Rinatya

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 2022 it had a population of 1,197.^[1]

Rinatya רִינַּתְיָה‎
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Coordinates: 32°2′37″N 34°55′40″E
Country	Israel
District	Central
Council	Hevel Modi'in
Affiliation	Moshavim Movement
Founded	1949
Founded by	Moroccan Jewish immigrants
Population  (2022)[1]	1,197

History

During the Ottoman period, Rinatya was the site of the Arab village of Rantiya. It belonged to the Nahiyeh (sub-district) of Lod that encompassed the area of the present-day city of Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut in the south to the present-day city of El'ad in the north, and from the foothills in the east, through the Lod Valley to the outskirts of Jaffa in the west. This area was home to thousands of inhabitants in about 20 villages, who had at their disposal tens of thousands of hectares of prime agricultural land.^[2]

The moshav was established in 1949 by immigrants and refugees from Morocco on the land of the depopulated Palestinian Arab village of Rantiya.^[3][4]

References

1. "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
2. Marom, Roy (2022). "Lydda Sub-District: Lydda and its countryside during the Ottoman period". Diospolis - City of God: Journal of the History, Archaeology and Heritage of Lod. 8: 103–136.
3. Khalidi, Walid (1992). All that Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington DC: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 252. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
4. Morris, Benny (2004). The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. xxii. ISBN 0-521-00967-7.