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	Gush Etzion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Gush Etzion (Hebrew גוש עציון, literally bloc of the tree) is a group of Israeli settlements in the northern Judea region of the West Bank.
		A last-ditch group of defenders attempting to march to Gush Etzion under cover of darkness are discovered and killed.
		During the Jordanian occupation, all the buildings were destroyed and the thousands of trees planted in Gush Etzion were uprooted, save a very old one known as the "lone oak." For 19 years, the survivors would gather on the Israel-Jordan frontier and gaze at the tree in remembrance of what was[3].
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gush_Etzion (768 words)

	NationMaster.com - Encyclopedia: Gush Etzion
		Gush Etzion was again the center of conflict in May of 1948, when, for a period of three days, residents of Kfar Etzion were able to hold off a large Arab army headed for Jerusalem.
		Gush Etzion is a group of Israeli settlements in the Northern Judea region of the West Bank.
		Bat Ayin is an Israeli settlement in Gush Etzion of primarily Chassidic Jews.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Gush-Etzion (2221 words)

	Etzion Bloc - Gush Etzion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Etzion Bloc, or Gush Etzion as it is known in Hebrew, is located on the "Path of the Patriarchs," in the heart of the historic homeland of the Jewish people.
		Nestling in the Judean Hills, the Etzion Bloc is situated on the ancient mountain route, midway between Jerusalem, the City of David and Hebron, the city of the Patriarchs, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
		The ruined Etzion Bloc was occupied by Jordan.
	www.nevnet.etzion.k12.il /etzion.htm (610 words)

	Gush Etzion Massacre - 1948
		Kfar Etzion was re-founded in the Spring of 1943.
		Gush Etzion was cut off from Jerusalem and the rest of the Jewish community because Arab villagers organized "faza" attacks to block the roads.
		Gush Etzion and its defenders, particularly Danny Mas, became part of the folklore of the nascent state.
	www.zionism-israel.com /Gush_Etzion_Massacre.htm (2636 words)

	Gush Etzion Revisited
		Gush Etzion, uncertain of its future upon the termination of the British Mandate, found itself under siege almost immediately : the settlers, along with reinforcements which were sent in by the Hagana, became the defenders.
		Gush Etzion is attacked by the Arab Legion, British troops and large numbers of local Arabs.
		Gush Etzion was detroyed by its Arab conquerors.
	www.jafi.org.il /education/festivls/zkatz/atz/etzion9.html (1085 words)

	The Etzion Bloc
		The Etzion Bloc ("Gush Etzion" in Hebrew), which today consists of 18 communities and nearly 40,000 residents, is located between Jerusalem and Hebron.
		Although the area was not granted to Israel under the 1947 partition plan, the commanders of the Haganah considered it an essential buffer against a southern attack on Jerusalem.
		At the outset of the conflicts in 1947, Gush Etzion consisted of four settlements: Kfar Etzion (the first settlement in the area, founded in 1943), Masuot Yitzhak, Ein Tzurim and Revadim.
	www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/Society_&_Culture/geo/Etzion.html (337 words)

	Kfar Etzion massacre - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Kfar Etzion was a religious kibbutz founded in 1943, about 2 km east of the road between Jerusalem and Hebron.
		In March a Jewish convoy from Jerusalem intended to supply the Etzion Bloc was ambushed and 15 soldiers of the Haganah died before the remainder were extricated by the British.
		A total of 157 defenders died in the battle of Gush Etzion (Levi, 1986), including those killed in the massacre at Kfar Etzion.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kfar_Etzion_massacre (1227 words)

	GUSH ETZION (ETZION BLOC)
		Gush Etzion is a tract of denuded hills only 13 km.
		It comprises Kfar Etzion, Migdal Oz and Rosh Zurim (which breed turkeys, produce candles and metal parts, and grow carnations), Moshav Elazar and the rural centre of Alon Shvut with its Har Etzion Yeshiva and apartments for young people who live here but work in Jerusalem and other nearby places.
		A new town named Efrat is located on the eastern side of the Etzion Bloc across the main road, and further east, in the Judaean Desert, are the settlements of Tekoa and Ma'ale Amos.
	www.travelnet.co.il /israel/Jerusalem/jeru02-GUSH_ETZION.htm (450 words)

	Gush Emunim: The Tip of the Iceberg by Ehud Sprinzak
		GUSH EMUNIM has been a source of controversy in Israel ever since its founding; however, both its supporters and its opponents take it to be a serious phenomenon and there is no disputing the fact that it is the most dynamic movement in the country today.
		Gush Emunim ostensibly proved that it had succeeded in overcoming the psychological barrier of cooperation between the religious and secular camps, and in particular that it had received support for its extra-parliamentary mode of action from an elite group within the Labor movement.
		Gush Emunim as a movement arose on the crest of the new wave.
	www.geocities.com /alabasters_archive/gush_iceberg.html (8650 words)

	History of Kfar Etzion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The isolation of Kfar Etzion was relieved in October, 1945 with the establishment of another Jewish settlement in the area, Kibbutz Massuot Yitzchak.
		The residents of Gush Etzion joined in the national celebration despite the fact that their communities, located in the Judean Hills, were to be included in the new Arab state.
		Gush Etzion was liberated by the Israeli Army on June 7,1967.
	www.kfar-etzion.co.il /English_history_KE.htm (6855 words)

	Israel Resource Review -- 21st May, 2002 -- Newsletter about Israel,Palestinians,the Middle ...
		Marc Zell, A "Settler" from Gush Etzion, Judea
		Kfar Etzion was captured by Arab forces on May 14, 1948, the day before the State was declared and the major part of its 200 defenders were gunned down in cold blood after surrendering to Arab forces.
		To the south of Gush Etzion is the town of Kiryat Arba with some 10,000 residents adjacent to the city of Hebron which too has seen its ancient Jewish community restored after repeated attempts by the Arabs to destroy it before 1948.
	www.israelbehindthenews.com /Archives/May-21-02.htm (3811 words)

	:: APN :: Hot Issues
		The territory of the Gush Etzion regional council thus extends from the eastern outskirts of Jerusalem to the northern outskirts of the Hebron suburb of Halhoul, and from the Green Line to the Judean Desert.
		The Palestinian population of the larger area that includes all the settlements of the Gush Etzion Regional Council is around 230,000, and includes the large urban areas of Bethlehem, Beit Jala, and Beit Sahour, as well as many villages and two refugee camps.
		As is the case throughout the West Bank, settlers living in the Gush Etzion bloc, as well as those in the more far-flung corners of the Gush Etzion Regional Council's territory, receive substantial subsidies, tax breaks, mortgage benefits and other financial incentives for living in settlements.
	www.peacenow.org /hot.asp?cid=1709 (3290 words)

	Gush Etzion Revisited
		The thirty five soldiers who were killed in an attempt to bring aid to a beleagured Gush Etzion have become legendary heroes in the history of Israel's war of Independence.
		The men were all carrying heavy packs on their backs, which included first-aid kits and bottles of blood plasma for transfusions, as well as weapons and ammunition for the embattled Gush Etzion.
		They were forced to proceed very slowly in the terraced terrain of the Juean mountains and after the greater part of the night had passed, they were still far from their objective.
	www.jafi.org.il /education/festivls/ZKATZ/ATZ/etzion3.html (554 words)

	Gush Etzion: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Gush Etzion is a group of Israeli settlement[Follow this hyperlink for a summary of this subject]s first established between 1943 and 1947 located in the West Bank West Bank quick summary:
		The west bank is a territory in the middle east constituting the area west of the jordan river annexed by jordan at the end of the 1948 arab-israeli war....
		The kfar etzion massacre was an atrocity committed by arab armed forces on may 13, EHandler: no quick summary.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/g/gu/gush_etzion.htm (745 words)

	Gush Etzion Convoy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The convoy of ten, or Gush Etzion Convoy, was one of many convoys sent by the Haganah to the four blockaded kibbutzim of Gush Etzion ("The Etzion Bloc"), south of Jerusalem in the 1948 Israeli War of Independence.
		The initial convoys to the bloc used open pickup trucks ("tenders"), since the British claimed that armored vehicles would irritate the Arabs.
		Gush Etzion Remembered: A history of Gush Etzion and the Kfar Etzion Massacre
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gush_Etzion_Convoy (202 words)

	The Battle For Gush Etzion
		Some 20 kilometers from Jerusalem, topping high hills between Bethlehem and Hebron and amid numerous Arab villages, were the four kibbutzim of Gush Etzion.
		The target of attack from the beginning of the campaign, they were reinforced by Haganah and Palmah combatants.
		For half a year the battles of the four Etzion Bloc kibbutzim on JNF land, 20 kilometers from Jerusalem, preoccupied large Arab forces from all over the Hebron Mountains - forces that consequently were unable to turn their attention to Jerusalem and join the battles against the city's Jews.
	www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/History/gush.html (313 words)

	ipedia.com: Gush Etzion Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Gush Etzion is a group of Israeli communities first established between 1943 and 1947 located halfway between Jerusalem and Hebron.
		The history of the communities is split into two distinct periods as a result of the destruction by Arab armed forces of the original communities: Kfar Etzion, Maasuot Yitzchak, Ein Tzurim and Revadim during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
		Many of the returnees to Kfar Etzion were children of communities members massacred in 1948.
	www.ipedia.com /gush_etzion.html (176 words)

	Arutz Sheva - Israel National News
		Among the areas that will remain in Israeli hands is the Gush Etzion bloc of communities, located approximately 10-15 kilometers south of Jerusalem.
		Gush Etzion's modern history is a dramatic one; the area fell to hostile Jordanian hands during the week that Israel declared its independence in 1948.
		When Gush Etzion was liberated by Israel 19 years later in the Six Day War, many children who were born and had grown up there, and their parents, returned to rebuild the towns they had built and been forced to leave.
	www.israelnationalnews.com /news.php3?id=77201 (1129 words)

	Gush Etzion
		Since 1993, the Gush Etzion Foundation has worked to support and strengthen Gush Etzion and its residents while raising public awareness about the history and heritage of the region.
		The Foundation spearheads pre-holiday fundraising drives in Gush Etzion itself for the benefit of such needy families in the region.
		To inspire and widen support for Gush Etzion, the Foundation gives presentations in synagogues and other communal locales abroad, builds relationships and maintains ties with major Jewish organizations around the world, and provides visitors to Gush Etzion with intensive, "behind-the-scenes" tours of the area.
	www.gush-etzion.org.il /foundation.asp (363 words)

	Laughter in a Time of War (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Residents of Gush Etzion adapted by installing shatter-proof glass on their car windows (bullet-proof glass and armoring the car doors were prohibitively expensive and too heavy for most private cars) and staying home at night.
		Immediately after the war, the orphaned children of Gush Etzion, now grown, approached the government of Israel and asked to be allowed to start again on the land that their fathers had died for.
		All profits from "Esther" are donated to the non-profit, tax-deductible Gush Etzion Foundation, which distributes the money to the families of terror victims and to local community projects to counteract the effects of the ongoing terrorism.
	www.aish.com /jewishissues/israeldiary/Laughter_in_a_Time_of_War.asp (2530 words)

	Gush Etzion
		Gush Etzion is a thriving region, both historically and geographically significant, that is a natural destination for olim.
		Gush Etzion`s twenty communities afford breathtaking panoramic views of the Judean Hills and Jerusalem.
		Additional families also expressed interest in making Gush Etzion their home, and we hope that with the new building projects underway, future Olim will soon be able to join the rapidly growing Gush Etzion communities.
	www.gush-etzion.org.il /absorption.asp (683 words)

	The History of Gush Etzion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The second attempt was made by Shmuel Holtzman in 1935, who established the village of Kfar Etzion and after whom Gush Etzion is named (Holtz=tree=etz).
		Prime Minister Ben Gurion in 1948 eulogized the defenders of Gush Etzion and their heroic stand against the Jordanian Legion as such.
		Today, the area, a crucial security buffer for the capital, is just a short 10 minute drive from Jerusalem through the new tunnels road, and is comprised of 15 dynamic and thriving communities with a population of over 20,000.
	www.judaica.org.il /judaica/history_of_gush.asp (305 words)

	GAMLA: News & Views from Israel ::: Ghettoizing Gush Etzion
		Distinct from the other communities in Gush Etzion, Bat Ayin was conceived and developed along the view that its best guarantee of security and prosperity is for its land to be settled sparsely along the wide expanse of the Judean hills rather than densely and in a limited geographical area.
		Today Gush Etzion is connected to sovereign Israel by Route 367 which connects it to the center of the country, and by Highway 60 which connects it to Jerusalem.
		Shaul Goldstein, the head of the Gush Etzion Regional Council, believes that the residents must try to cooperate with the IDF and the government in an effort to change the proposed route of the fence.
	www.gamla.org.il /english/article/2005/oct/win2.htm (2025 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Etzion Division Commander Colonel Nitzan Alon told reporters at the scene that "a vehicle containing terrorists was heading south towards Hebron.
		Colonel Etzion said that "there was no specific warning of the attack, but such an attack is relatively easy to carry out, and we believed it was possible.
		The head of the Gush Etzion regional council, Shaul Goldstein, arrived at the scene of the attack and told Ynet: “Civilians, most of them young guys, were standing at the hitchhiking post.”
	www.ynetnews.com /articles/0,7340,L-3155631,00.html (1002 words)

	The Dov Knohl Gush Etzion Archives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The archives at K.E.were first established by Agudat Sridei Kfat Etzion (Following the War of Liberation in 1949.
		From the start, The archives served as a memorial to the history of Gush Etzion.
		Today the archives are situated in a new building which is part of the Visitors Center at Kfar Etzion, built in memory of the fallen in the War of Liberation.
	www.kfar-etzion.co.il /archives_in_English.htm (273 words)

	Israel Hasbara Committee
		Meanwhile, the scene at Sde Boaz was very emotional for protesters as it was reminiscent of clashes between residents of Gush Katif and IDF soldiers last summer, though reports of yesterday’s events said soldiers beat anyone that got in their way.
		Most of Gush Etzion including Sde Boaz lies within the Israeli side of the security barrier/border fence, which Israel is building to separate itself from the Palestinians.
		Gush Etzion is also extremely important from a security point of view due to the fact that it looks down on Tel Aviv and other major Israeli population centers along the coast.
	www.infoisrael.net /cgi-local/text.pl?source=2/a/ix/120120061 (448 words)

	POICA-Captives of the Israeli Segregation Wall......Western Rural Villages of Bethlehem District
		The Gush Etzion Bloc is one of five Israeli settlement Blocs (Qiryat Arba, Gush Etzion, Ma'ale Adumim, Modi'in and Ariel) located in the occupied West Bank that the Israeli government declared its decision to maintain them under its jurisdiction.
		The 12 Israeli settlement communities located within the Gush Etzion settlements bloc are growing towards each other by expanding their built-up area and constructing a network of bypass roads among these 12 settlement communities.
		The correlation of the Gush Etzion settlements will cut off the five Palestinian rural communities in that area (Battier, Husan, Nahhalin, Wad Fukin and Al-Jab'a) from each other and from the main centers of Bethlehem district.
	www.poica.org /editor/case_studies/view.php?recordID=439 (820 words)

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