Rosh Tzurim
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Rosh Tzurim (Template:Langx) is an Israeli settlement and religious kibbutz in the West Bank established in 1969. It is located about Script error: No such module "convert". south of Jerusalem, 3.9 km east of the Green Line, inside barrier wall. A member of the Religious Kibbutz Movement, it falls under the jurisdiction of the Gush Etzion Regional Council. In Template:Israel populations it had a population of Template:Israel populations.
The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this.[1]
Name
The name originates from the Biblical passage "For from the top of the crags I see him" (Script error: No such module "Bibleverse".)[2] - just like the neighbouring village Gevaot.
History
According to ARIJ, Israel confiscated land from two nearby Palestinian villages in order to construct Rosh Tzurim: 110 dunams from Nahalin,[3] and 780 dunams from Khirbet Beit Zakariyyah.[4]
The settlement was established in 1969 by members of Bnei Akiva Religious Scouts and Nahal soldiers.[2]
Rosh Tzurim is located on the site of the ancient Beth ZechariahScript error: No such module "Unsubst". and on a hilltop that had previously been occupied by Ein Tzurim, a kibbutz that was destroyed in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War by the Jordanian Arab Legion and later re-established in the Lakhish area.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Rosh Tzurim went through a privatization process, first through the rental of available houses, and later an additional neighborhood, Nof Tzurim, was built on the kibbutz.[5]
Economy
The kibbutz raises turkeys, produces milk and grows grapes for wine production along with other fruits.
References
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- ↑ a b Carta's Official Guide to Israel and Complete Gazetteer to all Sites in the Holy Land. (3rd edition 1993) Jerusalem, Carta, p.403 , Template:ISBN (English)
- ↑ Nahhalin Village Profile, ARIJ, p. 18
- ↑ Beit Sakariya Village Profile, ARIJ, p. 17
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- Religious Kibbutz Movement
- Nahal settlements
- Populated places established in 1969
- Religious Israeli settlements
- Gush Etzion Regional Council
- 1969 establishments in the Israeli Military Governorate
- Israeli settlements in the West Bank