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Ganim () was an
Disengagement Plan of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon - Revised
{{coord, 32, 27, 0, N, 35, 20, 16, E, display=title 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 in Asia 1983 establishments in the Israeli Civil Administration area
Ganim () was 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 ...
in the northern 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 ...
, just west of the large Palestinian city of Jenin
Jenin ( ; , ) is a city in the West Bank, Palestine, and is the capital of the Jenin Governorate. It is a hub for the surrounding towns. Jenin came under Israeli occupied territories, Israeli occupation in 1967, and was put under the administra ...
, under the administrative local government of the Shomron Regional Council
The Shomron Regional Council (, ''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 Israeli settlements fall under its jurisdict ...
. Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem
East Jerusalem (, ; , ) is the portion of Jerusalem that was Jordanian annexation of the West Bank, held by Jordan after the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, as opposed to West Jerusalem, which was held by Israel. Captured and occupied in 1967, th ...
, are illegal under international law.
History
The settlement was founded in 1983 by members ofBetar
The Betar Movement (), also spelled Beitar (), is a Revisionist Zionism, Revisionist Zionist youth movement founded in 1923 in Riga, Latvia, by Ze'ev Jabotinsky, Vladimir (Ze'ev) Jabotinsky. It was one of several right-wing youth movements tha ...
. Its name was derived from the assumed biblical name of Jenin
Jenin ( ; , ) is a city in the West Bank, Palestine, and is the capital of the Jenin Governorate. It is a hub for the surrounding towns. Jenin came under Israeli occupied territories, Israeli occupation in 1967, and was put under the administra ...
, the nearby city, which was originally called Ein Ganim (Anem) 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 is a neighborhood of the Israeli city of Petah Tikva
Petah Tikva (, ), also spelt Petah Tiqwa and known informally 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 the Old Y ...
.
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 *Kadim
Kadim () was an Israeli settlement on a hilltop in the northern West Bank, just west of the large Palestinian city of Jenin, under the administrative jurisdiction of Shomron Regional Council.
History
The settlement, close to Jenin, attracted s ...
*Sa-Nur
Sa-Nur () was an Israeli settlement in the northern West Bank, just north of the Palestinian towns of Silat ad-Dhahr and Fandaqumiya, under the administrative jurisdiction of Shomron Regional Council until 2005. Prior to its demolition, Sa-Nur was ...
References
External links
Disengagement Plan of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon - Revised
{{coord, 32, 27, 0, N, 35, 20, 16, E, display=title 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 in Asia 1983 establishments in the Israeli Civil Administration area