Esh Kodesh
| Esh Kodesh אֵשׁ קֹדֶשׁ, אש קודש | |
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  Esh Kodesh | |
| Coordinates: 32°04′01″N 35°20′10″E / 32.066824°N 35.336023°ECoordinates: 32°04′01″N 35°20′10″E / 32.066824°N 35.336023°E | |
| Council | Mateh Binyamin |
| Region | West Bank |
| Founded | 2000[1] |
Esh Kodesh (Hebrew: אֵשׁ קֹדֶשׁ, lit. Sacred Fire) is an Israeli outpost in the West Bank near Shilo. It falls under the jurisdiction of the Mateh Binyamin Regional Council. The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this.[2] The population in 2005 was under 12 families.[3]
History
Esh Kodesh was founded in 2000 near Shvut Rachel,[4] one of several such settlements in the area.[5] It was named for a terrorist victim, Esh Kodesh Gilmore, 25, who was murdered by Palestinian gunmen while working as a security guard at a branch of the National Insurance Institute in East Jerusalem.[6][7] Esh Kodesh is also a book of sermons delivered by the Admor of Piaseczno in the Warsaw Ghetto from the outbreak of World War II on September 1, 1939 until July 1942, when the Jews of the ghetto were deported to the death camp at Treblinka.[8]
The residents of Esh Kodesh earn a living from vineyards and goat-herding.[9] To meet the security challenges of living in an area where their presence generates hostility, they have undergone Mishmeret Yesha self-defense training.[10]
In September 2011, in the wake of the Palestinian Authority's plans to request unilateral recognition at the United Nations leading to expectations of unrest,[11] the Israel Defense Forces established a base near Esh Kodesh[1] On September 23, 2011, Israeli security forces were called in to break up a clash between the settlers and a group of 300 villagers from Qusra.[12][13] Due to the growing tension, residents of Qusra armed with flashlights and sticks began to patrol the perimeter of their village at night to thwart possible incursions by Esh Kodesh settlers.[14]
In 2010, the Israeli Supreme Court sentenced a resident of Esh Kodesh, the son of Orit Struk, head of the Human Rights Organization of Judea and Samaria, to 18 months in prison for the kidnapping and assault of a Palestinian teenager.[15]
On January 5th, 2013, approximately 200 Palestinians cut through the fences of the vineyard and attacked the vineyards and residents of Esh Kodesh. 12 outpost residents were injured, with one taken to the hospital. The vineyards were destroyed, a security vehicle was damaged and the attackers neared homes before the military arrived. The incident was part of a continuing dispute between the Esh Kodesh settlers and nearby Palestinians over land ownership.[16]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "New Commander Should Protect Palestinians From Settler Violence". Targeted News Service. November 22, 2011. Retrieved September 9, 2012.
- ↑ "The Geneva Convention". BBC News. 10 December 2009. Retrieved 27 November 2010.
- ↑ Oded Haklai (June 2007). "Religious—Nationalist Mobilization and State Penetration: Lessons From Jewish Settlers' Activism in Israel and the West Bank". Comparative Political Studies 40 (6): 713–739. doi:10.1177/0010414006290109. Retrieved September 9, 2012.
- ↑ Arieh O'Sullivan (December 4, 2003). "Two empty illegal outposts removed". Jerusalem Post. Retrieved September 9, 2012.
- ↑ The extinguishing and rekindling of the `Holy Fire', Haaretz
- ↑ NJ man gets green light to pursue terror lawsuit
- ↑ Disproportionate number of Anglos slain; Olmert praises families' dignity
- ↑ The extinguishing and rekindling of the `Holy Fire', Haaretz
- ↑ Mass Muslim Mob Attack on Jewish Village on Sabbath, FrontPage Magazine
- ↑ Matthew Wagner (April 4, 2008). "Jews with guns". Jerusalem Post. Retrieved September 9, 2012.
- ↑ Violence Continues Near Shilo after Arabs Attack Jewish Hikers, Arutz Sheva
- ↑ Unrest on tense day in West Bank, CNN
- ↑ While the diplomats haggle, deadly tensions are mounting in the nascent Palestine, The Guardian
- ↑ Palestinian statehood bid stokes tensions in West Bank, Washington Post
- ↑ Israel Supreme Court extends sentence of settler who assaulted Palestinian , Haaretz
- ↑ http://www.jpost.com/DiplomacyAndPolitics/Article.aspx?id=298547
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