Sansana
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Coordinates: 31°21′43″N 34°54′10″E / 31.36194°N 34.90278°E | |
District | Judea and Samaria Area |
Council | Har Hevron |
Region | West Bank |
Affiliation | Amana |
Founded | 1997 |
Founded by | Nahal |
Population (2022)[1] | 716 |
Website | www.sansana.org |
Sansana (Hebrew: סַנְסַנָּה) is a religious Israeli settlement in the West Bank. Located in the southern Judaean Mountains, to the south-west of Hebron and over the Green Line, it is organised as a community settlement and falls under the jurisdiction of Har Hevron Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 716.
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)[4] 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
- ^ "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ "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
- ^ Probably situated on: Khirbet esh Shamsaniyat. Places in the Bible Today: Sansannah (OpenBible.info)
External links
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- Sansana Negev Information Centre
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- Har Hevron Regional Council
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- Religious Israeli settlements
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- 1997 establishments in the Palestinian territories
- Israeli settlements in the West Bank