In March, the Knesset voted 31-18 to repeal parts of the 2005 Disengagement Law and allow Israelis to return to the destroyed northern Samaria communities of Homesh, Sa-Nur, Ganim and Kadim.
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2023
Homesh
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2023
Headed back to Homesh
The IDF this week signed an order, which allows Israelis to go back to the site of Homesh, one of the four northern Samaria communities dismantled along with 21 Jewish communities in Gaza, as part of the 2005 so-called “Disengagement.” There is currently a yeshiva at the site, but there is now optimism that the move will lead to the rebuilding of the community. Perhaps this will also lead to the rebuilding of the other three northern Samaria communities? On this week’s Israel Uncensored, Josh Hasten discusses what many believe to be a just decision, which took 18 years to carry out. The Biden Administration however, condemned the move. This story, plus all the latest news from Israel on this week’s podcast.
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2023
IDF General Signs Order Lifting Ban on Israelis Entering Homesh
A view of Homesh, in Samaria, on Nov. 17, 2022. Photo by Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90.
The head of the Israel Defense Forces’ Central Command on Thursday signed off on an order allowing Israelis to return to what was once the northern Samaria community of Homesh.
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2023
Smotrich: Government Will Fight to Prevent Dismantlement of Homesh Yeshivah
A view of Homesh in Samaria, Nov. 17, 2022. Photo by Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90.
Israel’s new government is committed to strengthening the Jewish presence in Judea and Samaria and is therefore contesting a Supreme Court order to evacuate Homesh, Finance Minister and Minister within the Defense Ministry Bezalel Smotrich told JNS.