Sansana

Sansana סנסנה
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Coordinates: 31°21′43″N 34°54′10″E
District	Judea and Samaria Area
Council	Har Hevron
Region	West Bank
Affiliation	Amana
Founded	1997
Founded by	Nahal
Population  (2022)[1]	716
Website	www.sansana.org

Sansana (Hebrew: סנסנה) 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 2022 it had a population of 716.

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

History

The settlement was established in 1997 as a Nahal settlement,[3] 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)[4] 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

1. "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
2. "The Geneva Convention". BBC News. 10 December 2009. Retrieved 27 November 2010.
3. Gabe Kahn, Israel's Junta – IDF Overrules Barak in Sansana. Arutz Sheva, 24 February 2012
4. Probably situated on: Khirbet esh Shamsaniyat. Places in the Bible Today: Sansannah (OpenBible.info)

External links

• Sansana Negev Information Centre