Sa-Nur

Unilateral disengagement

In September 2005 its 105 residents were evicted and Israel Defense Forces soldiers began dismantling Sanur as part of Israeli disengagement from Gaza. The demolition of Sa-Nur and Homesh marked the end of the central part of the disengagement plan. The only remaining structure, a synagogue, was buried.

Attempts to rebuild

Since the demolition, religious Zionist groups have attempted to return to Sa-Nur, in order to rebuild the community. On 8 May 2008, following a permitted Independence Day rally in Homesh, a group of 150 set off at night for Sa-Nur, including many former residents.

On 30 July 2015, marking the 10 year anniversary after the evacuation, 250 people, made up of 20 former families, attempted to resettle in Sa-Nur, before being forcibly evicted by the Israel Defense Forces.

In late July 2018, 200 Jewish settlers, supported by Bayit Yehudi MKs Shuli Mualem and Bezalel Smotrich, revisited the area as part of a plan to challenge the Disengagement Plan which led to the settlement's dismantlement.

Reestablishment

In May 2025, the government's Security Cabinet approved the reestablishment of Sa-Nur, along with the formerly dismantled settlement of Homesh, as well as the establishment of 20 other new settlements.

References

References

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2. [http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/126117 Thousands at Homesh; Dozens Attempt to Rebuild Sa-Nur] Israel National News May 9, 2008
3. [https://web.archive.org/web/20050909182432/http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1081952201569_77361401 Q&A: The Gaza Withdrawal] CTV, 12 September 2005
4. [http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/08/23/west.bank.pullout/index.html Israel completes settler withdrawal plan] CNN, 23 August 2005
5. "IDF 'Buries' Synagogue in Evacuated Settlement of Sa-Nur".
6. (July 30, 2015). "Security Forces Begin Eviction in Sa-Nur".
7. "Security forces evacuated settler families from Sa-Nur".
8. Elisha Ben-Kimon, [https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5315629,00.html 'Settlers mark 13 years to evacuation with return to Sa-Nur'], [[Ynet]], 24 July 2018.
9. "Gov't approves establishment of 22 new West Bank settlements".