Israel officially reopened the West Bank settlement of Ganim on Thursday, more than 20 years after it withdrew from the community, in a move emblematic of the current government’s policy of rapid settlement expansion.
The smell of freshly-poured asphalt hung in the air above Ganim’s new and only street, where future residents and their families — who had come to help with the move — smiled at the sight of their pre-fabricated homes.
