Amichai (settlement)
Amichai ( Hebrew עמיחיfor "My People Lives") is an Israeli settlement in the Mateh Benjamin regional administration in the West Bank , the construction of which was decided in March 2017 by the Israeli government. It is Israel's first official settlement since 1992.
location
Amichai is located in the northern West Bank , around 30 kilometers north of Jerusalem and 50 kilometers east of Tel Aviv . To the west of Amichai are the two Israeli settlements Shilo and Shvut Rachel, to the east of Amichai are the illegal outposts of Adei Ad, Ahija, Esch Kodesch and Keida.
Emergence
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had promised the residents of the Amona illegal outpost, which was evacuated in January 2017, that a new settlement would be built. His government approved the construction in March 2017. Construction work began in June 2017 and the first houses were completed in February 2018. The first residents (over 30 families) moved to Amichai in March 2018.
The settlement is to be home to up to 1,100 families in the future. In addition, there are plans to unite the illegal Adei Ad outpost, one kilometer away, with Amichai and thus indirectly legalize it under Israeli law.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Netanyahu promises 'new settlement' for Amona community. Retrieved March 24, 2019 (American English).
- ↑ Lissy Kaufmann: Israel's first settlement since 1992 caused a protest March 31, 2017 on tagesspiegel.de
- ^ Peter Beaumont: Israel begins work on first settlement in 25 years as Jared Kushner flies in . In: The Guardian . June 20, 2017, ISSN 0261-3077 ( theguardian.com [accessed March 24, 2019]).
- ^ First 36 homes go up in new Amichai settlement - Arab-Israeli Conflict - Jerusalem Post. Retrieved March 24, 2019 .
- ↑ Amona residents move to Amichai. Retrieved March 24, 2019 .
- ^ Jacob Magid: State planning to triple size of new settlement for Amona evacuees. Retrieved March 24, 2019 (American English).