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BEIT ROMANO
Settlement
مدرسة أسامة
MADRESET OSAMA
The
settlement
mainly
com
-
posed
of
the
Yeshivat
Shavei
Hevron
for
studying
Judaism
and
an
Israeli
Occupation
Forces
military
camp.
The
main
building
of
the
area
was
created
in
1879
on
property
owned
by
a
Palestinian
family.
According
to
the
settlers,
the
building
was
constructed
by
Avraham
Romano,
a
Jew
from
Turkey,
as
a
home
for
the
elderly
of
the
Turkish
community.
It
used
to
serve
as
the
headquarters
and
a
police
station
until
1917,
when
it
was
confiscated
by
the
British
Mandate
Authorities
and
used
as a military station. In 1948, the
building
was
turned
into
the
boy’s
school
Osama
ibn
Mun
-
qidh
(Madreset
Osama).
The
IOF
closed
it
down
together
with
the
central
bus
station
in
the
early
1980’s
for
security
reasons.
The
school
was
turned
into
Beit
Yeshiva
-
a
school
for
religious
studies
for
settlers.
The
bus
station
was
used
as
a
military
center
to
protect
settlers
living
within
the
old
city.
Both
of
the
areas
were
reopened
with
a
new
purpose
in
1983,
a
couple
of
years
after
the
Israeli
govern
-
ment
allowed
for
the
Beit
Romano
settlement
to
be
expanded
and
rehabilitated.
Currently
there
are
more
than
200
students
attending
the
school.
The
settlement
is
surrounded
by
watch
towers,
some
of
them
located
directly
on
the
roof
of
the
school,
and
some
of
them
situated
on
nearby
Palestinian
buildings.
In
2002,
the
Israeli
High
Court
of
Justice
decided
to
stop
the
construction
of
additional
student
dormitories
to
the
Yeshiva,
which
had
begun
a
year
earlier.
Then
in
2008,
the
construction
was
allowed
to
continue
after
being
approved
by
the
Israeli
High
Court
of
Justice.
Al-Shuhada
street
Military base
Road closed
to Palestinians
Elements of the occupation
Settlers’ buildings
Yeshiva
school
Former
Municipality
building
Casbah