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Ganim ( he, גַּנִּים) was an
Disengagement Plan of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon - Revised
{{Shomron Regional Council Villages depopulated during the Arab–Israeli conflict Former Israeli settlements in the West Bank Israeli disengagement from Gaza Shomron Regional Council Populated places established in 1983 Forced migration 1983 establishments in the Palestinian territories
Ganim ( he, גַּנִּים) was an Israeli settlement
Israeli settlements, or Israeli colonies, are civilian communities inhabited by Israeli citizens, overwhelmingly of Jewish ethnicity, built on lands occupied by Israel in the 1967 Six-Day War. The international community considers Israeli se ...
in the northern West Bank
The West Bank ( ar, الضفة الغربية, translit=aḍ-Ḍiffah al-Ġarbiyyah; he, הגדה המערבית, translit=HaGadah HaMaʽaravit, also referred to by some Israelis as ) is a landlocked territory near the coast of the Mediter ...
under the administrative local government of the Shomron Regional Council
The Shomron Regional Council ( he, מועצה אזורית שומרון, ''Mo'atza Azorit Shomron'', English ''Samaria Regional Council'') is an Israeli regional council in the northern portion of the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Thirty-five Isra ...
. Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem
East Jerusalem (, ; , ) is the sector of Jerusalem that was held by Jordan during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, as opposed to the western sector of the city, West Jerusalem, which was held by Israel.
Jerusalem was envisaged as a separat ...
, are illegal under international law.
History
The settlement was founded in 1983 by members ofBetar
The Betar Movement ( he, תנועת בית"ר), also spelled Beitar (), is a Revisionist Zionist youth movement founded in 1923 in Riga, Latvia, by Vladimir (Ze'ev) Jabotinsky. Chapters sprang up across Europe, even during World War II. After t ...
. Its name was derived from the biblical name of Jenin
Jenin (; ar, ') is a Palestinian city in the northern West Bank. It serves as the administrative center of the Jenin Governorate of the State of Palestine and is a major center for the surrounding towns. In 2007, Jenin had a population of app ...
, the nearby city, which was originally called Ein Ganim
Ein Ganim ( he, עין גנים) was the first ''moshav po'alim'' ("workers' moshav") in Ottoman Palestine.
The moshav was established in 1908 near Petah Tikva by members of the Second Aliyah and was named after the Levitical city of Ein Ganim ...
. Ein Ganim belonged to the area under the control of the Tribe of Issachar
According to the Hebrew Bible, the Tribe of Issachar () was one of the twelve tribes of Israel and one of the ten lost tribes. In Jewish tradition, the descendants of Issachar were seen as being dominated by religious scholars and influential in ...
. For this reason, Ein-Ganim was also the name given to an Israeli community which today forms part of the Israeli city of Petah Tikva
Petah Tikva ( he, פֶּתַח תִּקְוָה, , ), also known as ''Em HaMoshavot'' (), is a city in the Central District (Israel), Central District of Israel, east of Tel Aviv. It was founded in 1878, mainly by Haredi Judaism, Haredi Jews of ...
.
Unilateral disengagement
The residents of Ganim were evacuated from their homes and the synagogue was dismantled by the Israeli army as part of Israel's disengagement in 2005.See also
*Homesh
Homesh ( he, חֹמֶשׁ, חומש) was an Israeli settlement in the West Bank along Route 60, illegally built over private Palestinian land. The settlement was under the administrative jurisdiction of the Shomron Regional Council. In 2005, the ...
*Kadim
Kadim ( he, כַּדִּים) was an Israeli settlement on a hilltop in the northern West Bank under the administrative jurisdiction of Shomron Regional Council.
History
The settlement, close to Jenin, attracted secular young Israeli families se ...
*Sa-Nur
Sa-Nur ( he, שָׂא נוּר, ''lit.'' Flame Carrier) was an Israeli settlement in the northern West Bank under the administrative jurisdiction of Shomron Regional Council until 2005. Prior to its demolition, Sa-Nur was home to 43 families.
References
External links
Disengagement Plan of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon - Revised
{{Shomron Regional Council Villages depopulated during the Arab–Israeli conflict Former Israeli settlements in the West Bank Israeli disengagement from Gaza Shomron Regional Council Populated places established in 1983 Forced migration 1983 establishments in the Palestinian territories