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Yad Binyamin

Coordinates: 31°47′50″N 34°49′17″E / 31.79722°N 34.82139°E / 31.79722; 34.82139
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Yad Binyamin
יַד בִּנְיָמִין
Etymology: Binyamin Memorial
Yad Binyamin is located in Central Israel
Yad Binyamin
Yad Binyamin
Yad Binyamin is located in Israel
Yad Binyamin
Yad Binyamin
Coordinates: 31°47′50″N 34°49′17″E / 31.79722°N 34.82139°E / 31.79722; 34.82139
CountryIsrael
DistrictCentral
CouncilNahal Sorek
Founded1962
Population
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4,278

Yad Binyamin (Hebrew: יַד בִּנְיָמִין, lit. Binyamin Memorial)[2] is a community settlement in central Israel. The seat of Nahal Sorek Regional Council, it is located adjacent to the junction of three major highways: Highway 3, Highway 6, and Highway 7. In 2022 it had a population of 4,278.[1]

History

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Yad Binyamin cultural center

Al-Mukhayzin

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Yad Binyamin was founded on the land of the depopulated Palestinian village of al-Mukhayzin.[3] In the 19th century, the tribe al-Wuhaydat was the first to settle in the village. Al-Mukhayzin was named after grain storage warehouses built in the village, and in 1945 had a population of 330, 220 who were Palestinian and 110 of whom were Jewish.[4][5]

1948 Palestine war

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During the 1948 Palestine war, al-Mukhayzin was assaulted during Operation Har'el by the Giva'ti brigade. Al-Mukhayzin's indigenous Palestinian population was completely expelled by the invading forces, who then obliterated and defaced the emptied village's structures.[4][6]

Establishment of Yad Binyamin

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The land had been used as a Ma'abara Nativa which was abandoned as a religious settlement and educational center in 1962 by Poalei Agudat Yisrael, in partnership with the municipality of Nahal Sorek.[7] It was named after the former Minister of Postal Services, Binyamin Mintz, who had died the previous year.[8] For many years, the community was a center of higher Jewish learning, based around the yeshiva.

Following the disengagement plan, around 200 families from Gush Katif moved into temporary pre-fabricated housing in Yad Binyamin. Some later moved to a new village named Ganei Tal after the former settlement by the same name.[9] Many other families have moved to Netzer Hazani.[10]

The community has a neighborhood, called Ahuzat Yonatan, that is for people ages 55 and older. The neighborhood has approximately 160 apartments as well as a shared building containing a synagogue.[11]

Transportation

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Yad Binyamin is located 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) from the Re'em Junction on Highway 3, and one kilometer from the intersection of Highway 6 and Highway 7. In September 2018, Israel Railways opened the nearby Kiryat Malachi-Yoav station, connecting the area to the Nahariyah–Beersheba line.[12] A number of Egged bus routes provide transport links to Jerusalem, Ashkelon, and other cities.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  2. ^ For the derivation of "yad" (normally "hand") meaning a memorial, see "Yad". Archived from the original on 2022-12-26. Retrieved 2023-09-06.
  3. ^ Khalidi, W. (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 398. ISBN 0-88728-224-5. Archived from the original on 2023-03-20. Retrieved 2018-09-18.
  4. ^ a b "Welcome To al-Mukhayzin". Palestine Remembered.
  5. ^ "The story of Al Mukhayzin". today.visualizingpalestine.org. Retrieved 2024-08-23.
  6. ^ "The story of Al Mukhayzin". today.visualizingpalestine.org. Retrieved 2024-08-23.
  7. ^ "ישוב קהילתי יד בנימין, גדרות". אתר הבית (in Hebrew). 2021-11-02. Archived from the original on 2022-11-14. Retrieved 2022-11-14.
  8. ^ Jung, Leo (1992). Schacter, Jacob J. (ed.). Reverence, Righteousness, and Rahamanut: Essays in Memory of Rabbi Dr. Leo Jung. J. Aronson. ISBN 9780876685914.
  9. ^ Lazaroff, Tovah; Cashman, Greer Fay (November 7, 2005). "1,100 evacuee families to stay together". The Jerusalem Post. Archived from the original on April 25, 2019. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
  10. ^ Shomron, Shifra (October 5, 2013). "New Beginnings: Netzer Harani". The Jewish Press. Archived from the original on April 25, 2019. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
  11. ^ "Ahuzat Yonatan | Yad Binyamin". Ahuzat Yonatan sales page. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
  12. ^ "נפתחה תחנת הרכבת מלאכי יואב". מועצה אזורית נחל שורק (in Hebrew). 2018-09-18. Retrieved 2019-07-24.
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