Hilltop Youth

Hilltop Youth ( נוער הגבעות ) is the term commonly used for several right-wing dissident youth groups in Israel . The groups seek to protect and encourage Jewish settlements. They are influenced by Kahanist ideals. Their spiritual leader is Noam Federman . The groups are not centrally organized. Their main activity is erecting outposts and preventing dismantling of existing outposts. The mainstream Israeli settlement movement and other right-wing parties insist that the Hilltop Youth are not part of their movement. v t e

Hilltop Youth ( , Noar HaGva'ot ) is the term commonly used for several nationalist youth groups in Israel . The groups are influenced by religious Zionist ideals. Their spiritual leader is Avri Ran ,though he does not see himself as such and the group's philosophy is a mix of contempt for the Israeli government and a desire for a restored Jewish monarchy. They were also strongly influenced by the late Netanel Ozeri , who was killed by Palestinians on Hilltop 26 near Hebron . The groups are not centrally organized, but they regularly receive assistance such as legal fees from the mainstream settler organizations. Their main activity is erecting illegal outposts outside existing settlements, often engaging in organic farming and shunning Palestinian labor in favor of 'Avoda Ivrit' - Hebrew labor . Many of the hilltop youth feel that the mainstream settler movement has lost its way, opting for cheap housing close to major cities, built by local Arab labor, with tall fences and no space between their homes. Much of Israel's organic produce is cultivated by the hilltop youth. A handful of the new hilltops, such as Sde Boaz , Ma'ale Rehav'am and Esh Kodesh are populated by both religious and non-religious Jews and there is a sense that they wish to serve as an example of religious tolerance in a society where the two groups often live apart from one another. The mainstream Israeli settlement movement and other nationalist parties insist that the Hilltop Youth are not part of their movement.

Hilltop Youth ( , Noar HaGva'ot ) is a term commonly used to refer to hardline , nationalist youth in Israel .

Extremist Israeli youth settlers in the West Bank Hilltop Youth ( , No'ar HaGva'ot ) are hardline , extremist religious-nationalist youth who establish outposts without an Israeli legal basis in the West Bank . The ideology of the Hilltop Youth, a derivation of Kahanism , includes the claim that the Palestinians are "raping the Holy Land", and must be expelled. According to Ami Pedahzur, their work in establishing illegal outposts was not simply the result of individual initiatives, this was "a myth cultivated by the Yesha Council ", and, in fact, forms part of a wider multi-faceted settler strategy. The term "hilltop youth" is regarded by Daniel Byman as a misnomer, since the movement was founded mostly by married people in their mid-twenties. 'Ex-Shin Bet chief: Government does not want to deal with Jewish terror,' Ynet 8 August 2015.

Extremist Israeli youth settlers in the Israeli-occupied West Bank Hilltop Youth ( Hebrew : נוער הגבעות , No'ar HaGva'ot ) are extremist Hardal settler youth operating in the Israeli-occupied West Bank . They are known for establishing outposts without an Israeli legal basis and conducting settler violence against Palestinians . The Hilltop Youth often grow their hair into long, wide sidelocks ( Payot ) and wear large knitted Kippah 's. They have been involved in numerous violent incidents, including the Duma arson attack , kidnapping and murder of Mohammed Abu Khdeir and Church of the Multiplication arson attack . They were sanctioned by the European Union and Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on 2024. "היוזמה החדשה שתנסה לפתור את "תופעת השוטטות" של בני נוער ביו"ש" . מקור ראשון (in Hebrew). 9 July 2023 . Department of the Treasury . 8 February 2025 . "Extremist settlers in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem: Council sanctions four individuals and two entities over serious human rights abuses against Palestinians" .