Na'ama () is an
Israeli settlement
Israeli settlements, also called Israeli colonies, are the civilian communities built by Israel throughout the Israeli-occupied territories. They are populated by Israeli citizens, almost exclusively of Israeli Jews, Jewish identity or ethni ...
organized as a
moshav shitufi in the
West Bank
The West Bank is located on the western bank of the Jordan River and is the larger of the two Palestinian territories (the other being the Gaza Strip) that make up the State of Palestine. A landlocked territory near the coast of the Mediter ...
.
[Na'omi](_blank)
Bik'at HaYarden Regional Council Located in the
Jordan Valley three kilometres north of
Hisham's Palace, it falls under the jurisdiction of
Bik'at HaYarden Regional Council.
In it had a population of .. Na'ama was temporarily formally renamed Na'omi for several years, after which the name Na'ama was officially restored.
The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank
illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this.
History
According to
ARIJ, in 1979 Israel confiscated 5,048
dunam
A dunam ( Ottoman Turkish, Arabic: ; ; ; ), also known as a donum or dunum and as the old, Turkish, or Ottoman stremma, was the Ottoman unit of area analogous in role (but not equal) to the Greek stremma or English acre, representing the amo ...
s of land from the
Palestinian village of
An-Nuway'imah to construct Na'ama.
[An Nuwei'ma & 'Ein ad Duyuk al Foqa Town Profile]
ARIJ, p. 18
Na'ama was established in 1982
and thus named due to its proximity to the Palestinian village of
an-Nuway'imah, before being renamed Na'omi after the
biblical
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figure of
Naomi.
[Hanna Bitan: 1948-1998. Fifty Years of 'Hityashvut'. Atlas of Names of Settlements in Israel, Carta, Jerusalem 1999, , p 49] The original name Na'ama was restored after the
2006 Lebanon War
The 2006 Lebanon War was a 34-day armed conflict in Lebanon, fought between Hezbollah and Israel. The war started on 12 July 2006, and continued until a United Nations-brokered ceasefire went into effect in the morning on 14 August 2006, thoug ...
.
References
{{Bik'at HaYarden Regional Council
Moshavim
Israeli settlements in the West Bank
Populated places established in 1982
1982 establishments in the Israeli Military Governorate