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Sansana

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Sansana
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CountryIsrael
DistrictJudea and Samaria Area
CouncilHar Hevron
RegionWest Bank
AffiliationAmana
Founded1997
Founded byNahal
Population
 (2023)[1]
842
Websitewww.sansana.org

Sansana (Hebrew: סנסנה) is a religious Israeli settlement in the West Bank. Located in the southern Judaean Mountains, to the south-west of Hebron and over the Green Line, it is organised as a community settlement and falls under the jurisdiction of Har Hevron Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 842.

The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this.[2]

History

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The settlement was established in 1997 as a Nahal settlement,[3] the first kvutza arrived on 21 April 1999, and it was civilianised by members of the Or Movement in 2000. Its name is taken from the name of a Biblical village nearby (Joshua 15:31)[4] and from Song of Songs 7:9;

I said: 'I will climb up into the palm-tree, I will take hold of the branches thereof; and let thy breasts be as clusters of the vine, and the smell of thy countenance like apples;

References

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  3. ^ Gabe Kahn, Israel's Junta – IDF Overrules Barak in Sansana. Arutz Sheva, 24 February 2012
  4. ^ Probably situated on: Khirbet esh Shamsaniyat. Places in the Bible Today: Sansannah (OpenBible.info)
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