Pnei Kedem is an Israeli outpost in the West Bank considered illegal even under Israeli law. The 2015 opening reported that settlers there 'receive "counterterrorism training" from the organization Mishmeret Yesha in "how to quickly neutralize terrorist infiltrators."' Today's opening says nothing about this training, though the word survives once in the body. A reader today does not learn that residents of the outpost describe themselves as trained against terrorist infiltrators.
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Pnei Kedem ( ), is an unauthorized Israeli outpost attached to the Israeli settlement of Metzad in the southeastern part of the Gush Etzion settlement bloc in the West Bank .1It is located south of Bethlehem in the eastern Judean Mountains near Nahal Arugot (the Arugot Stream) at an elevation of 900 metres above sea level , 14.5 km from the Green Line , outside the Separation Barrier .2The international community considers all Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law , but the Israeli government disputes this.3The population of Pnei Kedem receives its municipal services from the Gush Etzion Regional Council , which lists it on its official website as a separate community. But as Israeli authorities do not recognize the outpost as an independent settlement, the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics counts its residents as living in Metzad. According to Arutz Sheva , the settlers news service, Pnei Kedem was home to 32 families in 2011 and absorbing new residents. Nahal Arugot The outpost was built in October 2000 with assistance from Amana within the boundaries of the nearby Israeli settlement of Metzad and on adjacent lands. In 2003, Pnei Kedem was given the status of a permanent township, receiving lighting and other services from the Israeli Defense Ministry, despite the Israeli government's pledge in the Road Map to remove illegal outposts. Pnei Kedem holds an annual kite festival during Chol HaMoed Sukkot which attracts thousands of participants. In November 2007, Haaretz reported that a settler of Pnei Kedem complained that he had 500 olive tree saplings uprooted by Palestinians. As reported by The Jerusalem Post in 2008, settlers from Pnei Kedem receive "counterterrorism training" from the organization Mishmeret Yesha in "how to quickly neutralize terrorist infiltrators". In September 2011, before the Palestinian Authority 's statehood bid at the United Nations, Arutz Sheva published photographs of women from Pnei Kedem being trained with firearms and live ammunition. Israel Central Bureau of Statistics . 2011 .4
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View to the east of Pnei Kedem towards the Dead Sea Pnei Kedem ( ), is an Israeli settlement south of Bethlehem in the West Bank located in the eastern Judean Mountains near the Arugot Stream at an elevation of 900 metres above sea level . The village was built in October 2000 with assistance from Amana within the boundaries of the nearby Israeli settlement of Metzad and on adjacent state-owned lands. As Israeli authorities do not recognize the village as an independent settlement, the CBS counts its residents as living in Metzad. It is home to nineteen families. The population of Pnei Kedem receives its municipal services from the Gush Etzion Regional Council . 4000 Olive trees were recently planted on state-owned lands, allotted for this purpose. Pnei Kedem holds an annual kite festival during Chol HaMoed Sukkot which attracts thousands of participants.
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Place in Judea and Samaria Area, Israel Pnei Kedem ( ), is an Israeli outpost attached to the Israeli settlement of Metzad in the southeastern part of the Gush Etzion settlement bloc in the West Bank . It is located near Si'ir in the eastern Judean Mountains at Nahal Arugot (the Arugot Stream).Pnei Kedem at an elevation of 930 metres above sea level , 14.5 km from the Green Line , outside the Separation Barrier . The international community considers all Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law , but the Israeli government disputes this.
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Illegal israeli outpost in the occupied Palestinian West Bank Place in Judea and Samaria Area Pnei Kedem ( ) is an Israeli outpost in the West Bank .It is located next to the Palestinian city of Si'ir and is formally connected to the Israeli settlement of Metzad , in the southeastern part of the Gush Etzion settlement bloc, in the eastern Judean Mountains facing Nahal Arugot [ de ] (Arugot Stream).Pnei Kedem stands at an elevation of 930 metres above sea level , 14.5 km east of the Green Line , on the Palestinian side of the Separation Barrier .The international community considers all Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, illegal under international law .Outposts like Pnei Kedekm, on the other hand, are considered illegal even under Israeli law.
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Illegal israeli outpost in the occupied Palestinian West Bank Place in Judea and Samaria Area Pnei Kedem ( Hebrew : פְּנֵי קֶדֶם ) is an Israeli outpost in the West Bank . It is located next to the Palestinian city of Si'ir and is formally connected to the Israeli settlement of Metzad , in the southeastern part of the Gush Etzion settlement bloc, in the eastern Judean Mountains facing Nahal Arugot (Arugot Stream). Pnei Kedem stands at an elevation of 930 metres above sea level , 14.5 km east of the Green Line , on the Palestinian side of the Separation Barrier . The international community considers all Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, illegal under international law . Outposts like Pnei Kedekm, on the other hand, are considered illegal even under Israeli law.
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israeli settlement south of bethlehem in the west bank located in the eastern judean mountains near the arugot
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israeli outpost in the west bank
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