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'''Itamar''' ({{lang-he-n|אִיתָמָר}}) is an ] located in the ]'s ] mountains five kilometers southeast of ], 28 kilometers east of the ]. The ] ]ish ] with a population of 1,032 (2009) is within the municipal jurisdiction of the ].<ref>{{cite web| url= http://peacenow.org.il/eng/sites/default/files/settlements_database_1.xls|title=Settlements list| author=| publisher=]| date=| accessdate=29 March 2011 }}</ref> '''Itamar''' ({{lang-he-n|אִיתָמָר}}) is an ] located in the ]'s ] mountains five kilometers southeast of ], 28 kilometers east of the ]. The ] ]ish ] with a population of 1,032 (2009) is within the municipal jurisdiction of the ].<ref>{{cite web| url= http://peacenow.org.il/eng/sites/default/files/settlements_database_1.xls|title=Settlements list| author=| publisher=]| date=| accessdate=29 March 2011 }}</ref>
The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank ], but the Israeli government disputes this.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/1682640.stm |title=The Geneva Convention |publisher=] |date=10 December 2009 |accessdate=27 November 2010 }}</ref> Under the terms of the ] of 1993 between Israel and the ], Itamar was designated ] under full Israeli civil and security control. According to a ]-report of 2006, 45 percent of the land Itamar is built on, is privately owned, all or most of it by Palestinians.<ref>In the data provided by the Civil Administration “there is no mention of whether the private land is owned by Palestinians or by Jews... Nevertheless, it is highly probable that most of the land that is marked here as private land (if not all of it) is privately-owned Palestinian land”.. Peace Now, March 14, 2007</ref> According to Israeli law, settlements on privately owned Palestinian land are illegal.<ref name="Guilty">. Peace Now, 2006</ref> The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank ], but the Israeli government disputes this.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/1682640.stm |title=The Geneva Convention |publisher=] |date=10 December 2009 |accessdate=27 November 2010 }}</ref> Under the terms of the ] of 1993 between Israel and the ], Itamar was designated ] under full Israeli civil and security control. According to a ]-report of 2006, 45 percent of the land Itamar is built on, is privately owned, all or most of it by Palestinians.<ref>In the data provided by the Civil Administration “there is no mention of whether the private land is owned by Palestinians or by Jews... Nevertheless, it is highly probable that most of the land that is marked here as private land (if not all of it) is privately-owned Palestinian land”.. Peace Now, March 14, 2007</ref> According to Israeli law, settlements on privately owned Palestinian land are illegal.<ref name="Guilty">. Peace Now, 2006</ref>

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For other uses, see Ithamar. Place in Israel
Itamar Template:Hebrew
CountryIsrael
CouncilShomron
RegionWest Bank
Founded1984
Founded byAmana
Population1,032

Itamar (Template:Lang-he-n) is an Israeli settlement located in the West Bank's Samarian mountains five kilometers southeast of Nablus, 28 kilometers east of the Green line. The Orthodox Jewish community with a population of 1,032 (2009) is within the municipal jurisdiction of the Shomron Regional Council.

The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this. Under the terms of the Oslo Accords of 1993 between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization, Itamar was designated Area "C" under full Israeli civil and security control. According to a Peace Now-report of 2006, 45 percent of the land Itamar is built on, is privately owned, all or most of it by Palestinians. According to Israeli law, settlements on privately owned Palestinian land are illegal.

History

The settlement was established in 1984 by several families from the Machon Meir Yeshiva in Jerusalem with the assistance of Gush Emunim's settlement organization Amana. Originally named Tel Chaim, commemorating Chaim Landau, it was later named for Ithamar, the youngest son of Biblical figure Aaron. Tradition places the burial place of Ithamar in the nearby Palestinian village Awarta.

Economy

The town has several businesses, and many of the residents grow organic crops and raise sheep and goats; larger farms produce a range of further products, such as cheese and olive oil.

Education

Educational institutions include a Talmud Torah for boys, the Be'er Miriam Talmud Torah for girls, the Hitzim yeshiva high school, the Itamar Higher Yeshiva and a midrasha.

Israeli-Palestinian conflict

The settlement of Itamar is situated east of the Israel-Westbank separation barrier. Its municipal boundaries extend in a south-east diagonal over an area of some 7,000 dunam including several outposts, and blocks the development of the Palestinian town of Beit Furik to its south. Of the 4,780 dunam of land Itamar proper sits on, 45 percent is privately owned (presumably) Palestinian land.

Settlers from Itamar and its outposts “have exerted violence against local Palestinians; the Israeli authorities have been delinquent in enforcing the law on the offenders” according to the Israeli organization B'tselem. On the other hand, the settlement has been the target of several murderous attacks by Palestinians.

  • On May 29, 2001, Gilad Zar, a security officer of the Shomron Regional Council, one of Itamar's founders and son of settlement leader Moshe Zar, was shot dead by Palestinians in an ambush while driving in the West Bank between Kedumim and Yitzhar.
  • In May 2002, three yeshiva students: Netanel Riachi (17), Gilad Stiglitz (14) and Avraham Siton (17), were killed by a Palestinian gunman.
  • In June 2002, a Palestinian militant broke into the home of the Shabo family and opened fire. Rachel Shabo, the mother of the family, was murdered, as were three of her children: Neria (16), Zvi (13), and Avishai (5). Another two children were seriously injured. Yossi Tuito, who served as commander of the neighborhood preparedness team, was also shot to death as he approached the family's house in order to help. After more than an hour of exchanging gunfire with Israeli soldiers, the Palestinian gunman was killed. During the gunfight, the Shabo house caught fire and burned down.
  • In October 2002, settlers, believed by B'Tselem to be "most likely" from Itamar, "fired at Palestinians who were harvesting olives near the village of Aqraba, killing one and wounding another."
  • In 2010, two Palestinian teenagers from the nearby town of Awarta were shot to death while they collected garbage near Itamar.
Main article: Itamar killings
  • On March 11, 2011 an intruder or intruders whom Israeli officials believe are Palestinian, broke into the home of the Fogel family and stabbed to death five members of the family in their sleep. The victims are: Udi Fogel (36), Ruth Fogel (35), and their children Yoav (11), Elad (4), and Hadas (3-months). Two other sons (8 and 2) who were sleeping in another room, survived unharmed. The victims were found by the 12 year old daughter, who had returned home around midnight. Itamar had been the place of a confrontation in which ten Palestinians and one settler were injured the week before the attack.

References

  1. "Settlements list". Peace Now. Retrieved 29 March 2011.
  2. "The Geneva Convention". BBC News. 10 December 2009. Retrieved 27 November 2010.
  3. In the data provided by the Civil Administration “there is no mention of whether the private land is owned by Palestinians or by Jews... Nevertheless, it is highly probable that most of the land that is marked here as private land (if not all of it) is privately-owned Palestinian land”.“Settlement are built on Private Palestinian Land”. Peace Now, March 14, 2007
  4. ^ “G U I L T Y! Construction of Settlements upon Private Land – Official Data”. Peace Now, 2006
  5. Amana:"Itamar"
  6. “Itamar”. Shomron Liaison Office
  7. Itamar: Religious West Bank settlers BBC News, 21 June 2002
  8. Itamar website
  9. ^ "Land Grab. Israel's Settlement Policy in the West Bank" (PDF). B'tselem. May 2002. p. 99. Retrieved 28 March 2011.
  10. Cohen (13 March 2011). "Itamar settlement has been a prime target for terror". Haaretz. Retrieved 15 March 2011.
  11. "Gilad Zar". In Memory of the Victims of Palestinian Violence and Terrorism in Israel. Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Israel). 29 May 2001. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  12. "Netanel Riachi". In Memory of the Victims of Palestinian Violence and Terrorism in Israel. Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Israel). 28 May 2002. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  13. "Gilad Stiglitz". In Memory of the Victims of Palestinian Violence and Terrorism in Israel. Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Israel). 28 May 2002. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  14. "Avraham Siton". In Memory of the Victims of Palestinian Violence and Terrorism in Israel. Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Israel). 28 May 2002. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  15. "Rachel, Avishai, Zvika and Neria Shabo". In Memory of the Victims of Palestinian Violence and Terrorism in Israel. Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Israel). 20 Jun 2002. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  16. "Yosef Twito". In Memory of the Victims of Palestinian Violence and Terrorism in Israel. Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Israel). 20 Jun 2002. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  17. Shragai, Nadav (23 June 2002). "Itamar mourns its latest victims of terror". Haaretz. Retrieved 12 March 2011.
  18. Montell, Jessica (6 October 2002). "B'Tselem's Letter to the IDF and the Israeli Police Re: Security for the Olive Harvest". B'tselem. p. 1. Retrieved 28 March 2011.
  19. ^ Sanders, Edmund (13 March 2011). "Brutal West Bank killings shock Israel, stir fears of renewed violence". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 26 March 2011.
  20. Palestinian kills five Israelis in West Bank, BBC 12-03-2011
  21. Altman, Yair (03.13.11). "Itamar massacre: Fogel family butchered while sleeping". YNET news. Retrieved 13 March 2011. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  22. "Udi Fogel". In Memory of the Victims of Palestinian Violence and Terrorism in Israel. Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Israel). 11 March 2011. Retrieved 15 March 2011.
  23. "Ruth Fogel". In Memory of the Victims of Palestinian Violence and Terrorism in Israel. Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Israel). 11 March 2011. Retrieved 15 March 2011.
  24. Kershner, Isabel (12 March 2011). "Israeli Search for Attackers in West Bank". New York Times. Retrieved 12 March 2011.

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