Yakir

For people with the name, see Yakir (name).
Yakir
יַקִּיר

Village emblem
Yakir
Coordinates: 32°9′1.18″N 35°6′55.42″E / 32.1503278°N 35.1153944°E / 32.1503278; 35.1153944Coordinates: 32°9′1.18″N 35°6′55.42″E / 32.1503278°N 35.1153944°E / 32.1503278; 35.1153944
Council Shomron
Region West Bank
Founded 1981
Population (2015) 1,967[1]
Name meaning Dear, Darling

Yakir (Hebrew: יַקִּיר), is an Israeli settlement and a communal village located in the West Bank's Samarian mountains about 35 km east of Tel Aviv near Revava and Nofim, on Road 5066 roughly between Barkan and Karnei Shomron. Founded in February 1981, it sits at 420 metres above sea level and is under the jurisdiction of the Shomron Regional Council. "Name from biblical passage in Jeremiah (31:20) 'Is Ephraim a darling (yaqir) son unto Me?'"[2][3]

The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this.[4]

Over 260 families live in this Orthodox Jewish community, and more property is being developed to accommodate a growing need for housing in the town.[5]

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

In March 2013, the Biton's family car was attacked, near neighboring village of Kif el-Hares, with stones which caused it to get out of control and collide with a truck. Adele Biton was critically injured along with her mother and 2 sisters who were moderately injured. After almost two years in different hospitals and home care, she died on February 17th, 2015.[6][7]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.inn.co.il/Articles/Article.aspx/14370
  2. ↑ Carta's Official Guide to Israel and Complete Gazetteer to all Sites in the Holy Land. (3rd edition 1993) Jerusalem, Carta, p.473 , ISBN 965-220-186-3 (English)
  3. ↑ Bitan, Hanna: 1948-1998: Fifty Years of 'Hityashvut': Atlas of Names of Settlements in Israel, Jerusalem 1999, Carta, p.29, ISBN 965-220-423-4 (Hebrew)
  4. ↑ "The Geneva Convention". BBC News. 10 December 2009. Retrieved 27 November 2010.
  5. ↑ "US knew of settlement construction plans". 31 October 2013. Retrieved 31 October 2013.
  6. ↑ "Toddler dies two years after stone-throwing incident left her critically injured". Haaretz. 17 February 2015.
  7. ↑ "Israeli Girl Injured in Palestinian Rock-Throwing Attack in 2013 Dies". New York Times. 17 February 2013.

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