Sa-Nur

Sa-Nur (Hebrew: שא-נור, lit. 'Flame Carrier') was an Israeli settlement in the northern West Bank, just north of the Palestinian towns of Silat ad-Dhahr and Fandaqumiya, under the administrative jurisdiction of Shomron Regional Council until 2005.[1] Prior to its demolition, Sa-Nur was home to 43 families.[2] In 2025, the Israeli government approved the settlement's reestablishment.[3]

Unilateral disengagement

In September 2005 its 105 residents were evicted and Israel Defense Forces soldiers began dismantling Sanur as part of Israeli disengagement from Gaza.[4] The demolition of Sa-Nur and Homesh marked the end of the central part of the disengagement plan.[5] The only remaining structure, a synagogue, was buried.[6]

Attempts to rebuild

Since the demolition, religious Zionist groups have attempted to return to Sa-Nur, in order to rebuild the community. On 8 May 2008, following a permitted Independence Day rally in Homesh, a group of 150 set off at night for Sa-Nur, including many former residents.[2]

On 30 July 2015, marking the 10 year anniversary after the evacuation, 250 people, made up of 20 former families, attempted to resettle in Sa-Nur, before being forcibly evicted by the Israel Defense Forces.[7][8]

In late July 2018, 200 Jewish settlers, supported by Bayit Yehudi MKs Shuli Mualem and Bezalel Smotrich, revisited the area as part of a plan to challenge the Disengagement Plan which led to the settlement's dismantlement.[9]

Reestablishment

In May 2025, the government's Security Cabinet approved the reestablishment of Sa-Nur, along with the formerly dismantled settlement of Homesh, as well as the establishment of 20 other new settlements.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ About the Council- general background Archived 2007-11-06 at the Wayback Machine Shomron Regional Council
  2. ^ a b Thousands at Homesh; Dozens Attempt to Rebuild Sa-Nur Israel National News May 9, 2008
  3. ^ a b "Gov't approves establishment of 22 new West Bank settlements". Jerusalem Post May 29, 2025.
  4. ^ Q&A: The Gaza Withdrawal CTV, 12 September 2005
  5. ^ Israel completes settler withdrawal plan CNN, 23 August 2005
  6. ^ "IDF 'Buries' Synagogue in Evacuated Settlement of Sa-Nur" – via Haaretz.
  7. ^ "Security Forces Begin Eviction in Sa-Nur". Israel National News. July 30, 2015.
  8. ^ "Security forces evacuated settler families from Sa-Nur". The Jerusalem Post.
  9. ^ Elisha Ben-Kimon, 'Settlers mark 13 years to evacuation with return to Sa-Nur', Ynet, 24 July 2018.

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