From David in Israel Re: An American Ex-Pat Community in Israel, and CONEX House Conversions

Jim:
Here are some links that you might find of interest, regarding Karnei Shomron. [From the web page: “Atop Ginot Shomron is a charming neighborhood known as “Neve Aliza” that has one of the largest concentrations of North American olim in all of Israel.”] See:

http://www.nbn.org.il/community/community_karneishomron.htm

and
http://www.tehilla.com/aliya/places.asp?id=38

I wish it had pictures of Ramat Gilad it is the three year old hilltop Yeshuv with the caravans (single wide and double wide mobiles) and container houses.

And here is a story with a little history of Ramat Gilad written by a lefty (an anti-settlement type):  http://www.israelblog.org/Articles/The_Unsettlers.html