Rosh Tzurim illegal settlement

efrati, on February 5, 2007, said:

Stunning view!

pashute, on June 7, 2007, said:

In fact this is one of the LEGAL settelements.

Bought with good money (and a lot of it for that) during the Turkish (Automan) regime, this is the location of the Ein Tzurim kibbutz, which had fallen to the Jordanians during the Israel independance war in 1948. Its inhabitants were taken as prisoners to Irbid, Jordan and returned to Israel about a year after the war was over.

Before its fall to the Jordanians, a group of 35 young students from the Hebrew University set out from Hartuv (now Bet Shemesh) to bring military aid to the four Gush Etzion villages under siege. They were discovered in the early morning, and faught to death against a makeshift army from the village of Nahalin. Later in the day, a British army jeep came to investigate, and a rumor was spread that the Israelis had revenged with a massacre in the Nahalin village. Following this the bodies were desecrated. The 35 are known in Israel as the Lamed Heh (letters marking the number 35).

The original residents of Ein Tzurim, when back from prison in Jordan, founded the Southern Kibbutz Ein-Tzurim near Gaza and Sederot. In the Six Day War of 1967, Israel re-captured the land and around 1975 the settelement was re-established with its new name.

The kibbutz is a Jewish religious community, and as far as I know, although the "bad history" between them and the Arab neighbors, they are doing business and getting along well.

One famous factory in the Kibbutz is the tour-cooking utilities factory "Amgazit". Every person Jew or Arab in Israel has one. I think they sell worldwide with a different name.

shimshon, on August 24, 2007, said:

Thank for your comment pashute (Simple)

shimshon, on August 24, 2007, said:

shimshon 9

podiego, on February 15, 2008, said:

Well, if you make the law it's legal. Now I'd like to remember that maybe pashute law is questionable respect United Nation one.

goodoldbook, on March 19, 2008, said:

First of all, I don't recognize the settlement in this picture. I was born and lived in Rosh Tzurim until my 13th birthday. The picture is taken from a place I don't know, and it's too much far from the settelment to recognize something. Secondly, the location is not in the exact place of the settlement. Look for "rosh tzurim" in google earth, and you'll find the location I made.

NJ Les, on July 29, 2008, said:

Please keep political comment out of picture titles. I have a suggestion for the Palestinians : Start building infrastructure, buildings, schools, hospitals, etc... like Israel has been doing, learn from Israel and you will make your area of the desert bloom in a few years, but don't try to take away what others have worked so hard to build.

ShmuelProtter, on November 19, 2008, said:

The spot marked on this map is empty.

Absolutely empty, nothing there but the wall in the photo. There is no settlement there, just a pile of rocks.

How do I know this? Because I live in Rosh Tzurim.

The marker is mis-placed.

miribax, on November 22, 2008, said:

Shmuel, I was a volunteer in the early 80's at Rosh Tzurim. Were you there at that time?

myriam levitte, on July 30, said:

Les MONTS de JUDEE !! Magnifiques en face c'est BEITAR-ILLITE la position est mal corrigée.