Giv'at Ze'ev

According to the Applied Research Institute–Jerusalem, Israel has confiscated land from three nearby Palestinian villages to construct Giv'at Ze'ev:

• 2,246 dunams from Al Jib,[http://vprofile.arij.org/jerusalem/pdfs/vprofile/Al%20Jib_EN.pdf Al Jib Village Profile], ARIJ, August 2012, p. 18
• 30 dunams from Beit Duqqu,[http://vprofile.arij.org/jerusalem/pdfs/vprofile/Beit%20Duqqu_EN.pdf Beit Duqqu Village Profile], ARIJ, p. 18
• 9 dunums from Beit Ijza,[http://vprofile.arij.org/jerusalem/pdfs/vprofile/Beit%20Ijza_Vp_En.pdf Beit Ijza village profile], 2012, ARIJ, p. 16
• 1,036 dunams from Beitunia, for Giv'at Ze'ev and Beit Horon.[http://vprofile.arij.org/ramallah/pdfs/vprofile/Beituniya_tp_en.pdf Beituniya Town Profile], ARIJ, p. 18

It was named after Ze'ev Jabotinsky, and declared a local council in 1983.{{citation needed|date=July 2016}} Palestinians contend that under the expropriation maps contained in military orders, the road connecting it to Jerusalem, though ostensibly designed to "facilitate Palestinian movement", actually would confiscate 15 square kilometers of prime agricultural land, on which the livelihoods of 24,000 Palestinians depend to enable the programmed development of this settlement bloc.Deborah Cowen,Emily Gilbert (eds.) [https://books.google.com/books?id=bHjDLm41id4C&pg=PT277&lpg=PT277 War, Citizenship, Territory,] Routledge, 2008 p.277.

In 1996 a program of expansion with new housing units and an envisaged 20,000 new settlers was approved, to be constructed on land confiscated from the Palestinian villages of Beitunia, Biddu, and Jib, in what Palestinians call Wadi Salman, but which the Israelis have renamed Ha'ayalot valley. Twice in successive years further areas amounting to 250 acres were confiscated from Beitunia and Jib to build an additional 11,550 units.Cheryl Rubenberg,The Palestinians: In Search of a Just Peace,Lynne Rienner Publishers 2003 p.222 On March 9, 2008, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert approved the construction of 750 new homes in Giv'at Ze'ev under the Agan Ha'ayalot project. This approval stands in contrast to Olmert's policy of freezing new permits for expansion within existing settlements. Olmert argued that the project was first approved in 1999, but stopped in 2000, as a result of the Second Intifada. The approval was criticized by the Palestinian Authority, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, and the European Union. On the political right, the Shas party took credit for pressuring Olmert to approve the project.{{cite web|url=http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1204546438842&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120708065353/http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1204546438842&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 8, 2012 |title=PM Okays Givat Ze'ev Building Project |publisher=Jerusalem Post |date=March 10, 2008 |access-date=April 4, 2011 }}

Both the Ayelet HaShahar synagogue and yeshiva built on private Palestinian land owned by the Allatif family of the nearby Palestinian township of Jib, are slated to be demolished by March 2014, after the prosecutor's office determined that the putative documents of land purchase were forgeries.Chaim Levinson, [http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/.premium-1.544999 'Israel pledges to raze settler structures built on Palestinian land with forged deeds,'] at Haaretz, September 3, 2013.

Giv'at Ze'ev has four elementary schools and one junior high school. There are two youth movement branches: the Israeli Scouts (Arava tribe) and Bnei Akiva.

It is located just off Highway 443, affording easy access to both Jerusalem and the Tel Aviv area. It is connected to Jerusalem by Egged Ta'avura bus routes 131, 132, 133, 134 and to Tel Aviv by Egged bus number 471.

The loop circling Giv'at Ze'ev effectively annexes over 18 square miles of Palestinian land.René Backmann,A Wall in Palestine,Macmillan 2010 p.136 The town is patrolled by Mishmeret Ha'gvul and a local security force, and is secured by a security fence.{{citation needed|date=March 2014}} Plans are underway to set a guard post near the entrance to route 443 (currently, the road is closed off by a security fence).{{citation needed|date=March 2014}}

The religious population in mixed and includes Chardal, Dati Leumi, Charedi and Secular. There are about 20 orthodox synagogues in the town, with more expected to be built as the community expands.

Giv'at Ze'ev is the center of the Karlin-Stolin Chasidim and one of the town's most notable residents is the Stoliner Rebbe Boruch Yaakov Meir Shochet. There is also a Chabad Lubavitch community there as well.{{cite web |url=http://www.chabad.org/centers/default_cdo/aid/118048/jewish/Chabad-of-Givat-Zeev.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080114011743/http://www.chabad.org/centers/default_cdo/aid/118048/jewish/Chabad-of-Givat-Zeev.htm |archive-date=2008-01-14 |title=Chabad of Giv'at Ze'ev – Giv'at Ze'ev, Israel}}

Ramat Givat Zeev is a new section that was being developed in 2013.{{Cite web|url=http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/172592#.UrAeRFCMBJo|title = New Jerusalem Housing Exclusively for Anglos| date=October 7, 2013 }} The 400 housing units include both single-family houses and multi-family apartment buildings.{{cite web |url=http://www.nofei-israel.co.il/en/projects/1411-ramat-givat-zeev |title=Archived copy |access-date=2013-12-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217153511/http://www.nofei-israel.co.il/en/projects/1411-ramat-givat-zeev |archive-date=2013-12-17 }} The development is being marketed towards English-speaking religious Jews making Aliyah to Israel.{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWzw7ocOyLo|title=Ramat Givat Zeev|website=YouTube}}

{{Reflist}}

• [http://www.givat-zeev.muni.il/ Givat Zeev Municipality]
• [http://www.nbn.org.il/component/content/article/1608-givat-zeev.html Nefesh B'Nefesh Community Guide for Giv'at Ze'ev, Israel].
• [http://proxy.maabarot.org.il/~GivatZeev/ Current weather in Givat Zeev (local weather station)]
• {{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8268543.stm|title=An Israeli settlement in close-up | publisher=BBC | date=September 22, 2009 | access-date=April 4, 2011}}
• {{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8273995.stm|title= In the shadow of an Israeli settlement | publisher=BBC | date=September 25, 2009|access-date=April 4, 2011}}
• {{cite web |url=http://www.btselem.org/Download/200205_Land_Grab_eng.pdf#page=34| title=Land Grab. Israel's Settlement Policy in the West Bank| publisher=B'tselem |date=May 2002|access-date=April 4, 2011}}
• {{cite web |url=http://www.btselem.org/Download/200512_Under_the_Guise_of_Security_eng.pdf#page=14| title=Under the Guise of Security. Routing the Separation Barrier to Enable the Expansion of Israeli Settlements in the West Bank| publisher=B'tselem| page=34 |date=December 2005|access-date=April 4, 2011}}
• [http://www.chabad.org/centers/default_cdo/aid/118048/jewish/Chabad-of-Givat-Zeev.htm Chabad of Giv'at Ze'ev]

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