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Yitzhar (Template:Lang-he) is an Israeli settlement located in the Samarian mountains of the West Bank near Nablus/Shechem just off Route 60 north of the Tapuach Junction. The Hebrew term 'Yitzhar' is a biblical term, meaning high quality olive oil, and derives from one of the region's major industries. The village was originally established as a pioneer Nahal military outpost and demilitarized only a year later when turned over to residential purposes in 1984 with the assistance of the Amana settlement organization.

Over 130 families, including over 500 people, live in this Orthodox Jewish community which is within the municipal jurisdiction of the Shomron Regional Council. Yitzhar is located on the top of a steep mountain, and overlooks the farms and hamlets that dot the otherwise barren hills around the village. In addition, from the western side of the settlement, the entire coastal plain of Israel, from Ashkelon to Hadera, is fully visible on a clear day.

Education is a priority of the community and several institutions operate locally: nurseries, the boy's Zilberman Talmud Torah, the Dorshei Yichudcha Yeshiva high school, headed by Rabbi Yitzhak Shapira, and the Od Yosef Chai "Higher Yeshiva" headed by Rabbi Yitzhak Ginzburg, that was previously located in Joseph's Tomb Nablus.

On Saturday, September 13, 2008, a Palestinian man entered the Shalhevet neighborhood, set a fire which destroyed one home and stabbed a nine-year-old boy who found him attempting to set fire to another home. Dozens of settlers responded by marching through the adjacent Arab village of Asira al-Qibliya where the attacker had fled; wounding six people and damaging property.

On Tuesday, January 26, 2010, Rabbi Yitzhak Shapira, was arrested for his "alleged involvement in the torching of a Palestinian mosque in the village of Yasuf."

Footnotes

1. Ha'retz IDF commander: We must deal with settler 'provocateurs'. retrieved 26 July 2008
2. Jpost 13 September 2008 Rise in settler violence feared By Yaakov Katz & Jpost staff
3. Arutz Sheva Arab Terrorist Stabs Boy near Yitzhar, Residents Attack Village by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu
4. http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1145274.html

External links

• Menachem Brody's pictures of Yitzhar

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