Avri Ran

Avraham "Avri" Ran was born in 1946 in Nir Hen in British Mandate of Palestine . In 1994, Ran moved with his family to Itamar . In 1997, after thoroughly researching land ownership in the region, Avri pitched his tent on a hill more than four kilometers east of Itamar. In 1998, his wife Sharona and the children joined him and they formally named their new settlement Giv'ot Olam (Hills of the World). In March 1995, Ran was arrested and accused of assaulting local Arab residents who plowed a tractor onto land Ran had planted crops. He was ordered to be put in house arrest but soon disappeared only later to be captured and to be jailed until the case closed. In January 2006, the judge acquitted Ran saying that the Arab testimony was 'evasive' and that the land Ran farmed on clearly belonged to him. Ran's lawyer said that the case showed that the Ta'ayush organization had organized the original event.

Avraham "Avri" Ran , known as the father of the “ Hilltop Youth ” movement, was born in 1955 in Nir Hen . He lives on the West Bank , is a noted entrepreneur and a guide for the radical settler movement.

Avraham "Avri" Ran , founding father and 'undisputed symbol' of the " Hilltop Youth " movement, was born in 1955 in Nir Hen , in the Negev . A reserve lieutenant/colonel in the IDF, he lives in the West Bank , a guide for the radical wing of the Israeli settler movement , and organic food entrepreneur. He has been convicted on four counts, three of assault and one case of aggravated assault . He is considered in right-wing Israeli religious circles to be a 'messianic hero'. and by some sources as a 'charismatic guru' or one of the 'biblical sabra '. There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or templates on this page, but the references will not show without a template or template (see the help page ).

Israeli settler activist (born 1955) Avraham "Avri" Ran (born 1955) is an Israeli settler activist and businessman, with a record for repeated criminal offenses against Palestinians . He has been called the founding father and "undisputed symbol" of the Hilltop Youth movement. His approach to developing Palestinian lands has been described as "environmental racism", combining working the terra while applying terror . An organic food entrepreneur, he is also a reserve lieutenant/colonel in the IDF. He has been indicted several times, and convicted on four counts, three of assault and one case of aggravated assault . Considered in right-wing Israeli religious circles to be a "messianic hero", by some sources as a "charismatic guru", or one of the "biblical sabra ", his presence in the area of the Palestinian village of Yanun has spelled "disaster" for the latter's inhabitants. There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or templates on this page, but the references will not show without a template or template (see the help page ).