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New Settlement 'Giv'at Shomron' Inaugurated, Tenth in Samaria This Year
Ten families have established the new community of Giv'at Shomron, also referred to as Geva Shomron, in northern Samaria. The community is located on the site of a former IDF paratrooper training base near Sa-Nur, which was evacuated in 2005. The first residents, who are graduates of the Ramat Gan Hesder Yeshiva, moved into caravans with their belongings on Wednesday, the day after the Israeli elections.
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- 01Ten families established the new community of Giv'at Shomron, or Geva Shomron, on a former IDF paratrooper training base in northern Samaria.
- 02The community is the tenth new community founded by the Samaria Regional Council in less than a year.
- 03The initiative is part of a plan supported by ministers Israel Katz and Bezalel Smotrich to establish 19 new communities in northern Samaria.
- 04The founding families, who are graduates of the Ramat Gan Hesder Yeshiva, moved into caravans on Wednesday, the day after the Israeli elections.
- 05Hundreds of people attended the inauguration ceremony, including Samaria Regional Council Head Yossi Dagan and MK Boaz Bismuth.
- 06The initiative aims to replace the four communities in northern Samaria that were evacuated during the 2005 disengagement.
This community is the tenth new community established by the Samaria Regional Council in less than a year. The initiative is part of a broader plan to establish 19 new communities in northern Samaria to replace the four communities evacuated during the 2005 disengagement. The effort is supported by a government decision led by ministers Israel Katz and Bezalel Smotrich, alongside Yossi Dagan, Head of the Samaria Regional Council.
Hundreds of people attended the inauguration ceremony, including Yossi Dagan, Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee Chairman Boaz Bismuth, Chief Rabbi of Russia Berel Lazar, and Amana Secretary-General Ze'ev Hever. Yeshiva rabbis Yehoshua Shapira, Ben Zion Algazi, and Yaakov Ariel blessed the new residents. According to Mignews, officials stated the initiative aims to restore historical justice and strengthen security in the region.
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