Editing Samaritans (section)

=== Israeli, Jordanian and Palestinian rule ===
After the establishment of the State of Israel, some of the Samaritans who were living in [[Jaffa]] emigrated to Samaria and lived in Nablus. By the late 1950s, around 100 Samaritans left the West Bank for Israel under an agreement with [[Jordanian annexation of the West Bank|the Jordanian authorities in the West Bank]].{{sfn|Yousef|Barghouti|2005}} In 1954, [[President of Israel|Israeli President]] [[Yitzhak Ben-Zvi]] fostered a Samaritan enclave in Holon, Israel, located in 15a Ben Amram Street.{{sfn|ISII}}{{sfn|Friedman|2007}}{{sfn|Rosenblatt|2002}} During Jordanian rule in the West Bank, Samaritans from Holon were permitted to visit Mount Gerizim only once a year, on Passover.{{sfn|''The Jewish Week''|2011}}

In 1967, Israel conquered the West Bank during the [[Six-Day War]], and the Samaritans there came under Israeli rule. Until the 1990s, most of the Samaritans in the West Bank resided in Nablus. They relocated to Mount Gerizim near the [[Israeli settlement]] of [[Har Brakha]] as a result of violence during the [[First Intifada]] (1987–1990). Consequently, all that is left of the Samaritan community in Nablus is an abandoned synagogue. The [[Israel Defense Forces|Israeli army]] maintains a presence in the area.{{sfn|Rosenblatt|2002}} The Samaritans of Nablus relocated to the village of Kiryat Luza. In the mid-1990s, the Samaritans of Kiryat Luza were granted Israeli citizenship. They also became citizens of the [[Palestinian Authority]] following the [[Oslo Accords]]. As a result, they are the only people to possess dual Israeli-Palestinian citizenship.{{sfn|''The Jewish Week''|2011}}{{sfn|Jerusalem Cinematheque: Samaritan}} [[File:Sofi Tzadka.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Sofi Tsedaka]], an Israeli actress from the Samaritan community]]
[[File:Samaritan Pilgrimage 1920.JPG|thumb|upright|During the entire week following the Feast of the Passover, the Samaritans remain encamped on [[Mount Gerizim]].
On the last day of the encampment, they begin at dawn a pilgrimage to the crest of the sacred mount. Before setting forth on this pilgrimage, however, the men spread their cloths and repeat the creed and the story of the Creation in silence, after which, in loud voice they read the Book of Genesis and the first quarter of the Book of Exodus, ending with the story of the Passover and the flight from Egypt<br />— John D. Whiting<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;''The National Geographic Magazine'', Jan 1920]]

Today, Samaritans in Israel are fully integrated into society and serve in the [[Israel Defense Forces]]. The Samaritans of the West Bank seek good relations with their Palestinian neighbors while maintaining their Israeli citizenship, tend to be fluent in Hebrew and Arabic, and use both a Hebrew and Arab name.{{sfn|''The Jewish Week''|2011}}