Bnei Ayish
Bnei Ayish (Hebrew: בְּנֵי עַיִ"שׁ) is a town and local council in the Central District of Israel. Located around ten kilometers from Ashdod and adjacent to Gedera, it had a population of 7,017 in 2018.[1]
Bnei Ayish
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| Hebrew transcription(s) | |
| • ISO 259 | Bnei ʕayš |
| • Also spelled | Bene Ayish (official) |
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  Bnei Ayish | |
| Coordinates: 31°47′18.94″N 34°45′39.29″E | |
| District | Central |
| Founded | 7 October 1957 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Local council (from 1981) |
| • Head of Municipality | Aryeh Garela |
| Area | |
| • Total | 836 dunams (83.6 ha or 207 acres) |
| Population (2018)[1] | |
| • Total | 7,017 |
| • Density | 8,400/km2 (22,000/sq mi) |
| Name meaning | Sons of Akiva Yosef Schlezinger |
History
The town was founded in 1957 on land that had belonged to the depopulated Palestinian village of Yasur.[2] Before 1948, the area had served as a military base for British Army troops during the Mandate era. It was named after Rabbi Akiva Yosef Schlezinger, whose name is abbreviated to Ayish.
Bnei Ayish originally served as a transit camp for immigrants from Yemen in the early 1950s. Today its population is almost entirely made up of Jews of Yemenite descent and immigrants from the former Soviet Union.
References
- "Population in the Localities 2018" (XLS). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. 25 August 2019. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
- Khalidi, Walid (1992), All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948, Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies, p. 139, ISBN 0-88728-224-5
External links
- Local council website
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