Word: kaddum
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Kaddum. Ofra. Ma'ale Adumim...
Strip. Total population of the settlements: about 60,000. But Kaddum (newly renamed Alon Moreh), Ofra and Ma'ale Adumim have had a special -and somewhat awkward-status since their founding. They were built not as part of the Labor government's plan to provide for the security of Israel's borders but by a zealous organization called Gush Emunim (Group of the Faithful). It believes that Jews have the right to settle in any part of the West Bank, since this land was included in ancient Judea and Samaria...
...there has been no trouble involving Jews and Arabs at Kaddum, an 18-month-old settlement of 200 Israelis near Nablus that overlooks two Palestinian villages, Git and Kaffar Kaddum. There is little contact between the communities. Living inside a guarded, wire-fenced military compound, the settlers are completely isolated from their neighbors. Says Ze'ev Saffer, who runs Kaddum's drugstore: "We do not buy supplies from them because they want everything in cash and are not ready to give us credit." The Arabs, for their part, are hostile and suspicious. "They are not farmers," one told...
...fact, the men of Kaddum are mostly professionals-doctors, engineers, economists, computer technicians and businessmen-many of whom commute to work in Tel Aviv, 30 minutes away by car. At Kaddum, these self-styled pioneers have paved roads, set up a main square called gloriously "Return of a Nation Square" in Hebrew, planted flowers, built a school, a synagogue, a mikveh (ritual bath), and three workshops that produce income from metalworking, ceramics and sewing. In all there are 37 families, with 100 children. Reported Halevy: "Their eyes shine when they talk about the Promised Land: 'It is written...
...Gush Emunim pioneers, Kaddum is only the beginning: eventually they hope to build a new Jewish city in the middle of ancient Samaria. More small communities like Kaddum are in the planning stage. "We are preparing for ten new settlements in the next six months," says Yosef Arziel, a leader of the movement. Another Gush Emunim spokesman, Chanan Porot, insists that the West Bank is big enough to support both Jews and Arabs. But, he adds, "the policy toward the Arabs should be changed. Either they must accept full Israeli citizenship with all rights and duties or leave the country...