Rakefet

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Rakefet
רַקֶּפֶת
Rakefet
Coordinates: 32°51′16.55″N 35°15′55.8″E / 32.8545972°N 35.265500°E / 32.8545972; 35.265500Coordinates: 32°51′16.55″N 35°15′55.8″E / 32.8545972°N 35.265500°E / 32.8545972; 35.265500
Council Misgav
Region Lower Galilee
Affiliation Moshavim Movement
Founded 1981

Rakefet (Hebrew: רַקֶּפֶת) is a communal settlement in northern Israel.[1] Located in the Lower Galilee near Sakhnin, it falls under the jurisdiction of Misgav Regional Council. The name means "Cyclamen".

In 2006 it had a population of 761.

The village was established in 1981 as a moshav shitufi. In August 1989 it was converted to a communal settlement. In September 2011 a High Court of Justice ordered the Israel Lands Administration to allocate a plot of state land to an Arab couple, Fatina and Ahmed Zabeidat. The ruling came after the Arab couple was first denied a membership in the community.

References

  1. "Rakefet". Misgav Regional council. 

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