Mevo Horon
Mevo Horon | |
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Coordinates: 31°50′57″N 35°2′9″E / 31.84917°N 35.03583°E | |
District | Judea and Samaria Area |
Council | Mateh Binyamin |
Region | West Bank |
Affiliation | Poalei Agudat Yisrael |
Founded | 1970 |
Founded by | Ezra members |
Population (2022)[1] | 2,669 |
Website | www |
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Mevo Horon (
The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this.[2]
History
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The village was established in 1970 by members of the Ezra youth movement and was the first village in the Mateh Binyamin council area. It moved to the present site in 1974.
Some Palestinians managed to return to the area after their expulsion from the villages of
On June 7, 2018, residents of Mevo Horon and Israeli descendants of Dutch Jews inaugurated the town's Chasdei Enosh synagogue, which is an exact replica of the synagogue that once stood in Terborg, in the Netherlands, blown up by the Nazis in early 1945.[5]
References
- ^ "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ "The Geneva Convention". BBC News. 10 December 2009. Retrieved 27 November 2010.
- ISBN 965-220-186-3(English)
- ^ Tobias Kelly, Returning to Palestine: Confinement and Displacement Under the Israeli Occupation, Stef Jansen, Staffan Lofving (eds.) Struggles For Home: Violence, Hope and the Movement of People, Berghahn Books, 2012 pp.25-41 pp.31-35.
- ^ "Replica of Dutch synagogue destroyed in WWII opens near Jerusalem" JTA June 13, 2018 https://www.jta.org/2018/06/13/news-opinion/replica-dutch-synagogue-destroyed-wwii-opens-near-jerusalem
External links
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- Village website (in Hebrew)