| Sansana | |
| Founded: | 1997 |
| Founded By: | Nahal |
| District: | js |
| Council: | Har Hevron |
| Affiliation: | Amana |
| Pushpin Map: | Israel south wb |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
| Coordinates: | 31.3619°N 34.9028°W |
| Website: | www.sansana.org |
Sansana (Hebrew: סַנְסַנָּה) is a religious Israeli settlement in the West Bank. Located in the southern Judaean Mountains, to the south-west of Hebron and over the Green Line, it is organised as a community settlement and falls under the jurisdiction of Har Hevron Regional Council. In it had a population of .
The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this.[1]
The settlement was established in 1997 as a Nahal settlement,[2] the first kvutza arrived on 21 April 1999, and it was civilianised by members of the Or Movement in 2000. Its name is taken from the name of a Biblical village nearby (Joshua 15:31)[3] and from Song of Songs 7:9;
I said: 'I will climb up into the palm-tree, I will take hold of the branches thereof; and let thy breasts be as clusters of the vine, and the smell of thy countenance like apples;