Kfar Yavetz (Hebrew: כְּפַר יַעֲבֵץ, lit. 'Yavetz Village') is a religious moshav in central Israel. Located in the Sharon plain near the Arab city of Tayibe, it falls under the jurisdiction of Lev HaSharon Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 661.[1]
Kfar Yavetz
כְּפַר יַעֲבֵץ | |
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  Kfar Yavetz | |
| Coordinates: 32°16′30″N 34°57′53″E / 32.27500°N 34.96472°E | |
| Country | Israel |
| District | Central |
| Council | Lev HaSharon |
| Affiliation | Hapoel HaMizrachi |
| Founded | 10 April 1932 |
| Population (2022)[1] | 661 |
History
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The village was founded on 10 April 1932 as a kibbutz. It was named for Rabbi Ze'ev Yavetz, a founder of the Mizrachi movement.[2]
As the kibbutz was situated on the front, opposite the Iraqi army sent as auxiliaries during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, the inhabitants were evacuated for their safety, and the kibbutz was turned into army base.[3] The residents resettled in Geulei Teiman and the village was rebuilt as a moshav in 1951, incorporating within it new immigrants from Yemen and from central Europe.[3]
Kfar Yavetz is located in the heart of the Triangle, near the Wadi Ara highway.
On 7 July 2003 Mazal Afari, 65, a resident of Kfar Yavetz was killed in her home in a suicide bombing carried out by Islamic Jihad. Afari, a mother of eight, was waiting for her husband and sons to return from synagogue. The terrorist slipped into the house unnoticed and detonated a bomb he was carrying in a bag.[4] Three of her grandchildren were injured in the attack.[5] The house was destroyed in the blast.[6]
References
edit- ^ a b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ "Zionism: Religious Zionism". Jewish Virtual Library. January 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
- ^ a b Tobi, Yosef; Seri, Shalom, eds. (2000). ילקוט תימן [An Anthology of Yemen] (in Hebrew). Tel Aviv: Lior Sharaf. p. 130. ISBN 9657121035.
- ^ Singer-Heruti, Roni; Harel, Amos; Regular, Arnon (9 July 2003). "Attacks Will Continue, Jihad Cell Warns". Haaretz. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
- ^ "Comprehensive Listing of Terrorism Victims in Israel: September 1993 - Present". Jewish Virtual Library. 18 March 2019. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
- ^ Greenberg, Joel (9 July 2003). "Militants link suicide blast to prisoners". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 24 April 2019.