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Avnei Hefetz אַבְנֵי חֵפֶץ‎ أڤني حفيتس
Hebrew transcription(s)
• official	Avne Hefez
• unofficial	Avnei Chefetz
Etymology: Precious stones
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Coordinates: 32°17′5″N 35°4′26″E / 32.28472°N 35.07389°E / 32.28472; 35.07389
District	Judea and Samaria Area
Council	Shomron
Region	West Bank
Founded	1990
Founded by	Students from Karnei Shomron
Population	2,363

Avnei Hefetz (Template:Lang-he) is an Israeli settlement (organised as a community settlement) located on the western edge of the northern West Bank. The settlement under the administrative municipal government of the Shomron Regional Council, is located adjacent to Tulkarm, Einav and Sal'it. The nearest Israeli cities are Netanya to the west and Kfar Saba to the southwest, both about a twenty-five-minute drive away. There are four distinct neighborhoods of Avnei Hefetz: Neve Hefetz – urban, Avnei Shoham – rural, Mitzpe Hefetz – rural, Avnei Hen – rural. In 2022 its population was 2,363.

Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, are illegal under international law. In 2016, settlement construction in the occupied West Bank increased by 34 percent. Authorities initiated a construction adding 1,814 new settler housing units. At least 129 new units in the Avnei Hefetz settlement were added to create a primarily industrial zone, rendering the colony increasingly closer to the neighboring Palestinian village of Shofa.

History

Established in 1990 by a group of Israeli Orthodox Jewish students from the Karnei Shomron Hesder Yeshiva with help from Amana, Avnei Hefetz is now home to over 200 families, including hundreds of children. The name of the village comes from Isaiah 54:12:

"And I will make thy pinnacles of rubies, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy border of precious stones."

In 1995, the Israeli military confiscated about 200 dunams of land from the Palestinian village Kafr al-Labad in order to enlarge Avnei Hefetz, in total, about 355 dunams of Kafr al-Labad's lands have been added to Avnei Hefetz.

Education

There are many institutions located on the settlement: six nurseries, six kindergartens, a combined elementary school and junior high school, and a morning and evening kollel.

References

1. "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
2. "The Geneva Convention". BBC News. 10 December 2009. Retrieved 27 November 2010.
3. https://fmep.org/blog/resourcetag/avnei-hefetz/
4. "The Geneva Convention". BBC News. 10 December 2009. Retrieved 27 November 2010.
5. Bitan, Hanna: 1948-1998: Fifty Years of 'Hityashvut': Atlas of Names of Settlements in Israel, Jerusalem 1999, Carta, p.1, ISBN 965-220-423-4 (Hebrew)
6. The Middle East: Abstracts and Indexes. Library Information and Research Service, 1999. Vol. 23, p. 280.
7. The Expansion of Avni Hefets colony at the Expense of Kufr Al Labbad village Archived 2020-06-17 at the Wayback Machine. Applied Research Institute-Jerusalem (ARIJ). 2009-08-03.

External links

• Official website
• Photos of Avnei Hefetz

• Shomron Regional Council
• Religious Israeli settlements
• Populated places established in 1990
• 1990 establishments in the Palestinian territories