Yinon
| Yinon | |
|---|---|
 Moshav entrance | |
  Yinon | |
| Coordinates: 31°44′27.23″N 34°46′57.36″E / 31.7408972°N 34.7826000°ECoordinates: 31°44′27.23″N 34°46′57.36″E / 31.7408972°N 34.7826000°E | |
| District | Southern |
| Council | Be'er Tuvia |
| Affiliation | Moshavim Movement |
| Founded | 1952 |
| Founded by | Yemenite immigrants |
| Population (2017)[1] | 1,127 |
Yinon (Hebrew: יִנּוֹן, lit. "it shall flourish") is a moshav in southern Israel. Located near Kiryat Malakhi, it falls under the jurisdiction of Be'er Tuvia Regional Council. In 2017 it had a population of 1,127.[1]
History
The moshav was founded 1952 by immigrants from Yemen. Its name was taken from a passage in the Bible,[2] Psalm 72:17: God's name "shall flourish as long as the sun".
Yinon was founded on the lands of the depopulated Palestinian village of Al-Masmiyya al-Kabira.[3]
References
- 1 2 "List of localities, in Alphabetical order" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved August 26, 2018.
- ↑ Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel (in Hebrew). Yuval Elʻazari (ed.). Tel-Aviv: Mapa Publishing. 2005. p. 222. ISBN 965-7184-34-7.
- ↑ Khalidi, Walid (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 125. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
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