Sansana

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Sansana (Template:Langx) is a religious Israeli settlement in the West Bank. Located in the southern Judaean Mountains, to the south-west of Hebron and over the Green Line, it is organised as a community settlement and falls under the jurisdiction of Har Hevron 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]

History

The settlement was established in 1997 as a Nahal settlement,[2] the first kvutza arrived on 21 April 1999, and it was civilianised by members of the Or Movement in 2000. Its name is taken from the name of a Biblical village nearby (Joshua 15:31)[3] and from Song of Songs 7:9;

I said: 'I will climb up into the palm-tree, I will take hold of the branches thereof; and let thy breasts be as clusters of the vine, and the smell of thy countenance like apples;

References

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  2. Gabe Kahn, Israel's Junta – IDF Overrules Barak in Sansana. Arutz Sheva, 24 February 2012
  3. Probably situated on: Khirbet esh Shamsaniyat. Places in the Bible Today: Sansannah (OpenBible.info)

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