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'''Rehelim''' ({{Lang-he|רְחלים}}) is an [[Israeli settlement]] in the northern [[West Bank]]. Located on [[Highway 60 (Israel)|Route 60]], between [[Kfar Tapuach]] and [[Eli (town)|Eli]], east of [[Ariel (city)|Ariel]] and adjacent to the [[Palestinian territories|Palestinian]] towns of [[Yatma]] and [[Qabalan]], it falls under the jurisdiction of [[Shomron Regional Council]]. In {{Israel populations|Year}}, it had a population of {{Israel populations|Rehelim}}. In January 2021, under [[Benjamin Netanyahu]], the Israeli government decided to legalize the illegal, nearby outpost of [[Nofei Nehemia]], by reclassifying it as a “neighborhood” of the Rehelim settlement, which itself was an illegal outpost that was legalized a few years prior.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=17 January 2021 |title=780 Settlement Housing Units Approved Ahead of US Presidential Transition |url=https://peacenow.org.il/en/780-housing-units-were-approved-in-settlements |website=[[Peace Now]]}}</ref>
'''Rehelim''' ({{Lang-he|רְחלים}}) is an [[Israeli settlement]] in Samaria. Located on [[Highway 60 (Israel)|Route 60]], between [[Kfar Tapuach]] and [[Eli (town)|Eli]], east of [[Ariel (city)|Ariel]] and adjacent to the [[Palestinian territories|Palestinian]] towns of [[Yatma]] and [[Qabalan]], it falls under the jurisdiction of [[Shomron Regional Council]]. In {{Israel populations|Year}}, it had a population of {{Israel populations|Rehelim}}.

The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank [[International law and Israeli settlements|illegal under international law]], but the Israeli government disputes this.<ref name="BBC_GC4">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/1682640.stm |title=The Geneva Convention |publisher=BBC News |date=10 December 2009 |accessdate=27 November 2010 }}</ref>


== History ==
== History ==
On 27 October 1991, busloads of Jewish settlers were on their way to a protest in Tel Aviv against the [[Madrid Conference of 1991|peace negotiations in Madrid]], when one of the buses came under attack from Palestinians.<ref name=elor>{{cite journal | author = Tamar el-Or and Gideon Aran | title = Giving birth to a settlement | journal = Gender & Society | year = 1995 | volume = 9 | pages = 60–78 | url=http://www.tamarelor.com/images/stories/articles/giving%20birth%20to%20a%20settlement.pdf | doi=10.1177/089124395009001004| s2cid = 143556233 }}</ref> The driver, Yitzhak Rofeh from West Jerusalem, and Rachel Drouk, of [[Shilo (town)|Shilo]], were killed.<ref name=elor/> After Rachel's funeral, women from settlements all over the West Bank set up tents at the site, and remained there despite official disapproval.<ref name=elor/> For a long time, only women and children lived there.<ref name=elor/> It was named "Rehelim" (plural of the name "Rachel") after 3 Rachels: Rachel Drouk; Rachel Weiss, who was killed in the [[Jericho bus firebombing]]; and the matriarch [[Rachel]].<ref name=elor/> According to one of its founders, Shabtay Bendet, who left Rehelim later to work for the [[Peace Now]] NGO as director of their settlements watch, “We created facts on the ground without any approval from the government and only worked tried to get permission after the fact."<ref name="Magid" >Jacob Magid, [https://www.timesofisrael.com/murder-suspects-yeshiva-seen-as-a-radical-outpost-in-a-moderate-settlement/ ‘Murder suspects’ yeshiva seen as a radical bastion in a more moderate settlement,’] [[The Times of Israel]] 8 January 2019</ref>
On 27 October 1991, busloads of Jews were on their way to a protest in Tel Aviv against the Israeli-Arab [[Madrid Conference of 1991|negotiations in Madrid]], when one of the buses came under attack from Palestinians.<ref name=elor>{{cite journal | author = Tamar el-Or and Gideon Aran | title = Giving birth to a settlement | journal = Gender & Society | year = 1995 | volume = 9 | pages = 60–78 | url=http://www.tamarelor.com/images/stories/articles/giving%20birth%20to%20a%20settlement.pdf | doi=10.1177/089124395009001004| s2cid = 143556233 }}</ref> The driver, Yitzhak Rofeh from West Jerusalem, and Rachel Drouk, of [[Shilo (town)|Shilo]], were killed.<ref name=elor/> After Rachel's funeral, women from settlements all over the West Bank set up tents at the site, and remained there despite official disapproval.<ref name=elor/> For a long time, only women and children lived there.<ref name=elor/> It was named "Rehelim" (plural of the name "Rachel") after 3 Rachels: Rachel Drouk; Rachel Weiss, who was killed in the [[Jericho bus firebombing]]; and the matriarch [[Rachel]].<ref name=elor/> According to one of its founders, Shabtay Bendet, who left Rehelim later to work for the [[Peace Now]] NGO as director of their settlements watch, “We created facts on the ground without any approval from the government and only worked tried to get permission after the fact."<ref name="Magid" >Jacob Magid, [https://www.timesofisrael.com/murder-suspects-yeshiva-seen-as-a-radical-outpost-in-a-moderate-settlement/ ‘Murder suspects’ yeshiva seen as a radical bastion in a more moderate settlement,’] [[The Times of Israel]] 8 January 2019</ref>

According to [[Applied Research Institute–Jerusalem|ARIJ]], Israel confiscated 376 [[dunam]]s of land from the [[Palestinians|Palestinian]] village of [[As-Sawiya]] in order to construct Rehelim.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20171025075709/http://vprofile.arij.org/nablus/pdfs/vprofile/As%20Sawiya_vp_en.pdf As Sawiya Village Profile], ARIJ, pp. 16-17</ref>


In 1999, the [[Council of the European Union]] reported that Rehelim had gained retroactive approval from the Israeli government on the basis of its location being on survey land that was transferred to state land.<ref name=CEU>{{cite web |url=http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_data/docs/pressdata/en/er/23oct-12dec%201998en.htm |title=EU Settlements Watch Executive Summary |author= |date=19 March 1999 |publisher=Council of the European Union |accessdate=27 November 2011}}</ref> In 2007 the [[Israel Central Bureau of Statistics]] listed a change in the status of Rehelim as belonging to the area of [[Kfar Tapuach]], and not an independent settlement.<ref name=ICBC>{{cite web |url=http://www.cbs.gov.il/ishuvim/ishuv2007/changes1948_2007.xls|title=Changes 1948-2007|author= |year=2007 |publisher=Israel Central Bureau of Statistics |accessdate=27 November 2011}}</ref> However, the settlement was officially recognised in 2012.<ref name="jpost20130109">{{cite news|title=PM: Ariel will remain under Israeli sovereignty|url=http://www.jpost.com/DiplomacyAndPolitics/Article.aspx?ID=298887&R=R1|newspaper=The Jerusalem Post|date=9 January 2013}}</ref><ref name=jpost20120422>{{cite news|title=PM sets up panel to legalize state land outposts|url=http://www.jpost.com/DiplomacyAndPolitics/Article.aspx?ID=267077&R=R1|newspaper=The Jerusalem Post|date=22 April 2012}}</ref>
In 1999, the [[Council of the European Union]] reported that Rehelim had gained retroactive approval from the Israeli government on the basis of its location being on survey land that was transferred to state land.<ref name="CEU">{{cite web |url=http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_data/docs/pressdata/en/er/23oct-12dec%201998en.htm |title=EU Settlements Watch Executive Summary |author= |date=19 March 1999 |publisher=Council of the European Union |accessdate=27 November 2011}}</ref> In 2007 the [[Israel Central Bureau of Statistics]] listed a change in the status of Rehelim as belonging to the area of [[Kfar Tapuach]], and not an independent settlement.<ref name="ICBC">{{cite web |url=http://www.cbs.gov.il/ishuvim/ishuv2007/changes1948_2007.xls|title=Changes 1948-2007|author= |year=2007 |publisher=Israel Central Bureau of Statistics |accessdate=27 November 2011}}</ref> However, the settlement was officially recognised in 2012.<ref name="jpost20130109">{{cite news|title=PM: Ariel will remain under Israeli sovereignty|url=http://www.jpost.com/DiplomacyAndPolitics/Article.aspx?ID=298887&R=R1|newspaper=The Jerusalem Post|date=9 January 2013}}</ref><ref name="jpost20120422">{{cite news|title=PM sets up panel to legalize state land outposts|url=http://www.jpost.com/DiplomacyAndPolitics/Article.aspx?ID=267077&R=R1|newspaper=The Jerusalem Post|date=22 April 2012}}</ref>


In 2016, Rehelim opened its doors to Yehuda Libman, a rabbi formerly of the settlement of [[Yitzhar]] and a lieutenant colonel in the [[Israel Defense Forces]] reserves, allowing him to establish the Pri Ha'aretz yeshiva on the settlement's outskirts.<ref name="Magid" /> Two years later, a Palestinian woman [[Killing of Aisha al-Rabi|was killed]] by a rock thrown at her vehicle near Rehelim.<ref>{{cite web|title=Shin Bet Claims DNA of Yeshiva Student Found on Rock that Killed Arab Passenger|website=jewishpress.com|url=https://www.jewishpress.com/news/police-news/shin-bet-claims-dna-of-yeshiva-student-found-on-rock-that-killed-arab-passenger/2019/01/24/|accessdate=2019-01-30|quote=An indictment was filed Thursday against a student, 16, enrolled in the Pri Ha’aretz yeshiva in Rehelim, Samaria, for the killing of Aisha al-Rabi under terrorist circumstances.}}</ref> The [[Shin Bet]] subsequently arrested five students from the yeshiva, alleging they were responsible for the attack.<ref>{{cite news|title=I was a settler. I know how settlers become killers - Israel News - Haaretz.com|newspaper=Haaretz|url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-i-was-a-settler-i-know-how-settlers-became-killers-1.6893477|accessdate=2019-01-30}}</ref>
In 2016, Rehelim opened its doors to Yehuda Libman, a rabbi formerly of the settlement of [[Yitzhar]] and a lieutenant colonel in the [[Israel Defense Forces]] reserves, allowing him to establish the Pri Ha'aretz yeshiva on the settlement's outskirts.<ref name="Magid" /> Two years later, a Palestinian woman [[Killing of Aisha al-Rabi|was killed]] by a rock thrown at her vehicle near Rehelim.<ref>{{cite web|title=Shin Bet Claims DNA of Yeshiva Student Found on Rock that Killed Arab Passenger|website=jewishpress.com|url=https://www.jewishpress.com/news/police-news/shin-bet-claims-dna-of-yeshiva-student-found-on-rock-that-killed-arab-passenger/2019/01/24/|accessdate=2019-01-30|quote=An indictment was filed Thursday against a student, 16, enrolled in the Pri Ha’aretz yeshiva in Rehelim, Samaria, for the killing of Aisha al-Rabi under terrorist circumstances.}}</ref> The [[Shin Bet]] subsequently arrested five students from the yeshiva, alleging they were responsible for the attack.<ref>{{cite news|title=I was a settler. I know how settlers become killers - Israel News - Haaretz.com|newspaper=Haaretz|url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-i-was-a-settler-i-know-how-settlers-became-killers-1.6893477|accessdate=2019-01-30}}</ref>


In {{Israel populations|Year}}, it had a population of {{Israel populations|Rehelim}}. In January 2021, under [[Benjamin Netanyahu]], the Israeli government decided to legalize the illegal, nearby outpost of [[Nofei Nehemia]], by reclassifying it as a “neighborhood” of the Rehelim settlement, which itself was an illegal outpost that was legalized a few years prior.<ref name=":0" />
In {{Israel populations|Year}}, it had a population of {{Israel populations|Rehelim}}. In January 2021, under [[Benjamin Netanyahu]], the Israeli government decided to legalize the nearby outpost of [[Nofei Nehemia]], by reclassifying it as a “neighborhood” of the Rehelim settlement<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=17 January 2021 |title=780 Settlement Housing Units Approved Ahead of US Presidential Transition |url=https://peacenow.org.il/en/780-housing-units-were-approved-in-settlements |website=[[Peace Now]]}}</ref>


== Economy ==
== Economy ==

Revision as of 22:37, 2 March 2023

Rehelim
רְחלים‎
Rehelim is located in the Northern West Bank
Rehelim
Rehelim
Coordinates: 32°6′10″N 35°15′26″E / 32.10278°N 35.25722°E / 32.10278; 35.25722
DistrictJudea and Samaria Area
CouncilShomron
RegionWest Bank
AffiliationAmana
Founded1991
Population
 (2022)[1]
1,062

Rehelim (Template:Lang-he) is an Israeli settlement in Samaria. Located on Route 60, between Kfar Tapuach and Eli, east of Ariel and adjacent to the Palestinian towns of Yatma and Qabalan, it falls under the jurisdiction of Shomron Regional Council. In 2022, it had a population of 1,062.

History

On 27 October 1991, busloads of Jews were on their way to a protest in Tel Aviv against the Israeli-Arab negotiations in Madrid, when one of the buses came under attack from Palestinians.[2] The driver, Yitzhak Rofeh from West Jerusalem, and Rachel Drouk, of Shilo, were killed.[2] After Rachel's funeral, women from settlements all over the West Bank set up tents at the site, and remained there despite official disapproval.[2] For a long time, only women and children lived there.[2] It was named "Rehelim" (plural of the name "Rachel") after 3 Rachels: Rachel Drouk; Rachel Weiss, who was killed in the Jericho bus firebombing; and the matriarch Rachel.[2] According to one of its founders, Shabtay Bendet, who left Rehelim later to work for the Peace Now NGO as director of their settlements watch, “We created facts on the ground without any approval from the government and only worked tried to get permission after the fact."[3]

In 1999, the Council of the European Union reported that Rehelim had gained retroactive approval from the Israeli government on the basis of its location being on survey land that was transferred to state land.[4] In 2007 the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics listed a change in the status of Rehelim as belonging to the area of Kfar Tapuach, and not an independent settlement.[5] However, the settlement was officially recognised in 2012.[6][7]

In 2016, Rehelim opened its doors to Yehuda Libman, a rabbi formerly of the settlement of Yitzhar and a lieutenant colonel in the Israel Defense Forces reserves, allowing him to establish the Pri Ha'aretz yeshiva on the settlement's outskirts.[3] Two years later, a Palestinian woman was killed by a rock thrown at her vehicle near Rehelim.[8] The Shin Bet subsequently arrested five students from the yeshiva, alleging they were responsible for the attack.[9]

In 2022, it had a population of 1,062. In January 2021, under Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli government decided to legalize the nearby outpost of Nofei Nehemia, by reclassifying it as a “neighborhood” of the Rehelim settlement[10]

Economy

The Tura boutique winery is located in Rehelim.[11] The winery was founded in 2003 as Erez Winery, and renamed in 2005. The grapes are grown in vineyards on Har Brakha at an elevation of 840 meters. In 2010, the winery was producing some 12,000 bottles annually, chiefly from Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Chardonnay grapes.[12]

References

  1. ^ "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d e Tamar el-Or and Gideon Aran (1995). "Giving birth to a settlement" (PDF). Gender & Society. 9: 60–78. doi:10.1177/089124395009001004. S2CID 143556233.
  3. ^ a b Jacob Magid, ‘Murder suspects’ yeshiva seen as a radical bastion in a more moderate settlement,’ The Times of Israel 8 January 2019
  4. ^ "EU Settlements Watch Executive Summary". Council of the European Union. 19 March 1999. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
  5. ^ "Changes 1948-2007". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. 2007. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
  6. ^ "PM: Ariel will remain under Israeli sovereignty". The Jerusalem Post. 9 January 2013.
  7. ^ "PM sets up panel to legalize state land outposts". The Jerusalem Post. 22 April 2012.
  8. ^ "Shin Bet Claims DNA of Yeshiva Student Found on Rock that Killed Arab Passenger". jewishpress.com. Retrieved 2019-01-30. An indictment was filed Thursday against a student, 16, enrolled in the Pri Ha'aretz yeshiva in Rehelim, Samaria, for the killing of Aisha al-Rabi under terrorist circumstances.
  9. ^ "I was a settler. I know how settlers become killers - Israel News - Haaretz.com". Haaretz. Retrieved 2019-01-30.
  10. ^ "780 Settlement Housing Units Approved Ahead of US Presidential Transition". Peace Now. 17 January 2021.
  11. ^ "Settlers cultivate West Bank tourism to tighten grip on land". Reuters. 2011-06-20. Retrieved 2019-01-31.
  12. ^ "Wine and Spirits / Tulips for Your Two Lips". Haaretz. 2010-02-24. Retrieved 2019-01-31.
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