Families return to the evacuated West Bank settlement of Ganim 21 years later
Families from the original community moved into the northern Samaria settlement evacuated during the disengagement; Smotrich, who led efforts to legalize the return, hailed the move as 'erasing the disgrace of expulsion'
Twenty-one years after the evacuation of settlements in the northern West Bank, families from Ganim returned to the evacuated site on Thursday and began reestablishing the community. Dozens of caravans were set up to accommodate the residents, while a Bnei David educational institution branch was established at the site. Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who addressed the event, emphasized the significance of the return, stating that the community was one of the four evacuated settlements along with Bnei David institutions in Eli.
Smotrich also announced plans to establish 11 new communities in Samaria, including Homesh, Sa-Nur, Ganim, and Kadim, marking the completion of the reversal of disengagement from northern West Bank. He further highlighted the security benefits, asserting that the return to Ganim and other settlements would reinforce Israel's security belt and prevent the establishment of a Palestinian state, ensuring the land remains Israel's forever.
Smotrich warned that a potential government led by Eisenkot-Liberman-Golan would reverse these developments, evicting new communities and endangering Israel's security.
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