Sa-Nur

Sa-Nur

Sa-Nur

Former Israeli settlement in the West Bank

Sa-Nur (Hebrew: שָׂא נוּר, lit. Flame Carrier) 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.[1] Prior to its demolition, Sa-Nur was home to 43 families.[2]

Sa-Nur, 1978

Unilateral disengagement

Homesh and Sa Nur on the 2018 OCHA OpT map of Jenin

In September 2005 its 105 residents were evicted and Israel Defense Forces soldiers began dismantling Sanur as part of Israeli disengagement from Gaza.[3] The demolition of Sa-Nur and Homesh marked the end of the central part of the disengagement plan.[4] The only remaining structure, a synagogue, was buried.[5]

Attempts to rebuild

Since the demolition, religious Zionist groups have attempted to return to Sa-Nur, in order to rebuild the community. On 8 May 2008, following a permitted Independence Day rally in Homesh, a group of 150 set off at night for Sa-Nur, including many former residents.[2]

On 30 July 2015, marking the 10 year anniversary since the expulsion, 250 people, made up of 20 former families, attempted to settle Sa-Nur, before being forcibly evicted by the IDF.[6][7]

In late July 2018, 200 settlers, supported by Bayit Yehudi MKs Shuli Mualem and Bezalel Smotrich, revisited the area as part of a plan to challenge the Disengagement Plan which led to the settlement's dismantlement.[8]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    About the Council- general background Archived 2007-11-06 at the Wayback Machine Shomron Regional Council
  2. [2]
    Thousands at Homesh; Dozens Attempt to Rebuild Sa-Nur Israel National News May 9, 2008
  3. [3]
    Q&A: The Gaza Withdrawal CTV, 12 September 2005
  4. [4]
    Israel completes settler withdrawal plan CNN, 23 August 2005
  5. [5]
    "IDF 'Buries' Synagogue in Evacuated Settlement of Sa-Nur" – via Haaretz.
  6. [6]
    "Security Forces Begin Eviction in Sa-Nur". Israel National News. July 30, 2015.
  7. [7]
    "Security forces evacuated settler families from Sa-Nur". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com.
  8. [8]
    Elisha Ben-Kimon, 'Settlers mark 13 years to evacuation with return to Sa-Nur,' Ynet 24 July 2018.

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