History
The settlement was originally established in 1983 as a pioneer Nahal military outpost and demilitarized a year later when turned over to residential purposes in 1984 with the assistance of Gush Emunim's settlement organization Amana. The settlement continuously grew from a population of 200 in 1994 to almost 400 in 2002, and reached a population of 895 in 2009, predominantly strictly religious Jewish settlers.
The Nahal settlement was called 'Rogen', a play on words from the Hebrew root meaning 'annoyance'. The Hebrew term 'yitzhar' is a biblical term, meaning "high quality olive oil", and derives from one of the region's major industries.
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