Sa-Nur (Hebrew:שא-נור,lit. 'Flame Carrier') was anIsraeli settlement in the northernWest Bank, just north of the Palestinian towns ofSilat ad-Dhahr andFandaqumiya, under the administrative jurisdiction ofShomron Regional Council until 2005.[1] Prior to its demolition, Sa-Nur was home to 43 families.[2]
In September 2005 its 105 residents were evicted andIsrael Defense Forces soldiers began dismantling Sanur as part ofIsraeli disengagement from Gaza.[3] The demolition of Sa-Nur andHomesh marked the end of the central part of the disengagement plan.[4] The only remaining structure, a synagogue, was buried.[5]
Since the demolition,religious Zionist groups have attempted to return to Sa-Nur, in order to rebuild the community. On 8 May 2008, following a permitted Independence Day rally in Homesh, a group of 150 set off at night for Sa-Nur, including many former residents.[2]
On 30 July 2015, marking the 10 year anniversary after the evacuation, 250 people, made up of 20 former families, attempted to resettle in Sa-Nur, before being forcibly evicted by theIsrael Defense Forces.[6][7]
In late July 2018, 200 Jewish settlers, supported byBayit Yehudi MKsShuli Mualem andBezalel Smotrich, revisited the area as part of a plan to challenge the Disengagement Plan which led to the settlement's dismantlement.[8]
In May 2025, the government's Security Cabinet approved the building of 22 Israeli settlements in the West Bank, including the dismantled communities of Homesh and Sa-Nur.[9]
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