Community settlement

A community settlement ( , Yishuv Kehilati ) is a type of town in Israel . While in an ordinary town anyone may buy property, in a community settlement the town's residents, who are organized in a cooperative , can veto a sale of a house or a business to an undesirable buyer. By this selection process, residents of a community settlement may have a particular shared ideology, religious perspective, or desired lifestyle which they wish to perpetuate by accepting only like-minded individuals. Many will only accept young married couples, to perpetuate the lifestyle of a town full of children, rather than ending up with a retirement community or with a town of wealthy middle-aged individuals who could afford the rising house prices.

A community settlement ( , Yishuv Kehilati ) is a type of village in Israel and the West Bank . As distinct from the traditional Israeli development village typified by the kibbutz and moshav , the community settlement, though emerging in the 1970s as a non-political movement for new urban settlements in Israel, essentially took shape as a new typology for settling the West Bank and the Galilee as part of the aim of establishing a 'demographic balance' between Jews and Arabs. Within two decades, the community settlement model became the most significant in Israel’s housing culture. In 2013, there were 118 community settlements with total population of 84,800 residents.

View of Hoshaya View of Nirit A community settlement ( , Yishuv Kehilati ) is a type of village in Israel and the West Bank . While in an ordinary town anyone may buy property, in a community settlement the village's residents are organized in a cooperative . They have the power to approve or veto a sale of a house or a business to any buyer. Residents of a community settlement may have a particular shared ideology, religious perspective, or desired lifestyle which they wish to perpetuate by accepting only like-minded individuals. As distinct from the traditional Israeli development village, typified by the kibbutz and moshav , the community settlement emerged in the 1970s as a non-political movement for new urban settlements in Israel. But it essentially took shape as a new typology for settling the West Bank and the Galilee as part of the goal of establishing a 'demographic balance' between Jews and Arabs. In 2013, there were 118 community settlements with total population of 84,800 residents.

Form of settlement in Israel and in the West Bank Not to be confused with Israeli settlements . View of Nirit View of Hoshaya Nataf , Judaean Mountains A community settlement ( Hebrew : יישוב קהילתי , Yishuv Kehilati ) is a type of town or village in Israel and in the West Bank . In an ordinary town, anyone may buy property, but in a community settlement, the village's residents are organized in a cooperative and have the power to approve or to veto a sale of a house or a business to any buyer. Residents of a community settlement may have a particular shared ideology, religious perspective or desired lifestyle, which they wish to perpetuate by accepting only like-minded individuals. As distinct from the traditional Israeli development village, typified by the kibbutz and moshav , the community settlement emerged in the 1970s as a non-political movement for new urban settlements in Israel. However, it essentially took shape as a new typology for settling the West Bank and the Galilee as part of the goal of establishing a "demographic balance" between Jews and Arabs. In practice, that means establishing Jewish-only settlements, which have the right to refuse Arabs from moving to them. Israeli courts have approved the policy in its ruling as well. The law explicitly prohibits explicit discrimination against members of other social groups, but it permits the admissions committees to reject candidates on such vague grounds as "unsuitability to the community's social life" or its "social-cultural fabric" or to "unique characteristics of the community as defined in its bylaws." Human rights organizations argue that the law could still enable communities to discriminate against individuals based on factors such as sexual orientation, disability, or ethnicity, contravening both Israeli and international legal standards against discrimination. In 2013, there were 118 community settlements with total population of 84,800 residents.