The town of Migron never received all its written permits, thus rendering it an "illegal outpost," but its construction was rushed along and encouraged by many national and local government offices. In particular, a road was paved, caravans and playgrounds were stationed at the site, and security and other help was provided.
The welcome sign at the entrance to Migron announces the community's mission statement: "Migron, a communal town, was founded on the 19th of Adar 5762 [March 3, 2002], despite difficulties - out of the belief in the Eternity of Israel. The force that drives us is the knowledge that the unity of Nation, Faith, and Land brings peace and redemption. Welcome."
Migron's first residents were two young bachelors who set up a container on the deserted hilltop over four years ago, with the encouragement of Gen. Yaalon. After a period of negotiations, the two agreed to leave, in exchange for a promise to start the procedure to build a town there. An antenna was placed there - and that was it. Defense Ministry bureaucracy took over, blocking all progress, until the first families moved up in March 2002. Twenty of the founding families are members of the Yeshivat Har HaMor kollel in Jerusalem. "If we had more caravans, we could easily have numbered 100 families by now," says Itai Har'el, the town's absorption coordinator.
Several public institutions and offices are operative in Migron, including a Leumit Health Fund clinic, a branch of the Binyamin Council Library, three nurseries, a game center, a synagogue, and more. The name Migron is mentioned twice in the Bible: once in connection with King Saul's battle with the Philistines in the area of Binyamin (Sam. I 14,2) and once in reference to King Sennacherib's march on Jerusalem.
The welcome sign at the entrance to Migron announces the community's mission statement: "Migron, a communal town, was founded on the 19th of Adar 5762 [March 3, 2002], despite difficulties - out of the belief in the Eternity of Israel. The force that drives us is the knowledge that the unity of Nation, Faith, and Land brings peace and redemption. Welcome."
Migron's first residents were two young bachelors who set up a container on the deserted hilltop over four years ago, with the encouragement of Gen. Yaalon. After a period of negotiations, the two agreed to leave, in exchange for a promise to start the procedure to build a town there. An antenna was placed there - and that was it. Defense Ministry bureaucracy took over, blocking all progress, until the first families moved up in March 2002. Twenty of the founding families are members of the Yeshivat Har HaMor kollel in Jerusalem. "If we had more caravans, we could easily have numbered 100 families by now," says Itai Har'el, the town's absorption coordinator.
Several public institutions and offices are operative in Migron, including a Leumit Health Fund clinic, a branch of the Binyamin Council Library, three nurseries, a game center, a synagogue, and more. The name Migron is mentioned twice in the Bible: once in connection with King Saul's battle with the Philistines in the area of Binyamin (Sam. I 14,2) and once in reference to King Sennacherib's march on Jerusalem.