Sa-Nur
{{Short description|Former Israeli settlement in the West Bank}}
Sa-Nur ({{langx|he|שא-נור||Flame Carrier}}) was an Israeli settlement in the northern West Bank, just north of the Palestinian towns of Silat ad-Dhahr and Fandaqumiya, under the administrative jurisdiction of Shomron Regional Council until 2005.[http://www.shomron.org.il/Index.asp?ArticleID=938&CategoryID=53&Page=1 About the Council- general background] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071106103746/http://www.shomron.org.il/Index.asp?ArticleID=938&CategoryID=53&Page=1 |date=2007-11-06 }} Shomron Regional Council Prior to its demolition, Sa-Nur was home to 43 families.[http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/126117 Thousands at Homesh; Dozens Attempt to Rebuild Sa-Nur] Israel National News May 9, 2008
Unilateral disengagement
File:Homesh and Sa Nur on the 2018 OCHA OpT map of Jenin.jpg and Sa Nur on the 2018 OCHA OpT map of Jenin]]
In September 2005 its 105 residents were evicted and Israel Defense Forces soldiers began dismantling Sanur as part of Israeli disengagement from Gaza.[https://web.archive.org/web/20050909182432/http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1081952201569_77361401 Q&A: The Gaza Withdrawal] CTV, 12 September 2005 The demolition of Sa-Nur and Homesh marked the end of the central part of the disengagement plan.[http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/08/23/west.bank.pullout/index.html Israel completes settler withdrawal plan] CNN, 23 August 2005 The only remaining structure, a synagogue, was buried.{{Cite web|url=https://www.haaretz.com/2005-09-19/ty-article/idf-buries-synagogue-in-evacuated-settlement-of-sa-nur/0000017f-e583-df5f-a17f-ffdf2a5f0000|title=IDF 'Buries' Synagogue in Evacuated Settlement of Sa-Nur|via=Haaretz}}
Attempts to rebuild
Since the demolition, religious Zionist groups have attempted to return to Sa-Nur, in order to rebuild the community. On 8 May 2008, following a permitted Independence Day rally in Homesh, a group of 150 set off at night for Sa-Nur, including many former residents.
On 30 July 2015, marking the 10 year anniversary after the evacuation, 250 people, made up of 20 former families, attempted to resettle in Sa-Nur, before being forcibly evicted by the Israel Defense Forces.{{Cite web|url=https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/198814|title=Security Forces Begin Eviction in Sa-Nur|date=July 30, 2015|website=Israel National News}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/security-forces-evacuated-settler-families-from-sa-nur-410572|title=Security forces evacuated settler families from Sa-Nur |website=The Jerusalem Post}}
In late July 2018, 200 Jewish settlers, supported by Bayit Yehudi MKs Shuli Mualem and Bezalel Smotrich, revisited the area as part of a plan to challenge the Disengagement Plan which led to the settlement's dismantlement.Elisha Ben-Kimon, [https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5315629,00.html 'Settlers mark 13 years to evacuation with return to Sa-Nur'], Ynet, 24 July 2018.
See also
References
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External links
- [https://www.knesset.gov.il/process/docs/DisengageSharon_eng_revised.htm Disengagement Plan of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon - Revised]
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Category:Villages depopulated during the Arab–Israeli conflict
Category:Former Israeli settlements in the West Bank