Yinon
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 2018 it had a population of 1,176.[1]
Yinon | |
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 Moshav entrance | |
  Yinon | |
| Coordinates: 31°44′27.23″N 34°46′57.36″E | |
| Country | Israel |
| District | Southern |
| Council | Be'er Tuvia |
| Affiliation | Moshavim Movement |
| Founded | 1952 |
| Founded by | Yemenite Jewish immigrants |
| Population (2018)[1] | 1,176 |
History
The moshav was founded 1952 by Jewish exodus 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
- "Population in the Localities 2018" (XLS). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. 25 August 2019. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
- Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel (in Hebrew). Yuval Elʻazari (ed.). Tel-Aviv: Mapa Publishing. 2005. p. 222. ISBN 965-7184-34-7.CS1 maint: others (link)
- 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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