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'''Immanuel''' ({{lang-he-n|עִמָּנוּאֵל}}) (widely spelled '''Emmanuel''') is an ] and a ] with ] status in the northern ]. Like all Israeli settlements in the ], Immanuel is illegal under international law, though Israel disputes this.<ref> BBC, 16 June, 2004</ref><ref>, BBC, 17 July 2002</ref> '''Immanuel''' ({{lang-he-n|עִמָּנוּאֵל}}) (widely spelled '''Emmanuel''') is an ] and a ] with ] status in the northern ].


According to the ] (CBS), Immanuel had a population of 2,800 at the end of 2007,<ref name="cbs populations">{{cite web|url=http://www.cbs.gov.il/population/new_2009/table3.pdf|publisher=]|title=Table 3 - Population of Localities Numbering Above 1,000 Residents and Other Rural Population|date=2008-06-30|accessdate=2008-10-25}}</ref> mostly ] ]. Its jurisdiction is 2,750 ]s (2.75&nbsp;km²). According to the ] (CBS), Immanuel had a population of 2,800 at the end of 2007,<ref name="cbs populations">{{cite web|url=http://www.cbs.gov.il/population/new_2009/table3.pdf|publisher=]|title=Table 3 - Population of Localities Numbering Above 1,000 Residents and Other Rural Population|date=2008-06-30|accessdate=2008-10-25}}</ref> mostly ] ]. Its jurisdiction is 2,750 ]s (2.75&nbsp;km²).

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Playground in an Immanuel central roundabout

Immanuel (Template:Lang-he-n) (widely spelled Emmanuel) is an Israeli settlement and a town with local council status in the northern West Bank.

According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Immanuel had a population of 2,800 at the end of 2007, mostly Haredi Orthodox Jews. Its jurisdiction is 2,750 dunams (2.75 km²).

Immanuel was declared a local council in 1985. Its first head of council was Oded Alon. Immanuel's current head of council is Yeshayahu Ehrenreich.

In the 1990s, Immanuel was undergoing a major expansion, but the Oslo Accords discouraged investors and construction firms from continuing to build. As a result, a major portion of present-day Immanuel consists of unfinished structures and concrete. Land value is also extremely low, often four to six times lower than in central Israeli towns and cities.

While Immanuel has a modest light industrial area which provides work for Israelis and Palestinians, there is otherwise not much local employment opportunities that are not related to education or Torah, therefore many of its residents commute to nearby Ariel, Jerusalem and Bnei Brak/Petah Tikva.

In 2002, the town was the site of a terrorist attack on civilians, which claimed nine lives.

Beit Yaakov controversy

Main article: Immanuel Beit Yaakov controversy

Immanuel, in 2008-2010, became the site of a dispute over the alleged discrimination of students at the state-funded Beit Yaakov girls' school. Detractors claim that the segregation was between Ashkenazi and Sephardi/Mizrahi students, while supporters assert that the separation was purely based on level of Haredi observance, and the more Haredi students tended to be Ashkenazi, many of whom were Hasidic. Supporters point to an Education Ministry report that stated that 27% of the alleged Ashkenazi students were actually Sephardi, while 23% of the alleged Sephardi were actually Ashkenazi.

In 2009 the Maayan Hahinuch Hatorani set up a school in Immanuel for Sephardi girls.

References

  1. "Table 3 - Population of Localities Numbering Above 1,000 Residents and Other Rural Population" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. 2008-06-30. Retrieved 2008-10-25.
  2. "Terrorist Attack on Bus at Emmanuel". Israeli Foreign Ministry. 2002-07-16. Retrieved 2008-10-25.
  3. "'This is a religious war': Ashkenazi,Sephardi hostility in Emmanuel". Jerusalem Post. 2010-06-11.
  4. VidYid.com 22 June 2010
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