Kedumim
Kedumim
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| Hebrew transcription(s) | ||
| • ISO 259 | Qdumim | |
| • Also spelled | Qedumim (official) | |
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 Kedumim
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| Coordinates: 32°12′55.98″N 35°9′30.03″E / 32.2155500°N 35.1583417°ECoordinates: 32°12′55.98″N 35°9′30.03″E / 32.2155500°N 35.1583417°E | ||
| Region | West Bank | |
| District | Judea and Samaria Area | |
| Founded | 1975 | |
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| • Type | Local council | |
| • Head of Municipality | Hananel Dorani | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 2,313 dunams (2.313 km2 or 572 acres) | |
| Population (2015) | ||
| • Total | 4,338 | |
Kedumim (Hebrew: קְדוּמִים), also Qedumim, is an Israeli settlement and town located in the Samarian hills of the West Bank. Founded on Hanukkah 1975 by members of the Gush Emunim settlement movement, it later became a local council. In 2015 it had a population of 4,338.
The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this.
In late 1974, a group affiliated with Gush Emunim named Garin Elon Moreh, led by Rabbi Menachem Felix and Benny Katzover, attempted to establish a settlement on the ruins of the Sebastia train station dating from the Ottoman period. An Israeli cabinet resolution, passed 17–2 with 3 abstentions, found the settlement illegal in 1975. After several attempts to remove residents from the site by the Israel Defense Forces, an agreement was reached in which 25 families were permitted to settle in Kadum, an army camp southwest of Nablus. The small mobile home site developed into the town of Kedumim. The Sebastia agreement was a turning point that opened up the northern West Bank to Jewish settlement.
From 1977 on, the government of Menachim Begin strongly backed settlement at Kedumim. Begin visited on May 19 and declared "We stand on the land of liberated Israel." In July, his government granted full legal status to Kedumim (then numbering around 100 settlers), Ofra, and Maaleh Adumim.
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