The settlement was originally established in 1895 by
Yemenite Jews, but they left the location after a number of years. It was named after the biblical
Gibeon, in Hebrew ''Giv'on'' (Joshua 10:10-12), situated nearby. The village was resettled in 1924, but its inhabitants fled as a result of the
1929 Palestine riots. It was resettled again in 1977 by members of
Gush Emunim, and the Israeli government eventually confiscated land from three nearby
Palestinian villages in order to construct Giv'on HaHadasha roughly where the original Yemenite settlement's lands had been occupied: • 186
dunams from
Biddu, • 159 dunams from
Beit Ijza, • 13 dunams from
Al Jib. The community eventually absorbed many
Jewish emigrants from the former Soviet Union, as well as many
Israeli-born Jews. Although it is mostly
secular in character, it is also home to a few
religiously observant families. ==References==