Hinanit

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Hinanit
חִנָּנִית, חיננית
Hinanit
Coordinates: 32°28′49.07″N 35°10′19.56″E / 32.4802972°N 35.1721000°E / 32.4802972; 35.1721000Coordinates: 32°28′49.07″N 35°10′19.56″E / 32.4802972°N 35.1721000°E / 32.4802972; 35.1721000
Council Shomron
Region West Bank
Affiliation HaMerkaz HaHakla'i
Founded 1981
Founded by Mountain Jews
Name meaning Daisy

Hinanit (Hebrew: חִנָּנִית, lit. Daisy) is a communal village and an Israeli settlement in the northern West Bank, under the jurisdiction of Shomron Regional Council. Hinanit is located just across the Green Line border with Israel in the northern West Bank's Jenin Governorate, and to the north abuts the Palestinian village of 'Anin, from which it is separated by Israel's West Bank barrier. It lies approximately 9 miles (15 km) west of Jenin city. In 2006 it had a population of 779. The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this.[1]

The village was established in 1981 by Mountain Jews from the Caucasus. Originally a moshav and a member of the Moshavim Movement, it was later converted to a communal settlement.

References

  1. "The Geneva Convention". BBC News. 10 December 2009. Retrieved 27 November 2010. 
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