Shomron Regional Council - Homesh, David Ha'ivri, Elon Moreh, Kfar Tapuach, Shavei Shomron, Yitzhar, Havat Gilad, Mevo Dotan, Har Brakha, Itamar (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 113. Not illustrated. Chapters: Homesh, David Ha'ivri, Elon Moreh, Kfar Tapuach, Shavei Shomron, Yitzhar, Havat Gilad, Mevo Dotan, Har Brakha, Itamar, Yakir, Revava, Barkan, Avnei Hefetz, Migdalim, Peduel, Sa-Nur, Tal Menashe, Kiryat Netafim, Tzofim, Sha'arei Tikva, Brukhin, Rechelim, Hinanit, Nofei Nehemia, Ganim, Etz Efraim, Alei Zahav, Reihan, Einav, Ma'ale Shomron, Shaked, Sal'it, Hermesh, Mitzpe Yosef, Kadim, Alonei Shilo, El Matan, Magen Dan, Havot Yair, Nofim, Havat Skali, Giv'ot Olam, Ramat Gilad. Excerpt: Homesh (Hebrew: ) was an Israeli settlement in the northern Samarian Hills of the West Bank along Route 60. The village fell under the administrative jurisdiction of the Shomron Regional Council. In 2005, the town's Jewish community was evicted and their homes were demolished, as part of Israel's 2005 disengagement plan from the Northern Samaria and Gaza Strip. The village was established in 1978 as a pioneer Nahal military outpost, and demilitarized when turned over to residential purposes in 1980 to non-Orthodox Jewish Israelis. During the al-Aqsa Intifada and a result of the Palestinian violence and increased threat to personal security, about half of the residents left. Shortly after though, dozens of Orthodox Jewish Israelis moved to the village in order to show support for the continued settlement of the area. The residents of Homesh were forcefully evicted from their homes and their houses demolished as part of Israel's disengagement of August 2005. Since that time, former residents and others have revisited the ruins multiple times and are making efforts to return to the site and rebuild. In 2006 during Hanukkah, a few hundred people, including settlers and some former residents, arrived at Homesh and lit a Hanukkah 'shamash' candle. A declaration was made that this effort was the first step in rebuilding Homesh...