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Coordinates: 31 ° 5 ′ 0 ″ N , 34 ° 8 ′ 0 ″ E
Jamit ( Hebrew ימית) was an Israeli city in the northeast of the Sinai Peninsula with around 1,200 inhabitants last (1982).
It was built during the Israeli occupation of the peninsula from the end of the Six Day War until the surrender of this area to Egypt according to the Israeli-Egyptian peace treaty of 1982 . Some Israelis settled in unpopulated areas and founded a new city. The plans envisaged a population of up to 200,000. The highest number of inhabitants actually reached was around 3,000.
The agreement between Israel and Egypt stipulated that Egypt would pay US $ 80 million for the city's housing and infrastructure. Ultimately, however, Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin decided to destroy the settlement at the last minute instead. According to the Israeli ambassador to Egypt at the time, Moshe Sasson, Begin feared that the Israeli settlers would secretly return to their homes and thereby cause tension with Egypt. The decision to demolish the settlements caused considerable protest from the Egyptian public.
Many of the settlers of the evacuated Jamit chose Israeli settlements in the Gaza Strip as their new home .
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- ↑ H. Eichler et al. A. Scheuerbrandt: Yamit - Planning, Rise and End of an Israeli City . Ed .: Journal for Economic Geography. Vol. 27, issue 3/4. Frankfurt / M. 1983, p. 222-231 .