"Reconnection Plan": Settlement evacuated during disengagement is being re-established

21 years after the Kadim settlement was evacuated as part of the Disengagement Plan, development work for its re-establishment is in advanced stages. The Samaria Regional Council and the Amana settlement movement are currently completing the infrastructure in preparation for the first families to move onto the land in the coming weeks.

Kadim is one of the four settlements evacuated from northern Samaria in 2005, alongside Homesh, Sa-Nur, and Ganim. Its re-establishment is part of the "Reconnection Plan" led by the Samaria Regional Council, under which the establishment of 19 new settlements in northern Samaria is planned to replace the four settlements uprooted during the disengagement.

This move is being promoted in accordance with government decisions and with the support of Defense Minister Israel Katz and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich. The council also views it as part of the "Million in Samaria" program, which aims to significantly expand the number of residents in the region.

The settlement is expected to be established by a core group of families, most of whom come from Tel Aviv and the cities of Gush Dan. It was initiated by graduates of Zionist yeshivas and IDF reservists from the Iron Swords war.

Samaria Regional Council head Yossi Dagan stated:

"This is a historic moment. The heavy machinery operating here is the picture of victory for the settlement movement and for the State of Israel. We are not just re-establishing a settlement, but correcting a historical injustice and bringing life back to northern Samaria."

According to him, "In a few weeks, the first families will move here, and together we will continue the great process of returning settlement to northern Samaria. This is the Zionist, moral, and national answer to the attempts at uprooting."

Chairman of the founding core, Oz Zohar, said:

"The sights of the heavy machinery on the ground and the intensive development work fill us with immense excitement. We are not building just houses and infrastructure, but renewing the settlement out of a sense of national responsibility. We feel that we are moving not only as members of the core group but as emissaries of the entire people of Israel, and we are looking forward with great anticipation to moving onto the land very soon."

In the coming days, development work and final preparations will continue in preparation for the establishment of the new community and the return of life to the settlement that was evacuated more than two decades ago.