their favour, is still used as a yeshiva for Ofra's married men, and was expropriated by the IDF in favour of the settlers 10 days after the verdict was passed. In the wake of a suit filed in 2008, on 9 February 2015, the Israeli Supreme Court ordered the demolition of 9 Ofra homes as standing on land with Palestinian title. The government was given two years to demolish the housing. Police began evacuating settlers and protesters on 28 February 2017 from nine Ofra houses ordered for demolition by an Israeli High Court order. Notable residents Yehuda Etzion Mike Netzer References External links Ofra website Midreshet Shuva Ofra in Google Maps Hebrew Bible cities Religious Israeli settlements Mateh Binyamin Regional Council Populated places established in 1975 1975 establishments in the Israeli Military Governorate Community settlements Israeli settlements in the West Bank