Brukhin ( he, ברוכין, also Bruchin) 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 ...

located in the

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 ...

, about 10 km from the

Palestinian Palestinians ( ar, الفلسطينيون, ; he, פָלַסְטִינִים, ) or Palestinian people ( ar, الشعب الفلسطيني, label=none, ), also referred to as Palestinian Arabs ( ar, الفلسطينيين العرب, label=non ...

city of Bruqin, whose lands were confiscated in order to construct Brukhin. Over 101

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families are living in Brukhin. A further 100 families are due to move in as the settlement expands (2015).Jodi Rudoren,

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br>'Netanyahu and the Settlements,'
''

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'' 12 March 2015. In its population was . The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this.

History

According to ARIJ, Israel confiscated 332

dunam A dunam ( Ottoman Turkish, Arabic: ; tr, dönüm; he, דונם), also known as a donum or dunum and as the old, Turkish, or Ottoman stremma, was the Ottoman unit of area equivalent to the Greek stremma or English acre, representing the amount ...

s of land from the nearby

Arab The Arabs (singular: Arab; singular ar, عَرَبِيٌّ, DIN 31635: , , plural ar, عَرَب, DIN 31635: , Arabic pronunciation: ), also known as the Arab people, are an ethnic group mainly inhabiting the Arab world in Western Asia, ...

village of Bruqin in order to construct Brukhin.Bruqin Town Profile
ARIJ, 2013, p. 17 Brukhin was founded in 1998 on non-private land claimed as state land by Israel as a trailer neighbourhood,

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Outposts 2012: Coming to a Judea and Samaria hill near you
at

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, 24 April 2012. and developed by one of the founding members, Amishai Shav-Tal, in October 2000,Washington Times
27 February 2008 ''Unauthorized but aided by Israel'' page 1 within the territory administered as part of its municipality by 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 ...

. The

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established that the Brukhin outpost was an

unauthorized 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 ...

. The report also said that $785,000 was spent on Brukhin's infrastructure and public buildings. Construction in the village was frozen in 2012 by an order from the Israeli High Court. In 2012 the Israeli state provided the illegal outpost with official authorization.

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'Israel building farm on Arab land,'

, 6 June 2014.

Popular culture

In July 2015
"come and join" video
was released on YouTube featuring a song sung by the families of Brukhin.

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{{Shomron Regional Council Religious Israeli settlements Populated places established in 1998 1998 establishments in the Palestinian territories Israeli settlements in the West Bank

History

Popular culture

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