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
 (2021)[1]
4,272

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 2021 it had a population of 4,272.[1]

History

Yad Binyamin cultural center

Yad Binyamin was founded on the land of the depopulated Palestinian village of Al-Mukhayzin.[3] 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.[4] It was named after the former Minister of Postal Services, Binyamin Mintz, who had died the previous year.[5] 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.[6] Many other families have moved to Netzer Hazani.[7]

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.[8]

Transportation

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.[9] A number of Egged bus routes provide transport links to Jerusalem, Ashkelon, and other cities.

References

  1. 1 2 "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  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. ↑ "ישוב קהילתי יד בנימין, גדרות". אתר הבית (in Hebrew). 2021-11-02. Archived from the original on 2022-11-14. Retrieved 2022-11-14.
  5. ↑ Jung, Leo (1992). Schacter, Jacob J. (ed.). Reverence, Righteousness, and Rahamanut: Essays in Memory of Rabbi Dr. Leo Jung. J. Aronson. ISBN 9780876685914.
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ Shomron, Shifra (October 5, 2013). "New Beginnings: Netzer Harani". The Jewish Press. Archived from the original on April 25, 2019. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
  8. ↑ "Ahuzat Yonatan | Yad Binyamin". Ahuzat Yonatan sales page. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
  9. ↑ "נפתחה תחנת הרכבת מלאכי יואב". מועצה אזורית נחל שורק (in Hebrew). 2018-09-18. Retrieved 2019-07-24.
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