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Giv'on HaHadashah (Hebrew: גבעון החדשה, lit. New Gibeon) is a communal settlement and Israeli settlement located northwest of Jerusalem in the West Bank, adjacent to the site of its biblical namesake, Gibeon. The village receives its municipal services from the Matte Binyamin Regional Council.
[edit] History
The village was originally established in 1895 by Yemenite Jews, but they left the location after a number of years. It was resettled in 1924, but its inhabitants fled as a result of the anti-Jewish 1929 Palestine riots. It was resettled again in 1977 by members of Gush Emunim, and eventually absorbed many Jewish emigrants from the former Soviet Union, as well as many native Israelis. Although it is mostly secular in character, it is also home to some religiously observant families.[1]
