Susya (Israeli settlement)

This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict.Susya (Hebrew: סוסיא) is a religious communal Israeli settlement in Area C of the West Bank.

Located near but not atop the ancient Jewish village and synagogue in the archaeological site of Susya, it falls under the jurisdiction of Har Hevron Regional Council.

[4][3][5] In 1985, the Susya Tourism and Education Center was established which offers tours and activities in the nearby archaeological site.

[10] On 23 March 1993, Musa Suliman Abu Sabha, a Palestinian was arrested outside Susiya by two guards, Moshe Deutsch and Yair Har-Sinai, because they suspected he was planning an attack on Jews.

[11] Taken for questioning, he stabbed in the shoulder or back one of the guards, Moshe Deutsch, while the two were in a car, and, wrestled to the ground, was bound hand and foot.

Susya main synagogue