Givat Harsina ( ar, جفعات هرسينا he, גִּבְעַת חַרְסִינָה), also Ramat Mamre ( he, רָמַת מַמְרֵא), is 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 ...
on the outskirts of the
Palestinian city of
Hebron, in the
Judean Mountains region of the
West Bank. Israel officially considers it part of the settlement of
Kiryat Arba, and its population statistics are included with those of Kiryat Arba.
History
Givat Harsina was founded in 1979. The settlement was named after Colonel Aaron Harsina ( he, אהרן חרסינה). It is also called Ramat Mamre because of its proximity to
Mamre.
Wadi al Ghrous is located in the heart of the
Baqa'a Valley
The Baqa'a Valley, sometimes called ''Beqa'a Valley'', is a fertile agricultural Palestinian area in the West Bank, just east of Hebron. Located in the area are the Palestinian villages Al Bowereh, Al Baqa and Wadi al-Ghrous. The Israeli settleme ...
, a few kilometers east of Hebron City. It is sandwiched between the Israeli settlements Givat Harsina and
Kiryat Arba.
The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank
illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this.
References
External links
גבעת חרסינה ''www.haaretz.co.il''
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Jews and Judaism in Hebron
Mixed Israeli settlements
1979 establishments in the Israeli Military Governorate
Populated places established in 1979
Israeli settlements in the West Bank