Yamit

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Jamit (Hebrew ימית ) was an Israeli city in the northeast of the Sinai peninsula last (1982 ), about 1,200 residents.

It was built during the Israeli occupation of the peninsula since the end of the Six Day War to the handover of the area to Egypt after the Israeli-Egyptian peace treaty of 1982. Some Israelis settled in unpopulated areas and founded a new city. The plans provided for a population of up to 200,000. The highest average achieved population was approximately 3,000.

The Agreement between Israel and Egypt before saw that Egypt should pay $ 80 million for the apartments and the city's infrastructure. Ultimately, however, the Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin decided instead to destroy the settlement at the last minute. According to the former Israeli ambassador to Egypt, Moshe Sasson, Begin feared that Israeli settlers secretly return to their homes and would thus cause tensions with Egypt. The decision to demolish the settlements, caused considerable protest in the Egyptian public.

Many of the settlers of cleared Jamit selected as the new home of Israeli settlements in the Gaza Strip.