Thirty Families Reestablish Ganim 21 Years After Disengagement Evacuation

Thirty families began permanent residence Thursday at the rebuilt Ganim community in northern Samaria, 21 years after its evacuation under the disengagement plan. A Ganim yeshiva affiliated with Bnei David in Eli is scheduled to open Sunday. The Samaria Regional Council is implementing the project with Amana, the Settlement Ministry and Settlement Division, within a 19-community northern Samaria program. Council head Yossi Dagan said Ganim would grow to ten times its former size, while community chairman Ilan Kotzky projected 1,000 families within a decade.