Ma'on is an Israeli settlement in the West Bank, organized as a moshav shitufi under the Har Hevron Regional Council. In 2010 the opening paragraph carried a quote from the farm's founder defending an act of settler violence: "The Torah says we should kill all the Arabs," adding "Not just Arabs who maybe help terrorists." Today the opening carries none of it, describing only the settlement's population and its status under international law, though the word survives twice in the body. A reader arriving now learns the settlement's population and legal status and not that its founder was quoted endorsing violence against Arabs.
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Ma'on ( ) is an Israeli settlement and a moshav shitufi in the Judean Hills of the West Bank , located south of Hebron and north of Beersheba .1It is part of the Har Hebron Regional Council .2The settlement was first established in 1981 as a paramilitary Nahal outpost. The first civilian population, members of the Orthodox Zionist youth movement Bnei Akiva settled there in 1982. The settlement is named for the biblical town of the same name, which was situated nearby at the site of modern Ma'in . Ma'on and nearby village Carmel jointly operate a dairy with about four hundred cows. The average daily production per head is about 38 litres of milk. Adjacent to Ma'on is the Israeli outpost of Havat Ma'on (Ma'on Farm). Located in a nearby forest, it is composed of about a dozen families and a handful of teenagers. One of the residents from Ma'on Farm was arrested in 2002 for participating in the planting of a bomb in an Arab school in Jerusalem . The founder of Ma'on Farm praised the action, saying that "The Torah says we should kill all the Arabs," adding "Not just Arabs who maybe help terrorists.3
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Place in Judea and Samaria Area, Israel Ma'on ( ) is an Israeli settlement and a moshav shitufi in the Judean Hills of the West Bank , located south of Hebron and north of Beersheba . It is part of the Har Hebron Regional Council . The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law , but the Israeli government disputes this.
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Israeli settlement in the West Bank Place in Judea and Samaria Area, Israel Ma'on ( ) is an Israeli settlement organized as a moshav shitufi in the West Bank .Located in the Judean Hills south of Hebron and north of Beersheba , it falls under the jurisdiction of Har Hebron Regional Council .In 2024 it had a population of 769.The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law , but the Israeli and US governments dispute 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 Moshav shitufi in Judea and Samaria Area Ma'on ( ) is an Israeli settlement organized as a moshav shitufi in the West Bank . Located in the Judean Hills south of Hebron and north of Beersheba , it falls under the jurisdiction of Har Hevron Regional Council . In 2024, it had a population of 769. The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law , but the Israeli and US governments dispute this. Israel Central Bureau of Statistics .
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Israeli settlement in the West Bank Moshav shitufi in Judea and Samaria Area Ma'on ( Hebrew : מָעוֹן ) is an Israeli settlement organized as a moshav shitufi in the West Bank . Located in the Judean Hills south of Hebron and north of Beersheba , it falls under the jurisdiction of Har Hevron Regional Council . In 2024, it had a population of 769. The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law , but the Israeli government disputes this. Israel Central Bureau of Statistics .
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israeli settlement and a moshav shitufi in the judean hills of the west bank
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israeli settlement organized as a moshav shitufi in the west bank
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