The Northern Samaria Settlements
The Northern Samaria settlements are in two blocs of paired settlements:
- Homesh and Sanur, near Jenin and just below the Gilboa region, having
been founded in the third-fourth round of settlements;
- and Ganim and Kadim, in the central Samarian Hills, being founded well
into the fourth series of settlements.
To all intents and purposes, they are small villages, with a few dozen households.
Their population remains small and stable, indicating that people have left,
while new families have joined. The only one of the settlements to significantly
increase its population since its establishment has been Sanur, which was
originally designated to house 80 residents, and entered a second phase of
settlement (~2003-2004), although it is still significantly smaller than the
other three.
References
- The Foundation for Middle East Peace, from the Israel Central Bureau of
Statistics, and seen on
http://www.fmep.org/settlement_info/stats_data/west_bank_settlements.html
- Chanan Morrison on
http://www.geocities.com/m_yericho/shomron.htm
More
information on the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs Site