Brukhin
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Brukhin (Template:Langx, also Bruchin) is an Israeli settlement located in the West Bank, about 1 km from the Palestinian city of Bruqin, whose lands were confiscated in order to construct Brukhin.[1]
Over 101 Orthodox Jewish families are living in Brukhin.[2] A further 100 families are due to move in as the settlement expands (2015).[3] In Template:Israel populations its population was Template:Israel populations.
The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law, which was reinforced by the decision in the 2024 ICJ case on Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territories. However, the Israeli government disputes this.[4][5]
History
According to ARIJ, Israel confiscated 332 dunams of land from the nearby Palestinian village of Bruqin in order to construct Brukhin.[1]
Brukhin was founded in 1998 on non-private land claimed as state land by Israel as a trailer neighbourhood,[2] and developed by one of the founding members, Amishai Shav-Tal, in October 2000,[6] within the territory administered as part of its municipality by the Shomron Regional Council. The Sasson Report established that the Brukhin outpost was an unauthorized Israeli settlement. The report also said that $785,000 was spent on Brukhin's infrastructure and public buildings.[6] Construction in the village was frozen in 2012 by an order from the Israeli High Court.[2] In 2012 the Israeli state provided the illegal outpost with official authorization.[7]
On May 15, 2025, a gunman opened fire on a car in Brukhin, killing a pregnant Israeli woman. Her child was delivered in an emergency caesarean section. Israeli authorities stated they were "deeply shocked by the horrific attack in [the northern West Bank] against a pregnant woman and her husband, while they were making their way to the delivery room", while Hamas praised the attack as a "heroic" response to Israel's "escalating crimes and ongoing aggression against our people in Gaza and the occupied West Bank".[5]
Popular culture
In July 2015 a "come and join" video was released on YouTube featuring a song sung by the families of Brukhin.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
See also
Footnotes
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- ↑ a b Bruqin Town Profile, ARIJ, 2013, p. 17
- ↑ a b c Gideon Levy, Outposts 2012: Coming to a Judea and Samaria hill near you, at Haaretz, 24 April 2012.
- ↑ Jodi Rudoren, Jeremy Ashkenas,'Netanyahu and the Settlements,' The New York Times 12 March 2015.
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- ↑ a b Washington Times 27 February 2008 Unauthorized but aided by Israel page 1
- ↑ Amira Hass, 'Israel building farm on Arab land,' Haaretz, 6 June 2014.
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