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[[File:Nahal kana West Bank.jpg|thumb|250px|View of Nahal Kana]]

'''Karnei Shomron''', or '''Qarne Shomron''', ([[Hebrew Language|Hebrew]]: קרני שומרון), meaning literally "the Horns of [[Samaria]]" is an [[Israeli]] settlement in the western [[Samaria]] region ([[West Bank]]), east of [[Kfar Saba]]. It is 48 km north-east of Tel Aviv and 85 km north of Jerusalem. According to the [[Israel Central Bureau of Statistics]] (CBS) end of 2004 census, the population of Karnei Shomron is 6,200.

'''Karnei Shomron''' ({{langx|he|קַרְנֵי שׁוֹמְרוֹן}}, lit. "Rays (of light) of [[Samaria]]") is an [[Israeli settlement]] organized as a [[Local council (Israel)|local council]] established in 1977 in the [[West Bank]], east of [[Kfar Saba]]. Karnei Shomron is located {{convert|48|km|mi}} northeast of [[Tel Aviv]] and {{convert|85|km|mi}} north of [[Jerusalem]]. In {{Israel populations|Year}} it had a population of {{Israel populations|Qarne Shomeron}}.

Karnei Shomron is made up of a group of several previously independent [[Israeli settlement|settlement]]s that were united in 1991: '''Ginot Shomron''', '''Karnei Shomron''', '''Neve Menachem''', as well as two newer ones called '''Alonei Shilo''', and '''Mitzpe Tzvaim'''.

The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank [[International law and Israeli settlements|illegal under international law]], but the Israeli government disputes this.<ref name="BBC_GC4">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/1682640.stm |title=The Geneva Convention |publisher=BBC News |date=10 December 2009 |access-date=27 September 2011 }}</ref>

==External links==

*[http://www.karneishomron.on.to Karnei Shomron website]

==History and archaeology==

{{Template:Judea and Samaria District}}

===Confiscation of Palestinian land===

According to [[Applied Research Institute–Jerusalem|ARIJ]], Israel confiscated land from four nearby [[Palestinians|Palestinian]] villages of in order to construct Karnei Shomron:

*713 [[dunam]]s from [[Jinsafut]]<ref>[http://vprofile.arij.org/qalqiliya/pdfs/vprofile/Jinsafut_vp_en.pdf Jinsafut Village Profile (including Al Funduq Locality)], ARIJ, p. 17</ref>

*512 dunams from [[Deir Istiya]]<ref>[http://vprofile.arij.org/salfit/pdfs/vprofile/Deir.pdf Deir Istiya Town Profile], ARIJ, p. 17</ref>

* 229 dunams from [[Kafr Laqif]]<ref>[http://vprofile.arij.org/qalqiliya/pdfs/vprofile/kafrlaqif_vp_en.pdf Kafr Laqif Village Profile], 2013, ARIJ, pp. 17-18</ref>

*216 dunams from [[Hajjah, Qalqilya|Hajjah]].<ref name=ARIJp17>[http://vprofile.arij.org/qalqiliya/pdfs/vprofile/Hajja_vp_en.pdf Hajja village profile], [[Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem|ARIJ]], p. 17</ref>

===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]]''{{citation needed|date=October 2018}}

*''[[Midreshet Shilat]]'', a ''[[midrasha]]'' for girls{{citation needed|date=October 2018}}

*''[[Ramat Gil'ad]]''{{citation needed|date=October 2018}}

*''[[Neve Aliza]]'', a religious neighborhood of American-style homes founded by new immigrants from the United States and Canada in 1985{{citation needed|date=October 2018}}

===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 [[Tribe of Ephraim|Ephraim]] and [[Tribe of Manasseh|Manasseh (Menashe)]] in biblical times.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121020212935/http://www.jpost.com/Travel/AroundIsrael/Article.aspx?id=34102 Green and pleasant land?], 2006</ref> Wadi Qana (Hebrew name: Nahal Kana), is administered by the [[Israel Nature and Parks Authority]] and is defined as a [[nature reserve]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Israel Nature and Parks Authority: Nahal Kana|url=http://www.parks.org.il/BuildaGate5/general2/data_card.php?Cat=~30~~474630937~Card1~&ru=&SiteName=parks&Clt=&Bur=292914688|publisher=Israel Nature and Parks Authority}}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

===Leadership===

The chief rabbi of Karnei Shomron is Yitzhak HaLevy.{{citation needed|date=October 2018}}

Igal Lahav is the head of the Karnei Shomron Local Council.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://karneishomron.co.il/|title=קרני שומרון|last=[e-mail]|first=Jinn|language=he-IL|access-date=2019-07-01}}</ref>

===2002 mall attack===

{{main|Karnei Shomron Mall suicide bombing}}

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.{{citation needed|date=November 2023}}

==Notable residents==

*[[Michael Ben-Ari]] (b. 1963), politician

*[[Moshe Feiglin]] (b. 1962), politician

*[[Shmuel Sackett]] (b. 1961), activist

==References==

{{Reflist}}

==External links==

*[http://www.ginaplus.org/kshomron.htm Karnei Shomron website]

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