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<h2 id="history">History</h2> <p>Israel confiscated land from several <a href="/facts/Palestinians/DBnkAQ5l">Palestinian</a> villages in order to construct Talmon, including: </p> <ul><li>taking land from private Palestinians citizens of <a href="/facts/Al-Janiya/2eaDKfUM">Al-Janiya</a>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a></li> <li>land confiscated from the town of <a href="/facts/Al-Ittihad,_Ramallah/zIVblDe2">Al-Ittihad</a>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a></li> <li>in addition to 289 dunams confiscated from <a href="/facts/Al-Zaitounah/fb333zuL">Al-Zaitounah</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a></li></ul> <p>Talmon was founded in 1989, with the name taken from the <a href="/facts/Family_name/gca0qxem">family name</a> of the family of gatekeepers of the <a href="/facts/Temple_in_Jerusalem/WHsJ2e2Y">Temple in Jerusalem</a> who returned to rebuild <a href="/facts/Jerusalem/PKJ8LT0Y">Jerusalem</a> during the time of <a href="/facts/Nehemiah/Jza76TUL">Nehemiah</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a> </p><p>The settlement of <a href="/facts/Neria,_Mateh_Binyamin/x0cw4QaX">Neria</a> was originally built on land designated for Talmon, but it is now independent. </p> <h2 id="notable-residents">Notable residents</h2> <ul><li>Gilad Sha'er, 16-year-old killed in the <a href="/facts/2014_kidnapping_and_murder_of_Israeli_teenagers/MI4dbtnH">2014 kidnapping and murder of Israeli teenagers</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Al Janiya Village Profile, ARIJ, pp. 15-16 <a href="http://vprofile.arij.org/ramallah/pdfs/vprofile/Al%20Janiya_vp_En.pdf" target="_blank">http://vprofile.arij.org/ramallah/pdfs/vprofile/Al%20Janiya_vp_En.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Separate and Unequal: Israel’s Discriminatory Treatment of Palestinians in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, HRW, 2010 <a href="https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/reports/iopt1210webwcover_0.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/reports/iopt1210webwcover_0.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Al-Itihad Town Profile (Beitillu, Jammala & Deir 'Ammar), ARIJ, pp. 16-17 <a href="http://vprofile.arij.org/ramallah/pdfs/vprofile/AL-Itihad_tp_en.pdf" target="_blank">http://vprofile.arij.org/ramallah/pdfs/vprofile/AL-Itihad_tp_en.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"The Geneva Convention". BBC News. 10 December 2009. Retrieved 27 November 2010. <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/1682640.stm" target="_blank">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/1682640.stm</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Al Janiya Village Profile, ARIJ, pp. 15-16 <a href="http://vprofile.arij.org/ramallah/pdfs/vprofile/Al%20Janiya_vp_En.pdf" target="_blank">http://vprofile.arij.org/ramallah/pdfs/vprofile/Al%20Janiya_vp_En.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>A walk in the hills, by Raja Shehadeh, December 1, 2008 <a href="http://www.redpepper.org.uk/A-walk-in-the-hills/" target="_blank">http://www.redpepper.org.uk/A-walk-in-the-hills/</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>Separate and Unequal: Israel’s Discriminatory Treatment of Palestinians in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, HRW, 2010 <a href="https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/reports/iopt1210webwcover_0.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/reports/iopt1210webwcover_0.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>Seven days, five years: A week visiting my family in Israel, David Meir Grossman, July 28, 2014, Tablet <a href="http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/180342/seven-days-five-years" target="_blank">http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/180342/seven-days-five-years</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>Al-Itihad Town Profile (Beitillu, Jammala & Deir 'Ammar), ARIJ, pp. 16-17 <a href="http://vprofile.arij.org/ramallah/pdfs/vprofile/AL-Itihad_tp_en.pdf" target="_blank">http://vprofile.arij.org/ramallah/pdfs/vprofile/AL-Itihad_tp_en.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>AL-Zaytouneh Town Profile, ARIJ, p. 18 <a href="http://vprofile.arij.org/ramallah/pdfs/vprofile/Al-_Zaytouneh_tp_en.pdf" target="_blank">http://vprofile.arij.org/ramallah/pdfs/vprofile/Al-_Zaytouneh_tp_en.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:11"><p>Nehemiah 12 / Hebrew Bible in English Mechon-Mamre <a href="http://www.mechon-mamre.org/e/et/et35b12.htm" target="_blank">http://www.mechon-mamre.org/e/et/et35b12.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>