Itamar (Israeli settlement)

For other uses, see Itamar (name).

Itamar
אִיתָמָר‎
Itamar is located in the Northern West Bank
Itamar
Itamar
Coordinates: 32°10′27″N 35°18′30″E / 32.17417°N 35.30833°E / 32.17417; 35.30833
DistrictJudea and Samaria Area
CouncilShomron
RegionWest Bank
AffiliationAmana
Founded1984
Founded byAmana
Population
 (2022)[1]
1,470

Itamar (Hebrew: אִיתָמָר) is an Israeli settlement located in the West Bank's Samarian mountains, five kilometers southeast of the Palestinian city of Nablus. The settlement was built on land confiscated from the Palestinian villages of Awarta,[2] Beit Furik,[3]Yanun, Aqraba and Rujeib.[4] The predominantly Orthodox and Religious Zionist Jewish community falls in part[5] within the municipal jurisdiction of the Shomron Regional Council.[6] Under the terms of the Oslo Accords of 1993 between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization, Itamar was designated Area "C", under provisional Israeli civil and security control, before a transition period after which Area "C" was to be handed back to the Palestinians.[citation needed] In 2022, it had a population of 1,470.

The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this.[7] The settlement has several outposts and covers a total area of approximately 7,000 dunams of land.[8]

Itamar's residents have been the target of several lethal attacks by Palestinian militants, most notably the 2011 massacre of the Fogel family by residents of the nearby village of Awarta.[9] HRW reports an extensive number of violent acts by settlers from Itamar and its outposts against local Palestinians.[10]

  1. ^ "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
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  5. ^ Chaim Levinson, 'Israeli 'hilltop youth' accuse their former hero of stealing settlers' land,’ at Haaretz, 31 January 2013.
  6. ^ "Settlements list". Peace Now. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 29 March 2011.
  7. ^ "The Geneva Convention". BBC News. 10 December 2009. Retrieved 27 November 2010.
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  9. ^ Cohen, Gili (13 March 2011). "Itamar settlement has been a prime target for terror". Haaretz. Retrieved 15 March 2011.
  10. ^ "Separate and Unequal: Israel's Discriminatory Treatment of Palestinians in the Occupied Palestinian Territories" (PDF). Human Rights Watch. December 2010. p. 101ff. Retrieved 6 April 2011.