- Immanuel (town)
Infobox Israel municipality
name=Immanuel
imgsize=250px
caption=Headquarters of Immanuel Local Council
hebname=Hebrew|עִמָּנוּאֵל
arname=
meaning=God is with us
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type=lc
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district=js
population=2,700
popyear=2006
area_dunam=2750mayor=Yeshayahu Ehrenreich
Immanuel ( _he. עִמָּנוּאֵל) is an
Israeli settlement and local council inSamaria ,West Bank .According to the
Israel Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Immanuel had a population of 2,600 at the end of 2004, mostly Haredi Orthodox Jews. Its jurisdiction is 2,750dunam s (2.75 km²).Immanuel was declared a local council in 1985. Its first head of council was Oded Alon. Immanuel's current head of council is Yeshayahu Ehrenreich.
In the 1990s, Immanuel was undergoing a major expansion, but the
Oslo Accords discouraged investors and construction firms from continuing to build. As a result, a major portion of present-day Immanuel consists of unfinished structures and concrete. Land value is also extremely low, often four to six times lower than in central Israeli towns and cities.While Immanuel has a modest light industrial area which provides work for
Israeli s andPalestinians , there is otherwise not much local employment opportunities that are not related to education orTorah , therefore many of its residents commute to nearby Ariel,Jerusalem andBnei Brak /Petah Tikva .In 2002 the town was the site of a terrorist attack on innocent civilians, which claimed nine lives. [ [http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/MFAArchive/2000_2009/2002/7/Terrorist%20attack%20on%20bus%20at%20Emmanuel%20-%20July%2016-%20200 Terrorist attack on bus at Emmanuel] ]
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