• Source: Karnei Shomron

Karnei Shomron (Hebrew: קַרְנֵי שׁוֹמְרוֹן, lit. "Rays (of light) of Samaria") is an Israeli settlement organized as a local council established in 1977 in the West Bank, east of Kfar Saba. Karnei Shomron is located 48 kilometres (30 mi) northeast of Tel Aviv and 85 kilometres (53 mi) north of Jerusalem. In 2022 it had a population of 9,920.
The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this.




History and archaeology






= Confiscation of Palestinian land

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According to ARIJ, Israel confiscated land from four nearby Palestinian villages of in order to construct Karnei Shomron:

713 dunams from Jinsafut,
512 dunams from Deir Istiya,
229 dunams from Kafr Laqif,
216 dunams from Hajjah.




= Local Council neighborhoods

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In 1991, several Israeli settlements were merged to become a single municipality called Karnei Shomron Local Council:

Karnei Shomron - established in 1977, 450 families
Ginot Shomron - established in 1984, 850 families
Neve Menachem/Neve Oramin - established in 1991, 220 families
Alonei Shilo - established in 1999, 25 families
Also part of Karnei Shomron are:

Mitzpe Tzvaim
Midreshet Shilat, a midrasha for girls;
Ramat Gil'ad
Neve Aliza, a religious neighborhood of American-style homes founded by new immigrants from the United States and Canada in 1985.




= Nature

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The town borders Wadi Qana, a wadi marking the border between lands that are believed to have been the territory of the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh (Menashe) in biblical times. Wadi Qana, Hebrew name: Nahal Kana, is administered by the Israel Nature and Parks Authority and is defined as a nature reserve.




= Leadership

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The chief rabbi of Karnei Shomron is Yitzhak HaLevy.
Igal Lahav is the head of the Karnei Shomron Local Council.




= 2002 mall attack

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During the Second Intifada, on 16 February 2002, two people were killed and 30 people were wounded, six seriously, when a suicide bomber blew himself up at a pizzeria in Ginot Shomron shopping mall in Karnei Shomron. Rachel Thaler, 16 died of her wounds on 27 February. The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) claimed responsibility for the attack.




Notable residents


Michael Ben-Ari (b. 1963), politician
Moshe Feiglin (b. 1962), politician
Shmuel Sackett (b. 1961), activist




References






External links


Karnei Shomron website

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Dewan Regional Shomron
• Michael Ben-Ari
• Wilayah Yudea dan Samaria
• Karnei Shomron
• Karnei Shomron Mall suicide bombing
• Judea and Samaria Area
• Shomron Regional Council
• Ma'ale Shomron
• Tribe of Manasseh
• Israel–Hezbollah conflict (2023–present)
• Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades
• Tribe of Ephraim
• Showbread Institute