Giv'on HaHadasha
{{short description|Israeli settlement in the West Bank}}
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{{Infobox Israel village
| name = Giv'on HaHadasha
| hebname = גבעון החדשה
| meaning = New Gibeon
| image = GivonHahadsha9824.JPG
| founded = 1895 (original)
1977 (modern)
| founded_by = Immigrants from Yemen
| country =
| region = West Bank
| district = js
| council = Mateh Binyamin
| affiliation = Amana
| popyear = {{Israel populations|Year}}
| population = {{Israel populations|Giv'on Hahadasha}}
| population_footnotes = {{Israel populations|reference}}
| pushpin_map = Israel binyamin#West Bank |pushpin_mapsize=250
| coordinates = {{coord|31|50|55|N|35|9|27|E|display=inline,title}}
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Giv'on HaHadashah ({{langx|he|גבעון החדשה||New Gibeon}}) is an Israel settlement in the West Bank, built over land expropriated from the neighboring Palestinian villages of Biddu, Beit Ijza, and Al Jib. It falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Binyamin Regional Council. In {{Israel populations|Year}} it had a population of {{Israel populations|Giv'on Hahadasha}}.
The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this.{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/1682640.stm |title=The Geneva Convention |publisher=BBC News |date=10 December 2009 |access-date=27 November 2010 }}
History
The settlement was originally established in 1895 by Yemenite Jews, but they left the location after a number of years. It was named after the biblical Gibeon, in Hebrew Giv'on (Joshua 10:10-12), situated nearby.Bitan, Hanna: 1948-1998: Fifty Years of 'Hityashvut': Atlas of Names of Settlements in Israel, Jerusalem 1999, Carta, p.15, {{ISBN|965-220-423-4}} (Hebrew) The village was resettled in 1924, but its inhabitants fled as a result of the 1929 Palestine riots.
It was resettled again in 1977 by members of Gush Emunim, and the Israeli government eventually confiscated land from three nearby Palestinian villages in order to construct Giv'on HaHadasha roughly where the original Yemenite settlement's lands had been occupied:
- 186 dunams from Biddu,[http://vprofile.arij.org/jerusalem/pdfs/vprofile/Biddu_Tp_En.pdf Biddu Town Profile], ARIJ, 2012, p. 18
- 159 dunams from Beit Ijza,[http://vprofile.arij.org/jerusalem/pdfs/vprofile/Beit%20Ijza_Vp_En.pdf Beit Ijza village profile], ARIJ, 2012, p. 16
- 13 dunams from Al Jib.[http://vprofile.arij.org/jerusalem/pdfs/vprofile/Al%20Jib_EN.pdf Al Jib Village Profile], ARIJ, 2012, p. 18
The community eventually absorbed many Jewish emigrants from the former Soviet Union, as well as many Israeli-born Jews. Although it is mostly secular in character, it is also home to a few religiously observant families.{{Citation needed|date=November 2017}}
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Category:Jews and Judaism in Yemen
Category:Populated places established in 1895
Category:Populated places established in 1924
Category:Populated places established in 1977
Category:Jewish villages depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War
Category:Mateh Binyamin Regional Council
Category:1895 establishments in Ottoman Syria
Category:1924 establishments in Mandatory Palestine
Category:1977 establishments in the Israeli Military Governorate
Category:Community settlements
Category:Yemeni-Jewish culture in Israel