Confiscation of Palestinian land According to
ARIJ, Israel confiscated land from four nearby
Palestinian villages of in order to construct Karnei Shomron: • 713
dunams from
Jinsafut • 512 dunams from
Deir Istiya • 229 dunams from
Kafr Laqif • 216 dunams from
Hajjah.
Local Council neighborhoods In 1991, several Israeli settlements were merged to become a single municipality called Karnei Shomron Local Council: •
Karnei Shomron – established in 1977, 450 families •
Ginot Shomron – established in 1984, 850 families •
Neve Menachem/Neve Oramin – established in 1991, 220 families •
Alonei Shilo – established in 1999, 25 families Also part of Karnei Shomron are: •
Mitzpe Tzvaim •
Midreshet Shilat, a
midrasha for girls • ''
Ramat Gil'ad'' •
Neve Aliza, a religious neighborhood of American-style homes founded by new immigrants from the United States and Canada in 1985
Nature The town borders
Wadi Qana, a
wadi marking the border between lands that are believed to have been the territory of the tribes of
Ephraim and
Manasseh (Menashe) in biblical times. Wadi Qana (Hebrew name: Nahal Kana), is administered by the
Israel Nature and Parks Authority and is defined as a
nature reserve.
Leadership The chief rabbi of Karnei Shomron is Yitzhak HaLevy. Igal Lahav is the head of the Karnei Shomron Local Council.
2002 mall attack During the
Second Intifada, on 16 February 2002, two people were killed and 30 people were wounded, six seriously, when a
suicide bomber blew himself up at a pizzeria in Ginot Shomron shopping mall in Karnei Shomron. Rachel Thaler, aged 16, died of her wounds on 27 February. The
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) claimed responsibility for the attack. ==Notable residents==