IDF General Signs Order Allowing Jews To Return To Homesh

A motion authorizing Israelis to visit a region in the northern West Bank where the illegal outpost of Homesh was founded has been approved by the commander of the military's Central Command, opening the way for the construction of a permanent settlement there. (Photo via JNS)

Maj. Gen. Yehuda Fuchs, head of the IDF Central Command, has signed an order allowing Israelis to Homesh, one of the four Jewish communities in northern Samaria evacuated in the 2005 disengagement. 

The order, which was shared on social media on Saturday night, also placed the area within the jurisdiction of the Samaria Regional Council. Defense Minister Yoav Gallant last week instructed Fuchs to sign the order that ends the ban on Jews living in Homesh.