Giv'ot Olam Explained

Giv'ot Olam
Foundation:	1998
Founded By:	Avri Ran
District:	js
Council:	Shomrom
Pushpin Map:	Israel shomron
Pushpin Mapsize:	250
Coordinates:	32.1598°N 35.3521°W

Giv'ot Olam (Hebrew: גבעות עולם||Hills of Eternity) is an Israeli outpost in the northern West Bank. Located 4.5 kilometres south-east of Itamar, it falls under the jurisdiction of Shomron Regional Council.

History

Giv'ot Olam was established in late 1998 by Avri Ran, a right wing activist and organic farmer who raises free-range chickens and sells their eggs on the organic food market.^[1] The name derives from Moses' Biblical blessing for Joseph: "with the fruitfulness of the hills of eternity." (Deuteronomy 33:15)

The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this.^[2]

Notes and References

News: Traubmann. Tamara. It's organic, but where was it grown?. 4 April 2011. Haaretz. 2 August 2007. Shortly after human rights lawyer Michael Sfard and Nirit Ben-Horin of Tel Aviv joined the city's organic co-op, they discovered that the eggs came from the farm of Avri Ran, a leader of the Hilltop Youth, and left the co-op..
Web site: The Geneva Convention . . 10 December 2009 . 27 November 2010 .