Tene Omarim
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Tene Omarim is is an Israeli
, non-Religious communal settlement
in the southern Hebron Hills
of the West Bank
. It is just north of Meitar
, and within the jurisdiction of the Har Hebron Regional Council
.
The Yishuv was established in 1983 as a Nahal settlement under the name "Nahal Omarim," and was "civilianized" in 1984. In 2005, as a part of Israel's unilateral disengagement plan
, the Yishuv absorbed 13 families from Morag, Gush Katif
.
Residents of the Yishuv list the name of the Yishuv as "Tene Omarim," although the government officially considers the name of the Yishuv "Tene," as a tribute to David Taneh, the first CEO of the Building and Housing Office.
Israeli settlement
An Israeli settlement is a Jewish civilian community built on land that was captured by Israel from Jordan, Egypt, and Syria during the 1967 Six-Day War and is considered occupied territory by the international community. Such settlements currently exist in the West Bank...
, non-Religious communal settlement
Communal settlement (Israel)
A community settlement is a type of town in Israel. While in an ordinary town anyone may buy property, in a community settlement the town's residents, who are organized in a cooperative, can veto a sale of a house or a business to an undesirable buyer....
in the southern Hebron Hills
Mount Hebron
Mount Hebron is a geographic region and geologic formation in the southern West Bank, with its western foothills extending into Israel. The area was in biblical times a center of the Israelite and Hasmonean kingdoms. The region lends its name to the Mount Hebron Regional Council....
of the West Bank
West Bank
The West Bank ) of the Jordan River is the landlocked geographical eastern part of the Palestinian territories located in Western Asia. To the west, north, and south, the West Bank shares borders with the state of Israel. To the east, across the Jordan River, lies the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan...
. It is just north of Meitar
Meitar
Meitar is a small local council north-east of Beersheba, in Israel's Southern District. The town lies on Highway 60 just south of the Green Line on the southern edge of Mount Hebron, alongside the Yatir Forest. Meitar was founded in 1984....
, and within the jurisdiction of the Har Hebron Regional Council
Har Hebron Regional Council
The Har Hevron Regional Council is an Israeli regional council in the southern Judean Hills area of Mount Hebron, in the southern West Bank. The headquarters are located adjacent to Otniel. The council was established in 1983...
.
The Yishuv was established in 1983 as a Nahal settlement under the name "Nahal Omarim," and was "civilianized" in 1984. In 2005, as a part of Israel's unilateral disengagement plan
Israel's unilateral disengagement plan
Israel's unilateral disengagement plan , also known as the "Disengagement plan", "Gaza expulsion plan", and "Hitnatkut", was a proposal by Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, adopted by the government on June 6, 2004 and enacted in August 2005, to evict all Israelis from the Gaza Strip and from...
, the Yishuv absorbed 13 families from Morag, Gush Katif
Gush Katif
Gush Katif was a bloc of 17 Israeli settlements in the southern Gaza strip. Gush Katif was specifically mentioned by Yitzhak Rabin, the Israeli prime minister who fell victim to an assassin in 1995, as essential to Israel's security border. In August 2005, the Israeli army moved the 8,600...
.
Residents of the Yishuv list the name of the Yishuv as "Tene Omarim," although the government officially considers the name of the Yishuv "Tene," as a tribute to David Taneh, the first CEO of the Building and Housing Office.