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|title=Four settlers held for firing at Palestinian village in West Bank – Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News |work=Haaretz |accessdate=2011-08-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Harel |first=Amos |url=http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1082419.html |title=Two IDF troops arrested during clashes between settlers, Palestinians – Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News |work=Haaretz |accessdate=2011-08-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1239710840344|title=2 off-duty soldiers arrested in W. Bank shooting|last=Lappin|first=Yaakov|date=May 2, 2009|work=Jpost|accessdate=2009-05-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/131151|title=4 Arrested in Clashes Between Arabs, Bat Ayin Jews|coauthors=Ben Gedalyahu, Tzvi; and Levi Julian, Hana |date=May 2, 2009|work=Jpost|accessdate=2009-05-04}}</ref> |
|title=Four settlers held for firing at Palestinian village in West Bank – Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News |work=Haaretz |accessdate=2011-08-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Harel |first=Amos |url=http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1082419.html |title=Two IDF troops arrested during clashes between settlers, Palestinians – Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News |work=Haaretz |accessdate=2011-08-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1239710840344|title=2 off-duty soldiers arrested in W. Bank shooting|last=Lappin|first=Yaakov|date=May 2, 2009|work=Jpost|accessdate=2009-05-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/131151|title=4 Arrested in Clashes Between Arabs, Bat Ayin Jews|coauthors=Ben Gedalyahu, Tzvi; and Levi Julian, Hana |date=May 2, 2009|work=Jpost|accessdate=2009-05-04}}</ref> |
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On January 28, 2011, a large group of Bat Ayin residents entered the Palestinian village of [[Khirbet Safa]], shooting 2 Palestinians.<ref>{{cite web|last=Feferman |first=Bob |url=http://www.jpost.com/NationalNews/Article.aspx?id=205620 |title=Police detain 20 involved in clash at Hi... JPost – National News |work=Jerusalem Postcom |date=January 28, 2011 |accessdate=2011-08-03}}</ref> Yousef Ikhlayl, age 17, was shot in the head. He was taken to a hospital in [[Beit Jala]], where he was later pronounced dead.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://unispal.un.org/UNISPAL.NSF/0/F42AB33A1D1B94D98525782C005139C1 |title=A/ES-10/510-S/2011/42 of 31 January 2011 |publisher=United Nations |accessdate=2011-08-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Issacharoff |first=Avi |url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/palestinian-killed-after-settlers-open-fire-in-west-bank-village-1.339749 |title=Palestinian killed after settlers open fire in West Bank village – Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News |work=Haaretz |accessdate=2011-08-03}}</ref> The second Palestinian survived.<ref>http://www.ochaopt.org/documents/ocha_opt_protection_of_civilians_2011_02_04_english.pdf</ref> |
On January 28, 2011, a large group of Bat Ayin residents entered the Palestinian village of [[Khirbet Safa]], shooting 2 Palestinians.<ref>{{cite web|last=Feferman |first=Bob |url=http://www.jpost.com/NationalNews/Article.aspx?id=205620 |title=Police detain 20 involved in clash at Hi... JPost – National News |work=Jerusalem Postcom |date=January 28, 2011 |accessdate=2011-08-03}}</ref> Yousef Ikhlayl, age 17, was shot in the head. He was taken to a hospital in [[Beit Jala]], where he was later pronounced dead.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://unispal.un.org/UNISPAL.NSF/0/F42AB33A1D1B94D98525782C005139C1 |title=A/ES-10/510-S/2011/42 of 31 January 2011 |publisher=United Nations |accessdate=2011-08-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Issacharoff |first=Avi |url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/palestinian-killed-after-settlers-open-fire-in-west-bank-village-1.339749 |title=Palestinian killed after settlers open fire in West Bank village – Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News |work=Haaretz |accessdate=2011-08-03}}</ref> The second Palestinian survived.<ref>http://www.ochaopt.org/documents/ocha_opt_protection_of_civilians_2011_02_04_english.pdf</ref> |
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On August 16 2012 a Palestinian taxi occupied by six members of a familiy was attacked by a fire bomb when it passed by the settlement. The taxi burned out completely and all passangers sufferd from burns and had to be treated in ein Kerem hospital in Jerusalem. A second fire bomb was later found near by.<ref>[http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/netanyahu-reassures-abbas-following-attack-on-palestinian-taxi-1.459015 Netanyahu reassures Abbas following attack on Palestinian taxi], Ha-Aretz, August 17 2012</ref> |
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Revision as of 20:46, 17 August 2012
Bat Ayin
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| Etymology: Daughter of [the] Eye | |
| Country | Israel |
| District | Judea and Samaria Area |
| Council | Gush Etzion |
| Region | West Bank |
| Founded | 1989 |
| Founded by | Rabbi Yitzchak Ginsburg |
| Population | 1,000 |
| Website | http://www.bat-ayin.org |
Bat Ayin (Template:Lang-he-n) is an Israeli settlement in Gush Etzion in the West Bank, between Jerusalem and Hebron. It is administered by the Gush Etzion Regional Council.[1] The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this.[2]
History
Started by seven families, and under the guidance of the Chassidic mystic Rabbi Yitzchak Ginsburg, Bat Ayin was established in 1989 as a communal settlement on a hilltop purchased by the Jewish Agency in the early 1900s.[3]
In 2002, four people from Bat Ayin and Hebron were arrested outside of Abu Tor School, a Palestinian girls' school in East Jerusalem, with a baby carriage filled with explosives. Three of the men were convicted for the attempted bombing.[4]
On February 25, 2007, Erez Levanon, a resident of Bat Ayin was found killed by multiple stab wounds. His body was found down the hill from the settlement in a secluded location where he frequently prayed. Security officials arrested two Arab Palestinian teenagers from Khirbet Safa who admitted guilt in connection with the murder, in the nearby village of Beit Ummar[5][6]On April 2, 2009, a thirteen year old Israeli boy, Shlomo Nativ, was killed and another 7 year old child as injured in the center of the village by an Arab Palestinian wielding an ax.[7] The attacker was arrested a few weeks later by Israel's security services.[8]
On April 8, 2009 clashes occurred between Bat Ayin settlers and Palestinians from the nearby village of Khirbet Safa. According to the IDF spokeswomen soldiers then fired live bullets at the legs of Palestinian stone-throwers, hurting sixteen, one critically.[9][10]
On May 2, 2009 two off duty Israeli Defense Forces soldiers, and two other residents of Bat Ayin, were arrested by police after an altercation between Bat Ayin residents, the IDF, and residents of the nearby Palestinian village of Khirbet Safa. Two Palestinians were wounded in the course of the events. The incident included rock throwing by both groups of residents.[11][12][13][14]
On January 28, 2011, a large group of Bat Ayin residents entered the Palestinian village of Khirbet Safa, shooting 2 Palestinians.[15] Yousef Ikhlayl, age 17, was shot in the head. He was taken to a hospital in Beit Jala, where he was later pronounced dead.[16][17] The second Palestinian survived.[18]
On August 16 2012 a Palestinian taxi occupied by six members of a familiy was attacked by a fire bomb when it passed by the settlement. The taxi burned out completely and all passangers sufferd from burns and had to be treated in ein Kerem hospital in Jerusalem. A second fire bomb was later found near by.[19]
Demographics
In 2010, the population was about 1,000.[20] The majority of the residents are religious-zionist and Chardal Jews who adhere to a philosophy that combines spiritual religious life with organic agriculture, with Hasidic Breslov the predominate affiliation. Bat Ayin Orthodoxy is popularly known as "Chavakuk" (Hebrew, חבקו"ק), an acronym for Chabad, Breslov, (Rabbi Abraham Isaac) Kook, and (Shlomo) Carlebach. There is a Chabad Lubavitch community as well.[21] The Bat Ayin community includes scholars, artists, musicians, builders, farmers, doctors, and writers.[3][22]
Landmarks
There is a spring near Bat Ayin that is used as a mikvah.[23] There is also an ancient mikvah from the times of the second Temple that is not in use.[24]
Education and religious institutions
The Bat Ayin Yeshiva is an institution of advanced Jewish learning for men offering two main programs: a Beit Midrash study program and a Smicha program for rabbinical ordination.[25]Midreshet B'erot Bat Ayin offers women's programs, a conversion program and seminars.[22]
The rabbi of Bat Ayin is Daniel Kohn who holds a BA in Comparative Religion from Columbia University and received rabbinic ordination from Chief Rabbinate of Israel. He co-founded the Bat Ayin Yeshiva and served as co-Rosh Yeshiva for nine years.[26]
See also
References
- ^ "Gush Etzion". Gush Etzion. Retrieved August 3, 2011.
- ^ "The Geneva Convention". BBC News. December 10, 2009. Retrieved November 27, 2010.
- ^ a b "ישוב בת עין-Yishuv Bat Ayin – About Bat Ayin". Bat-ayin.org. Retrieved August 3, 2011.
- ^ Supreme Court rejects appeal of the 'Bat Ayin Underground Haaretz December 11, 2006
- ^ "Settler found stabbed to death north of Hebron". Ynetnews.com. June 20, 1995. Retrieved August 3, 2011.
- ^ Lazaroff, Tovah. "Shin Bet arrests Erez Levanon killers". Fr.jpost.com. Retrieved August 3, 2011.
- ^ "Settlers charged with bomb plot". BBC News. May 28, 2002. Retrieved April 26, 2010.
- ^ Harel, Amos (April 28, 2009). "Bat Ayin ax killer arrested two weeks ago, Shin Bet says". Ha'aretz. Retrieved April 30, 2009.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ "Villagers hurt in West Bank clash". BBC News. April 8, 2009. Retrieved April 26, 2010.
- ^ Amos Harel. "Palestinian lightly wounded after trying to snatch IDF soldier's gun – Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News". Haaretz. Retrieved August 3, 2011.
- ^ Harel, Amos. "Four settlers held for firing at Palestinian village in West Bank – Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News". Haaretz. Retrieved August 3, 2011.
- ^ Harel, Amos. "Two IDF troops arrested during clashes between settlers, Palestinians – Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News". Haaretz. Retrieved August 3, 2011.
- ^ Lappin, Yaakov (May 2, 2009). "2 off-duty soldiers arrested in W. Bank shooting". Jpost. Retrieved May 4, 2009.
- ^ "4 Arrested in Clashes Between Arabs, Bat Ayin Jews". Jpost. May 2, 2009. Retrieved May 4, 2009.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ Feferman, Bob (January 28, 2011). "Police detain 20 involved in clash at Hi... JPost – National News". Jerusalem Postcom. Retrieved August 3, 2011.
- ^ "A/ES-10/510-S/2011/42 of 31 January 2011". United Nations. Retrieved August 3, 2011.
- ^ Issacharoff, Avi. "Palestinian killed after settlers open fire in West Bank village – Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News". Haaretz. Retrieved August 3, 2011.
- ^ http://www.ochaopt.org/documents/ocha_opt_protection_of_civilians_2011_02_04_english.pdf
- ^ Netanyahu reassures Abbas following attack on Palestinian taxi, Ha-Aretz, August 17 2012
- ^ "Gush Etzion, Efrat , Betar Illit". Torahalive.com. June 11, 2002. Retrieved August 3, 2011.
- ^ "Chabad of Bat Ayin – Bat Ayin, Israel". Chabad.org. March 8, 2011. Retrieved August 3, 2011.
- ^ a b "Midreshet B'erot Bat Ayin: Holistic Torah Study for Women on the Land of Israel". Berotbatayin.org. Retrieved August 3, 2011.
- ^ "Spring near Bat Ayin which is used as a Mikvah. Bat Ayin is a settlement in Gush Etzion". Israelimages.com. Retrieved August 3, 2011.
- ^ Marc Zell. "A "Settler's" History of "Settlerments"". Internationalwallofprayer.org. Retrieved August 3, 2011.
- ^ "Study in Israel". Study in Israel. Retrieved August 3, 2011.
- ^ "ישוב בת עין-Yishuv Bat Ayin – Rabbi Daniel Kohn – Rav of Bat Ayin". Bat-ayin.org. Retrieved August 3, 2011.