Nofei Nehemia

Nofei Nehemia
  • נופי נחמיה (Hebrew)
Etymology: Nehemia's view
Nofei Nehemia is located in the Northern West Bank
Nofei Nehemia
Nofei Nehemia
Location within the Northern West Bank
Coordinates: 32°5′53.19″N 35°14′9.01″E / 32.0981083°N 35.2358361°E / 32.0981083; 35.2358361
CountryIsrael
DistrictJudea and Samaria Area
CouncilShomron
RegionWest Bank
AffiliationJewish
Founded2002
FounderAmana
Websitewww.yeshuv.org/nofi-nechemiya.html

Nofei Nehemia (Hebrew: נוֹפֵי נְחֶמְיָה) is an Israeli settlement in the West Bank, in the jurisdiction of the Shomron Regional Council in the northern West Bank. It is officially within the boundaries of Rehelim, a nearby Israeli settlement. First established in 2002, it is situated adjacent to Rehelim on Route 60, between Kfar Tapuach and Eli. The village also lies adjacent to the Palestinian towns of Iskaka and Yasuf. A few dozen families live on the village.

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

History

The village is named after Nehemia Ben Yehuda, the head of a family who owns a crane company who have been very involved in assisting the establishment of settlements in the West Bank.[citation needed]

The village was established in 2002 as an illegal outpost. In 2003, the Israeli government pledged to dismantle the village.

In January 2021, under Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli government decided to legalize 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. In June 2022 a group of around 20 people from Nofei Nehemia – mostly teenagers – attempted to establish an outpost on land belonging to Iskaka; this led to a confrontation between the settlers and the people of Iskaka in which a Palestinian man was killed.

References

  1. ↑ "PM: Ariel will remain under Israeli sovereignty". The Jerusalem Post. 9 January 2013.
  2. ↑ "Nofei Nehemia". Peace Now. Retrieved 29 March 2011.[dead link]
  3. ↑ "The Geneva Convention". BBC News. 10 December 2009. Retrieved 27 November 2010.
  4. ↑ "'Hell no, we won't go,' vow settlers, but for now they choose legal challenges". Haaretz. 10 June 2003. Archived from the original on June 3, 2016.
  5. ↑ "780 Settlement Housing Units Approved Ahead of US Presidential Transition". Peace Now. 17 January 2021.
  6. ↑ Shezaf, Hagar (27 August 2023). "Israeli Settlers Killing Palestinians: A History of Impunity". Haaretz. Retrieved 4 September 2026.