Sansana
Sansana | |
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Sansana | |
Coordinates: 31°21′42.83″N 34°54′10.44″E / 31.3618972°N 34.9029000°ECoordinates: 31°21′42.83″N 34°54′10.44″E / 31.3618972°N 34.9029000°E | |
District | Judea and Samaria Area |
Council | Har Hevron |
Region | West Bank |
Affiliation | Amana |
Founded | 1997 |
Founded by | Nahal |
Population (2019)[1] | 519 |
Website | www.sansana.org |
Sansana (Hebrew: סַנְסַנָּה, lit. Palm tree) is a religious settlement in the southern Judaean Mountains of the West Bank. Located to the south-west of Hebron and just over the Green Line, it is organised as a community settlement and falls under the jurisdiction of Har Hevron Regional Council. In 2019 it had a population of 519.
The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this.[2]
History[]
The settlement was established in 1997 as a Nahal settlement,[3] the first kvutza arrived on 21 April 1999, and it was civilianised by members of the Or Movement in 2000. Its name is taken from the name of a Biblical village nearby (Joshua 15:31) and from Song of Songs 7:9;
I said: 'I will climb up into the palm-tree, I will take hold of the branches thereof; and let thy breasts be as clusters of the vine, and the smell of thy countenance like apples;
References[]
- ^ "Population in the Localities 2019" (XLS). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
- ^ "The Geneva Convention". BBC News. 10 December 2009. Retrieved 27 November 2010.
- ^ Gabe Kahn, Israel's Junta – IDF Overrules Barak in Sansana. Arutz Sheva, 24 February 2012
External links[]
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- Sansana Negev Information Centre
- Har Hevron Regional Council
- Religious Israeli settlements
- Community settlements
- Nahal settlements
- Populated places established in 1997
- 1997 establishments in the Palestinian territories