Yad Binyamin

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 2019 it had a population of 4,268.[1]

Yad Binyamin

יַד בִּנְיָמִין‎
Yad Binyamin
Yad Binyamin
Coordinates: 31°47′49.92″N 34°49′16.68″E
CountryIsrael
DistrictCentral
CouncilNahal Sorek
Founded1962
Population
 (2019)[1]
4,268
Name meaningBinyamin Memorial

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]

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 of 2018, Israel Railways opened the nearby Kiryat Malachi-Yoav station, connecting the area to the Nahariyah–Beersheba line[8]. A number of Egged bus routes provide transport links to Jerusalem, Ashkelon, and other cities.

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References
  1. "Population in the Localities 2019" (XLS). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  2. For the derivation of "yad" (normally "hand") meaning a memorial, see http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/judaica/ejud_0002_0021_0_21157.html
  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.
  4. http://www.homee.co.il/%D7%99%D7%93-%D7%91%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%9F/
  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. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
  7. Shomron, Shifra (October 5, 2013). "New Beginnings: Netzer Harani". The Jewish Press. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
  8. "נפתחה תחנת הרכבת מלאכי יואב". מועצה אזורית נחל שורק (in Hebrew). 2018-09-18. Retrieved 2019-07-24.
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