Ramat Gilad

Ramat Gilad
Founded May 2001
Council Shomron
Region West Bank
District Judea and Samaria Area

Ramat Gilad (Hebrew: רָמַת גִּלְעָד‎‎, lit. Gilad Heights) is an Israeli settlement outpost in the West Bank, under the municipal jurisdiction of Shomron Regional Council. The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this.[1]

Located to the north of Karnei Shomron, the outpost was established in 2001 and named after Gilad Zar, a security coordinator of the Shomron Regional Council, who was shot and killed in 2001.[2] Ramat Gilad, home to 13 families in 2009, was considered an unauthorized outpost by the Israeli government until 2011, when a deal was reached between the government and the residents to remove nine homes located on privately-owned Palestinian land.[3][4]

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References

  1. ^ "The Geneva Convention". BBC News. 10 December 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/1682640.stm. Retrieved 27 September 2011. 
  2. ^ Samantha M. Shapiro (February 16, 2003). "The Unsettlers". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/16/magazine/the-unsettlers.html. Retrieved 2009-11-06. 
  3. ^ Tovah Lazaroff, Yaakov Katz (May 26, 2009). "10 outposts slated for demolition". Jerusalem Post. http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1243259517334&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull. Retrieved 2011-03-04. 
  4. ^ Lzararoff, Tovah (28 December 2011). "Agreement reached to save Ramat Gilad outpost". Jerusalem Post. http://www.jpost.com/DiplomacyAndPolitics/Article.aspx?id=251335. Retrieved 31 December 2011. 

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