Twenty-one years after four communities were evacuated during the 2005 disengagement, a new Jewish settlement named Emek Dotan was recently established on the same site in a beautiful, full-circle moment.
HISTORIC: 22 Jewish families established a new Israeli town called Emek Dotan in northern Samaria today. The ceremony was attended by government ministers and lawmakers. The town is the first new community in the area since four towns were expelled during Israel’s failed 2005… pic.twitter.com/nX5qLrx0tg
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