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The word appeared 3 times in the opening at its peak in 2010. It is absent from today's opening, the part search engines quote and AI systems train on, checked against the live article on 2026-08-02.

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The opening as it read in 2010

Halamish ( . lit.¹ Flint ), also known as Neveh Tzuf ( , lit.² Nectar Home ), is a communal Israeli settlement in the West Bank created in 1977.³ Located to the north of Modi'in , it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Binyamin Regional Council .⁴ In 2007 it had a population of 956.⁵ On 16 October 1977, two gar'ins , one religious (Neveh Tzuf) and one secular (Neveh Tzelah), each with 25 settler families moved into the police station near Nabi Salih . After two months of harsh living conditions and after the murder of a member of the group, the non-religious group abandoned. The attrition and conditions also affected the religious group and over the following 40 months, only seven of the original settlers remained. The original name of the colony, Neveh Tzuf, was rejected by the government naming committee by giving the rationale that it might be misleading the public since the biblical location, Eretz Tzuf, was elsewhere. The naming committee instead gave the new colony the official name 'Halamish', and since this was rejected by the settlers, both names are still used for the colony.⁶ Sifriat Netzaim. : Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored ( |trans-title= suggested) ( help )⁷

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The opening as it stood in 2015 6 passages from the previous snapshot no longer appear

Place in Israel Halamish ( . lit. Flint ), also known as Neveh Tzuf ( , lit. Nectar Home ), is a communal Israeli settlement in the West Bank , located in the southwestern Samarian hills to the north of Ramallah , 10.7 kilometers east of the Green line . The Orthodox Jewish community with a population of 1,054 (2009) was established in 1977. It falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Binyamin Regional Council . The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law , but the Israeli government disputes this. According to a Peace Now -report of 2006, 33 percent of the land Neveh Tzuf is built on, is privately owned, all or most of it by Palestinians. even though the Supreme Court of Israel had ruled during the time of the village's founding that the land was state land. The settlement of Neveh Tzuf has several outposts, and is home to the religious pre-army Mechina Elisha. In the data provided by the Civil Administration “there is no mention of whether the private land is owned by Palestinians or by Jews... Nevertheless, it is highly probable that most of the land that is marked here as private land (if not all of it) is privately-owned Palestinian land”. Sifriat Netzarim page = 169. : Missing pipe in: |publisher= ( help ) ; Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored ( |trans-title= suggested) ( help ) "Settlement Outposts" . Foundation for Middle East Peace .

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The opening as it stood in 2020 7 passages from the previous snapshot no longer appear

Israeli settlement in the West Bank Place in Judea and Samaria Area, Israel Halamish ( . lit. Flint ), also known as Neveh Tzuf ( , lit. Oasis of Nectar), is an Israeli settlement in the West Bank , located in the southwestern Samarian hills to the north of Ramallah , 10.7 kilometers east of the Green line . The Orthodox Jewish community was established in 1977. It is organised as a community settlement and falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Binyamin Regional Council . In 2024 it had a population of 1,500. The settlement of Neveh Tzuf is home to the religious pre-army Mechina Elisha. The international community considers Israeli settlements illegal under international law , but the Israeli government disputes this. Israel Central Bureau of Statistics .

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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023

Israeli settlement in the West Bank Place in Judea and Samaria Area Halamish ( ), also known as Neveh Tzuf ( ), is an Israeli settlement in the West Bank , located in the southwestern Samarian hills to the north of Ramallah , 10.7 kilometers east of the Green line . The Orthodox Jewish community was established in 1977. It is organised as a community settlement and falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Binyamin Regional Council . In 2024 it had a population of 1,500. The settlement of Neveh Tzuf is home to the religious pre-army Mechina Elisha. The international community considers Israeli settlements illegal under international law , but the Israeli government disputes this. Israel Central Bureau of Statistics .

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The opening as it stood in 2025

Israeli settlement in the West Bank Place in Judea and Samaria Area Halamish ( Hebrew : חַלָּמִישׁ , lit. ' Flint ' ), also known as Neveh Tzuf ( Hebrew : נְוֵה צוּף , lit. ' Oasis of Nectar ' ), is an Israeli settlement in the West Bank , located in the southwestern Samarian hills to the north of Ramallah , 10.7 kilometers east of the Green line . The Orthodox Jewish community was established in 1977. It is organised as a community settlement and falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Binyamin Regional Council . In 2024 it had a population of 1,500. On a hill within the settlement is Hovlata , an archeological site dating to the Hasmonean period . The settlement of Neveh Tzuf is home to the religious pre-army Mechina Elisha. The international community considers Israeli settlements illegal under international law , but the Israeli government disputes this. Israel Central Bureau of Statistics .

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