Teneh Omarim

Tene Omarim
טֶנֶא עֳמָרִים, טנא עומרים

Tene Omarim
Tene Omarim
Coordinates: 31°22′31″N 34°57′25″E / 31.37528°N 34.95694°ECoordinates: 31°22′31″N 34°57′25″E / 31.37528°N 34.95694°E
District Judea and Samaria Area
Council Har Hebron
Region West Bank
Founded 1983
Population (2011) 645 [1]
Website http://www.omarim.org/

Tene Omarim (Hebrew: טֶנֶא עֳמָרִים, also known as Tene, Omarim, or Ma'ale Omarim) is an Israeli settlement and mixed religious and non-religious communal settlement in the West Bank. It is situated east of the Israeli West Bank barrier, 2.3 kilometers from the Green line in the southern Hebron Hills just north of Meitar. Established in 1983 as a Nahal settlement under the name "Nahal Omarim" and "civilianized" in 1984, Tene has a population of 645 (2011) and is within the jurisdiction of the Har Hebron Regional Council.

The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this.[2] The settlement has a total area of about 366 square meters,[3] of which 18.84 percent is privately owned, all or most of it by Palestinians according to a 2006 Peace Now-report.[4] Settlements on privately owned Palestinian land are illegal under Israeli law.[5] In 2005, as a part of Israel's unilateral disengagement plan, Tene Omarim absorbed 13 families from Morag, Gush Katif in the Gaza Strip.

"Tene Omarim" is the name of the settlement used by its residents, the Israeli government considers "Tene" the official name as a tribute to David Taneh, the first CEO of the Building and Housing Office.

References

  1. ↑ "Locality File" (XLS). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. 2011. Retrieved February 2, 2013.
  2. ↑ "The Geneva Convention". BBC News. 10 December 2009. Retrieved 27 November 2010.
  3. ↑ "Settlements list". Peace Now. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
  4. ↑ In the data provided by the Civil Administration “there is no mention of whether the private land is owned by Palestinians or by Jews... Nevertheless, it is highly probable that most of the land that is marked here as private land (if not all of it) is privately-owned Palestinian land”."Settlement are built on Private Palestinian Land". Peace Now. 14 March 2007. Retrieved 29 March 2011.
  5. ↑ "G U I L T Y! Construction of Settlements upon Private Land – Official Data". Peace Now. 2006. Retrieved 1 April 2011.

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