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Avnei Hefetz - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 32°17′5″N 35°4′26″E / 32.28472°N 35.07389°E

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Avnei Hefetz אַבְנֵי חֵפֶץ‎ أڤني حفيتس
Hebrew transcription(s)
• official	Avne Hefez
• unofficial	Avnei Chefetz

Etymology: Precious stones
Avnei Hefetz Show map of the Northern West Bank Avnei Hefetz Show map of the West Bank
Coordinates: 32°17′5″N 35°4′26″E / 32.28472°N 35.07389°E / 32.28472; 35.07389
District	Judea and Samaria Area
Council	Shomron
Region	West Bank
Founded	1990
Founded by	Students from Karnei Shomron
Population (2022)	2,363^[1]

Avnei Hefetz (Hebrew: אַבְנֵי חֵפֶץ, lit. 'Precious Stones') is an Israeli settlement (organised as a community settlement) located on the western edge of the northern West Bank. The settlement under the administrative municipal government of the Shomron Regional Council, is located adjacent to the Palestinian city of Tulkarm and to the Israeli settlements of Einav and Sal'it.

The international community considers Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this.^[2]

History

Established in 1990 by a group of Israeli Orthodox Jewish students from the Karnei Shomron Hesder Yeshiva with help from Amana, Avnei Hefetz is now home to over 200 families, including hundreds of children. The name of the village comes from Isaiah 54:12:^[3]

"And I will make thy pinnacles of rubies, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy border of precious stones."

In 1995, the Israeli military confiscated about 200 dunams of land from the Palestinian village Kafr al-Labad in order to enlarge Avnei Hefetz,^[4] in total, about 355 dunams of Kafr al-Labad's lands have been added to Avnei Hefetz.^[5]

In 2016, settlement construction in the occupied West Bank increased by 34 percent. Authorities initiated a construction adding 1,814 new settler housing units. At least 129 new units in the Avnei Hefetz settlement were added to create a primarily industrial zone, rendering the colony increasingly closer to the Palestinian village of Shufa.^[6]^[7]

Geography

The settlement is located adjacent to the Palestinian city of Tulkarm. The nearest Israeli cities are Netanya to the west and Kfar Saba to the southwest, both about a twenty-five-minute drive away. There are four distinct neighborhoods of Avnei Hefetz: Neve Hefetz – urban, Avnei Shoham – rural, Mitzpe Hefetz – rural, Avnei Hen – rural. In 2022 its population was 2,363.

Education

There are many institutions located on the settlement: six nurseries, six kindergartens, a combined elementary school and junior high school, and a morning and evening kollel.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
^ "The Geneva Convention". BBC News. 10 December 2009. Retrieved 27 November 2010.
^ Bitan, Hanna: 1948-1998: Fifty Years of 'Hityashvut': Atlas of Names of Settlements in Israel, Jerusalem 1999, Carta, p.1, ISBN 965-220-423-4 (Hebrew)
^ The Middle East: Abstracts and Indexes. Library Information and Research Service, 1999. Vol. 23, p. 280.
^ The Expansion of Avni Hefets colony at the Expense of Kufr Al Labbad village Archived 2020-06-17 at the Wayback Machine. Applied Research Institute-Jerusalem (ARIJ). 2009-08-03.
^ "Avnei Hefetz Archives".
^ "The Geneva Convention". BBC News. 10 December 2009. Retrieved 27 November 2010.

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Moshavim	Reihan Sal'it
Community settlements	Alei Zahav Avnei Hefetz Barkan Brukhin Einav Elon Moreh Har Brakha Hermesh Hinanit Itamar Kfar Tapuach Kiryat Netafim Ma'ale Shomron Mevo Dotan Migdalim Nofei Nehemia Leshem Peduel Rehelim Revava Sha'arei Tikva Shaked Shavei Shomron Tal Menashe Tzofim Yair Farm Yakir Yitzhar
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Outposts	Alonei Shilo El Matan Giv'ot Olam Havat Gilad Havat Skali Hill 777 Magen Dan Mitzpe Yosef Homesh Ramat Gilad Seneh Ya'akov Tapuah West
Settlements demolished	Ganim Homesh Kadim Sa-Nur

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