Ariel (city)

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Ariel
אֲרִיאֵל
اريئيل
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Ariel 2006
Territory : West Bank
( Judea and Samaria )
Community type : City administration
Founded : 1978
Coordinates : 32 ° 6 '  N , 35 ° 11'  E Coordinates: 32 ° 6 '22 "  N , 35 ° 11' 16"  E
Height : 550-680 m
Area : 14.677  km²
 
Residents : 19,220 (2016)
Population density : 1,310 inhabitants per km²
 
Telephone code : + 972-3-
Postal code : IL-40700
 
Mayor : Eliyahu Shaviro
Website :
Ariel (Palestinian Territories)
Ariel
Ariel

Ariel ( Hebrew אריאל) is an Israeli city ​​and settlement in Judea and Samaria / in the West Bank . It was founded in 1978 and is located 3 kilometers north of the Palestinian city ​​of Salfit , about 40 kilometers east of Tel Aviv , 50 kilometers northwest of Jerusalem and about 30 kilometers west of the Jordan in the hill country of biblical Samaria .

Ariel is the fourth largest Israeli settlement in Israeli-occupied territory in the West Bank. It is located around 17 kilometers east of the Green Line and west of the barrier fence .

Surname

The name Ariel literally means "lion of God" and is a description for Jerusalem and the temple in Jerusalem in the Hebrew Bible ( Isaiah 29: 1-8  EU ). In 2009, the city council decided to reinterpret the name in honor of the former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon .

Ariel 2008
Ariel 2010
Ariel University Center of Samaria
Milken Sports and Recreation Complex; John Hagee Building

history

The settlement was founded in 1978 by a group of employees of the Israeli military industry under the leadership of future Mayor Ron Nachman with 40 predominantly secular Israeli Jewish families in the heart of the northern West Bank, biblical Samaria. The plan to build the settlement had been supported by the then Defense Minister Shimon Peres , the location was chosen because it was on an important east-west road at the time and Israel secured control of the Jordan Valley and Jordan .

In the early years, the settlement consisted mainly of mobile residential units and only a small part of permanent buildings.

1979 Ariel became part of the newly established regional administration Schomron . As early as 1985 Ariel received the status of an independent municipal administration .

On August 12, 2003, a 17-year-old Palestinian blew himself up at a bus stop near Ariel, killing 18-year-old Erez Hershkovitz. Two Israelis were injured; one of them, 22-year-old Amatzia Nisanovitz, died two weeks later from his injuries.

Its population doubled in the 1990s, primarily due to the influx of new immigrants from the territory of the former Soviet Union .

In 1998, Ariel had a population of just under 15,000 and was made city ​​council . It describes itself as the "Jewish capital of Samaria ".

On February 5, 2018, an Arab Israeli from Jaffa attacked the 29-year-old Israeli Itamar Ben-Gal from Har Bracha in Ariel and killed him with three stab wounds.

geography

Ariel is located on a 5 kilometer long ridge at an altitude of 550 to almost 700 meters above sea level in the hilly country of biblical Samaria, 3 kilometers north of the Palestinian city ​​of Salfit , 23 kilometers southwest of Nablus , around 40 kilometers east of Tel Aviv , 50 kilometers northwest of Jerusalem and about 30 kilometers west of the Jordan . The city extends over a length of 12 kilometers and a width of 2 kilometers. At its western end it is 16 kilometers from the Green Line and at the eastern end more than 20 kilometers. Ariel is connected to Tel Aviv by the Trans-Samaria Expressway (Highway 5) and to Jerusalem by Expressway 60 (Highway 60).

population

The majority of the population of Ariel are secular Jewish Israelis. Around half are new immigrants from the former Soviet Union, including non-Jews; Christmas decorations and items can be found in Ariel during the Christmas season. The city also has an English-speaking community, as well as a number of Jewish settlers evacuated from the Gaza Strip in 2005 .

In 1990 Ariel had 8,000 inhabitants, in 1994 it had already exceeded 12,000, and in 1999 the population rose above 15,000 for the first time. At the end of 2010 it was 17,688. The population rose to 19,220 by December 31, 2016.

The Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics gives the following population figures for Ariel in the censuses of June 4, 1983, November 4, 1995 and December 28, 2008:

Year of the census 1983 1995 2008
Number of inhabitants 1,340 13,800 16,716

mayor

economy

Ariel has several industrial areas with over 150 factories, with more under construction. Some companies specialize in technological developments in the fields of biochemistry and technology, medicine and electronics, others produce, for example, textile and plastic products for export. According to Palestinian sources, industrial waste is often disposed of on Palestinian land. The wastewater from Ariel is said to lead to pollution in the water supply of the city of Salfit and to damage to flora and fauna in the area.

education

Ariel has several pre, elementary and secondary schools, as well as the University of Ariel in Samaria, founded in 1982 as the College of Judea and Samaria .

Culture and sport

The Milken Sports and Recreation Complex opened in 2008. The center has an Olympic swimming pool , jacuzzi , fitness center etc. and several cafes . The construction was made possible by financial contributions from the Milken Family Foundation and the evangelical pastor John Hagee , the founder of Christians United for Israel , after whom the main building is named.

After delays due to financial difficulties, the Ariel Center for the Performing Arts was opened in November 2010 , a theater with over 500 seats that shows productions from leading houses in Israel. In the course of the opening, there were several calls for boycotts by Israeli actors and cultural workers, who also received support from abroad.

Legal issues

The settlement was built on land in surrounding Palestinian towns that had been declared state land, ostensibly for military purposes. Within the urban area there are still individual enclaves of land in Palestinian private ownership, but their owners are prohibited from accessing their land.

According to a report by the Israeli organization Shalom Achshaw , 35.1 percent of the land on which the city was built is privately owned by Palestinians , which violates Israeli law. Since a 1979 ruling by the Israeli Supreme Court , no Israeli settlements have been allowed to be built on privately owned Palestinian land. However, the Israeli military administration in the Occupied Territories, on whose statistics the report is based, denies the accuracy of the report.

According to the Israeli view, Ariel is one of the settlements that must remain within Israel if a peace settlement with the Palestinians is found. The request of the Israeli governments in the negotiations for a two-state solution was supported by several American presidents, including Bill Clinton in 2000, but has met with resistance from Palestinian politicians, since the settlement, which extends far into the West Bank, is Palestinian territory would cut through. There are also significant groundwater resources nearby.

Twin cities

Ariel has twinned cities with:

See also

Web links

Commons : Ariel  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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  12. Israelnetz.de of February 6, 2018: The Israeli murderer lives in Jaffa
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