Rimonim
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Rimonim (Template:Langx), is an Israeli settlement in the West Bank. Located on the Allon Road, about a twenty-minute drive north-east from Jerusalem, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Binyamin Regional Council. In Template:Israel populations it had a population of Template:Israel populations.Template:Israel populations
The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this.[1]
Etymology
The village is named after the biblical Rock of Rimmon (present-day Rammun). The name comes from the Book of Judges: "But six hundred men turned and fled toward the wilderness unto the rock of Rimmon, and abode in the rock of Rimmon four months" (Judges, 20:47).
History
According to ARIJ, Israel confiscated 393 dunam of land from the nearby Palestinian town of Taybeh in order to construct Rimonim in 1977.[2]
Rimonim was established in 1977 (20 Shevat 5737) as a temporary pioneer Nahal military outpost. Three years later in 1980 (on 4 Tishrei 5741), it moved to the current location, demilitarized and turned over to residential purposes non-religious Jewish Israelis with help from the Amana settlement organization. In the mid-2000s the village allowed religious Jews to move in. Until then, it had been almost exclusively secular in nature.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Services provided include a synagogue, half-Olympic sized swimming pool, post office, nursery, kindergarten, mikveh, library, basketball court, and youth centre.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
At the edge of town, there is a look-out point, from which one can view the Jordan Valley and the Dead Sea.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
The settlement includes the ancient Roman and Byzantine ruins of Khirbet El Kiliya.[3][4]
Notable residents
- Amihai Eliyahu (born 1979), Otzma Yehudit politician; Minister of Heritage since 2022[5]
References
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- ↑ Et Taiyiba Town Profile (including Badiw al Mu’arrajat Locality), ARIJ, p. 21
- ↑ "מה: אתר ארכאולוגי איפה: רימונים". Gobinyamin.org.il. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
- ↑ google.com/maps
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External links
- Official website
- Rimonim Mateh Binyamin Regional Council
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