Givat Ze’ev in Jerusalem
The Givat Ze’ev is an established settlement in Israel which is five kilometers form the northwest area of Jerusalem. This settlement is also known as the Samaria and Judea by the Israelis.
The town was founded in 1977 on the grounds of a previous Jordanian military facility. It’s close to the Ancient city of Gibeon. This is where Joshua caused the sun to stop. It is a standalone municipal unit in Israel’s Matte Binyamin Regional Council and has a current population of 18,420.
The city was named for the Zionist leader Ze’ev Jabotinsky, who himself had been born in the town of Odessa in the Ukraine. The city was granted the status of a local council in 1983.
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert authorized the establishment of 750 new housing in Giv’at Ze’ev under the development project called Agan Ha’ayalot on March 9, 2008. This decision ran counter to Olmert’s policy of blocking new licenses for settlement construction within Israeli communities.
The former Prime Minister of Israel Ehud Olmert has alleged that the development was authorized in 1999 but halted in 2000 due to the Second Intifada. With this statement, most of the Palestinian Authority officials and even the former US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, as well as the European Union have all denounced him.
According to reports on the right side of the political divide, the Shas Party was responsible for persuading Prime Minister Olmert to allow the enunciation of the said project.
Giv’at Ze’ev is on the northern edges of Jerusalem and has four primary schools and one middle school. A description of these institutions shows that the two main branches of the youth organization are the Bnei Akiva and the Israeli Scouts
The Mishmeret Ha’gvul patrols the town, which is surrounded by a security wires and fences. Should a disturbance occur, the Mishmeret Ha’gvul are escorted by an armed force carrying weapons to keep order in the town.
The town’s population is diversified and comprises individuals of several denominations, including Orthodox, Secular, Dati Leumi and many others sectors. There are roughly 20 orthodox temples in town, with more planned as the population grows.
Givat Ze’ev is the spiritual headquarters of Karlin-Stolin Hasidim. They are known for their strict adherence to the Torah, including undertaking their own practice of kashrut by only eating meat from animals that have been slaughtered in accordance with Jewish law.
It is also a home to the town’s popular residents such as Boruch Yaakov Meir Shochet, who is the local shochet, and has a several members of Chabad Lubavitch.
