Brukhin

Brukhin ברוכין‎
Israeli settlement
Brukhin
Coordinates: 32°4′54″N 35°5′28″E
District	Judea and Samaria Area
Council	Shomron
Region	West Bank
Founded	1998
Population  (2022)[1]	2,412

Brukhin (Hebrew: ברוכין, also Bruchin) is an Israeli settlement located in the West Bank, about 1 km from the Palestinian city of Bruqin, whose lands were confiscated in order to construct Brukhin.^[2]

Over 101 Orthodox Jewish families are living in Brukhin.^[3] A further 100 families are due to move in as the settlement expands (2015).^[4] In 2022 its population was 2,412.

The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this.^[5]

History

According to ARIJ, Israel confiscated 332 dunams of land from the nearby Arab village of Bruqin in order to construct Brukhin.^[2]

Brukhin was founded in 1998 on non-private land claimed as state land by Israel as a trailer neighbourhood,^[3] and developed by one of the founding members, Amishai Shav-Tal, in October 2000,^[6] within the territory administered as part of its municipality by the Shomron Regional Council. The Sasson Report established that the Brukhin outpost was an unauthorized Israeli settlement. The report also said that $785,000 was spent on Brukhin's infrastructure and public buildings.^[6] Construction in the village was frozen in 2012 by an order from the Israeli High Court.^[3] In 2012 the Israeli state provided the illegal outpost with official authorization.^[7]

Popular culture

In July 2015 a "come and join" video was released on YouTube featuring a song sung by the families of Brukhin.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• Bruqin

Footnotes

1. "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
2. Bruqin Town Profile, ARIJ, 2013, p. 17
3. Gideon Levy, Outposts 2012: Coming to a Judea and Samaria hill near you, at Haaretz, 24 April 2012.
4. Jodi Rudoren, Jeremy Ashkenas,'Netanyahu and the Settlements,' The New York Times 12 March 2015.
5. "The Geneva Convention". BBC News. 10 December 2009. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
6. Washington Times 27 February 2008 Unauthorized but aided by Israel page 1
7. Amira Hass, 'Israel building farm on Arab land,' Haaretz, 6 June 2014.