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Yakir ( ), is an Israeli settlement and a communal village located in the West Bank 's Samarian mountains about 35 km east of Tel Aviv near Revava and Nofim , on Road 5066 roughly between Barkan and Karnei Shomron .1Founded in February 1981 in uninhabited territory, the town sits at 420 metres above sea level in the municipal territory of the Shomron Regional Council . Yakir is a modern orthodox community full of educated professionals that prides itself with the great services it offers to its residents including synagogues (Sephardic, Yemenite, Youth and Central Minyanim), library services for the whole family, a Social Hall that holds 300 people comfortably it can be rented out for private or public events like a Bar Mitzvah or a Wedding, a Second Hand Clothing Store, Mail Services, and Grocery Store, all for the resident’s easy accessibility. Child care services, a center from 3 months to 3 years with very dedicated and warm staff. There are 5 kindergartens that provide a solid comprehensive program until school. Yakir supplies the local and surrounding communities with a first rate state run religious elementary school, 1-6th grade. Bnei Aikva is the youth group provides after school social activities. Children can participate in other after school activities like basketball, tennis, dance, judo, music, arts and crafts. The community has taken on recycling bottles and glass as a community project and keeping the area green and beautiful.2Over 260 families live in this Orthodox Jewish community , and more property is being developed to accommodate a growing need for housing in the town.3
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Place in Israel Yakir ( ), is an Israeli settlement and a communal village located in the West Bank 's Samarian mountains about 35 km east of Tel Aviv near Revava and Nofim , on Road 5066 roughly between Barkan and Karnei Shomron . Founded in February 1981, it sits at 420 metres above sea level and is under the jurisdiction of the Shomron Regional Council ."Name from biblical passage in Jeremiah (31:20) 'Is Ephraim a darling (yaqir) son unto Me?'" The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law , but the Israeli government disputes this. Over 260 families live in this Orthodox Jewish community , and more property is being developed to accommodate a growing need for housing in the town. "US knew of settlement construction plans" . 31 October 2013 .
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Israeli settlement in the West Bank For people with the name, see Yakir (name) . Place in Judea and Samaria Area, Israel Yakir ( ), is an Israeli settlement located in the West Bank 's Samarian mountains about 35 km east of Tel Aviv near Revava and Nofim , on Road 5066 roughly between Barkan and Karnei Shomron . Founded in February 1981 and organised as a community settlement , it sits at 420 metres above sea level and is under the jurisdiction of Shomron Regional Council .In 2024 it had a population of 2,742. 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 in the West Bank For people with the name, see Yakir (name) . Place in Judea and Samaria Area Yakir ( ) is an Israeli settlement in the West Bank , 15 kilometers (9.3 mi) southwest of the Palestinian city of Nablus , near Revava and Nofim , on Road 5066, roughly between Barkan and Karnei Shomron .Organised as a community settlement founded in February 1981 on lands that the Israeli government expropriated from the nearby Palestinian village of Deir Istiya , it sits at 420 metres above sea level and is under the jurisdiction of Shomron Regional Council . In 2024, it had a population of 2,742. 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 in the West Bank For people with the name, see Yakir (name) . Place in Judea and Samaria Area Yakir ( Hebrew : יַקִּיר ) is an Israeli settlement in the West Bank , 15 kilometers (9.3 mi) southwest of the Palestinian city of Nablus , near Revava and Nofim , on Road 5066, roughly between Barkan and Karnei Shomron . Organised as a community settlement founded in February 1981 on lands that the Israeli government expropriated from the nearby Palestinian village of Deir Istiya , it sits at 420 metres above sea level and is under the jurisdiction of Shomron Regional Council . In 2024, it had a population of 2,742. 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 communal village located in the west bank 's samarian mountains about 35 km east of te
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israeli settlement in the west bank
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