b Beit Ijza village profile, ARIJ, 2012, p. 16
- ^ a b Al Jib Village Profile, ARIJ, 2012, p. 18
- ^ "The Geneva Convention". BBC News. 10 December 2009. Retrieved 27 November 2010.
- ISBN 965-220-423-4(Hebrew)
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