Summary
Elon Moreh, the Gush Emunim settlement southeast of Nablus in Samaria, first attempted as a garin in 1973 and ordered dismantled by the Supreme Court on October 22, 1979 in the Elon Moreh Case, whose transfer to a nearby site became the lever for a wholesale change in settlement land policy (For the Land and the Lord: Jewish Fundamentalism in Israel, Chapter 3, lines 2400-2800).
Details
- In 1973 a small group of religious zealots formed a garin (nucleus for a new settlement) called Elon Moreh, intending a Jewish settlement in the heart of Samaria, densely populated by Arabs; after two attempts near Nablus the garin joined Gush Emunim in 1974 (For the Land and the Lord: Jewish Fundamentalism in Israel, Chapter 3, lines 2400-2500).
- The Sebastia settlement established in December 1975 after eight attempts in the Nablus area was permitted to remain in the nearby army camp of Kadum, the direct prehistory of the settlement (For the Land and the Lord: Jewish Fundamentalism in Israel, Chapter 3, lines 2450-2550).
- Begin, immediately upon his 1977 election, went to the Gush settlement of Elon Moreh holding a Torah scroll and called for many more Elon Morehs (For the Land and the Lord: Jewish Fundamentalism in Israel, Chapter 2, lines 1950-2059).
- After the Court ordered the settlement dismantled and its land returned to its Arab owners, Gush Emunim threatened to resist evacuation; the sixty settlers announced on January 17, 1980 that they would peaceably move to the nearby site provided by the government, influenced by Begin’s undertaking to improve the legal situation (For the Land and the Lord: Jewish Fundamentalism in Israel, Chapter 3, lines 2500-2700).
- Daniella Weiss was a member of the original Elon Moreh garin and became Gush Emunim’s general secretary in February 1985 (For the Land and the Lord: Jewish Fundamentalism in Israel, Chapter 3, lines 3150-3300).
Related pages
For the Land and the Lord: Jewish Fundamentalism in Israel, Gush Emunim, Elon Moreh Case, Nablus, West Bank