Rinatya

Rinatya
רִינַּתְיָה
Rinatya
Coordinates: 32°2′37.32″N 34°55′40.44″E / 32.0437000°N 34.9279000°E / 32.0437000; 34.9279000Coordinates: 32°2′37.32″N 34°55′40.44″E / 32.0437000°N 34.9279000°E / 32.0437000; 34.9279000
Council Hevel Modi'in
Region Central Israel
Affiliation Moshavim Movement
Founded 1949
Founded by Moroccan immigrants

Rinatya (Hebrew: רִנַּתְיָה) is a moshav in central Israel. Located between Petah Tikva and Yehud, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hevel Modi'in Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 854.

The moshav was established in 1949 by immigrants from Morocco on the land of the depopulated Palestinian village of Rantiya.[1][2] It today contains 72 farms.

References

  1. ↑ Khalidi, 1992, p. 252
  2. ↑ Morris, 2004, p. xxii, settlement #97, in 1949

Bibliography

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  • Khalidi, Walid (1992). All that Remains. Washington DC: Institute for Palestine Studies. ISBN 0-88728-224-5. 
  • Morris, Benny (2004): The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited, Cambridge University Press ISBN 0-521-00967-7


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