14 years after the community of Migron was evacuated, Israeli families are once again living in the area where the community once stood.
The Binyamin Regional Council revealed Thursday for the first time that about a year ago, it established the “Migron Agricultural Farm" in Upper Migron through the Binyamin Development Company. Several families currently live at the site.
The council chose not to publicize the establishment of the outpost over the past year in order to first complete the process. Now, following the site’s connection to the electricity grid, the council has officially announced its establishment.
The new site is located several hundred meters from where the original Migron stood, near Highway 60 between Shiloh and Sha’ar Binyamin. The land was purchased and the site developed through the Binyamin Development Company, led by CEO Eldad Ben-Zimra.
Alongside the families’ homes, agricultural activity is taking place at the site. According to the council, the activity is intended to preserve the land and strengthen Israel’s presence in the area. The families had lived at the site for about a year without electricity until the connection was completed Thursday.
Migron was evacuated in 2012 following a Supreme Court ruling ordering the complete evacuation of the community and rejecting a compromise agreement reached between the government and residents.
Dozens of families were evacuated and the community’s homes were demolished. The residents later moved to a new community established for them on the outskirts of the Migron ridge, near the Mikhmash checkpoint.
Binyamin Regional Council head and Yesha Council chairman Yisrael Gantz said, “Today we are closing a historic circle. In the place where homes were demolished and families were uprooted, there is once again a community, families and life. For a year, they lived here without electricity and guarded the land that was legally purchased, and today the light is returning to Migron."
Gantz added, “Together with the Israeli government, we are correcting the injustices of the past and leading a major wave of construction, development and settlement." He said the council would continue working to strengthen Jewish communities in Binyamin.