Kfar Etzion

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Kfar Etzion is an Israeli settlement and kibbutz in the West Bank, historically significant as a symbol of Jewish resettlement in the Gush Etzion bloc.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Israeli settlement
kibbutz
village
associatedWithMovement Kibbutz movement NERFINISHED
Religious Zionism NERFINISHED
commemorates defenders of Gush Etzion NERFINISHED
country Israel
destroyed 1948
destroyedDuring 1948 Arab–Israeli War NERFINISHED
earlierSettlementAttempt 1927
1930s
founded 1943
foundedBy Jewish pioneers
religious Zionist settlers
governedBy Gush Etzion Regional Council NERFINISHED
hasCemetery Kfar Etzion military cemetery NERFINISHED
hasCollectiveOwnershipForm kibbutz cooperative structure GENERATED
hasEconomicActivity agriculture
education
tourism
hasInstitution field school
guest house
yeshiva
hasMemorial Gush Etzion memorial NERFINISHED
hasMuseum Kfar Etzion Museum NERFINISHED
hasPopulationType religious Zionist
hasRoadAccessVia Route 60 NERFINISHED
legalStatusAccordingToInternationalCommunity Israeli settlement considered illegal under international law
legalStatusAccordingToIsrael community within Judea and Samaria
locatedIn Gush Etzion NERFINISHED
West Bank
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Judea and Samaria Area NERFINISHED
locatedNear Hebron NERFINISHED
Jerusalem NERFINISHED
massacreDate 13 May 1948
massacreOccurred Kfar Etzion massacre
massacrePerpetrators Arab Legion NERFINISHED
local Arab irregulars
namedAfter Shmuel Yosef Holtzman (HaEtzion) NERFINISHED
originalLandPurchased 1920s
partOf Gush Etzion bloc NERFINISHED
reestablished 1967
religiousCharacter Orthodox Jewish
symbolizes Jewish resettlement in Gush Etzion
return to pre-1948 Jewish communities
timezone Israel Standard Time NERFINISHED
timezoneDST Israel Daylight Time NERFINISHED
underMilitaryControlSince 1967 Six-Day War

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