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Josh Hasten

IDF General Signs Order Lifting Ban On Israelis Entering Homesh

The director of the Israel Defence Forces' Central Command on Thursday authorized a directive allowing Israelis to return to Homesh, which was once located in northern Samaria. (Photo via JNS)

The head of the Israel Defense Forces Central Command on Thursday signed off on an order allowing Israelis to return to what was once the northern Samaria community of Homesh. The document was shared on social media on Saturday by Israeli Finance Minister Betzalel Smotrich. 

“We promised to regulate [legalize] continued Torah study in the Homesh Yeshiva, and we are keeping [our promise],” tweeted Smotrich. Homesh had been annexed to the Samaria Regional Council “for a renewed planning design of the yeshiva,” he added.

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