District of Al-Ramla

Hadid is a moshav located near the Modiin settlement. It was established in 1949 on the lands of the depopulated modern village in the Ramla district. It was founded as a kibbutz by Yemeni Zionist immigrants, later joined by immigrants from Romania. In 1950, it was reorganized to become a moshav affiliated with the Hapoel Hatzair movement. The site is approximately 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) west of the former Palestinian village site, on the lands of Modern. As of 2021, its

Palmachim is a kibbutz located in the center of Mandatory Palestine. It was established on April 11, 1949, by former members of the Yiftach Brigade affiliated with the Irgun (Etzel). The kibbutz was founded on the lands of the depopulated Palestinian village of Nabi Rubin, in the Ramla district. It is approximately 10 kilometers south of the Tel Aviv metropolitan area, along the Mediterranean coast, situated among sand dunes. As of 2004, its population was 500 settlers. Sour

Sha'alvim is a religious kibbutz located in the center of Mandatory Palestine, near the Modiin Maccabim Reut settlement. The kibbutz was founded on August 13, 1951, by a group from Nahal affiliated with the Ezra Movement. It was established on the land of the depopulated Palestinian village of Sulpit, in the Ramla district. The hill situated between the kibbutz and Nof Ayalon is known as Tel Sha'alvim. Until the Six-Day War, it was targeted by numerous militant attacks from t

Mishmar David is a communal settlement located near the Mitzpeh Ramon settlement. It was established in 1948 by Holocaust survivors from Romania and former soldiers. The settlement was named after David Marcus, a Jewish-Romanian American colonel in the U.S. Army who assisted Israel during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War and thereafter, becoming the country's first general. The settlement was established on the land of the depopulated Arab village of Khalda, in the Ramla district.

Ben Zakkai is a religious moshav in central occupied Palestine. It was established in 1950 by Zionist refugees from Tripoli (modern-day Libya) on the lands of the depopulated village of Bafna. The settlement was named after Yochanan Ben Zakkai. As of 2021, its population was 1,086 settlers. Sources: Due to the scarcity of Arabic sources, we relied on Hebrew sources: the Hebrew website of the settlement / the Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics. The village of Bafna is ref

Beit Al-Azari is a moshav in central occupied Palestine, located three miles south of the Rehovot settlement. It was established in 1948 by Zionist immigrants from Eastern Europe on the lands of the Palestinian depopulated village of Magar in the Ramla district. Its initial name was Arigot, which was later changed to Akron Hadasha, and finally to Beit Al-Azari in memory of the agricultural pioneer Yitzhak Al-Azari Volcani, founder of modern agriculture in what is called Israe

Beit Hanan is a moshav in central occupied Palestine, located approximately two kilometers west of the Ness Tsebuna settlement. It was established in 1929 on the lands of the depopulated village of Sirfand al-Khira by Zionist immigrants from Bulgaria. Beit Hanan was the first Zionist agricultural moshav established after the alleged disturbances in Palestine. In 2007, the area of Beit Hanan was 750 dunams (about 3.0 km²) of agricultural land. Its main economic branches includ

The original name of the moshav was Ahalama, named after one of the twelve sacred stones worn by the Israeli High Priest. It was surrounded by four neighboring settlements: Berakat, Shoham, Leisham, and Nofkh, which were also named after these stones. The name was later changed to Beit Arif, which is believed to be derived from the Aramaic word "Beit Harb" (House of War). Sources: Due to the scarcity of Arabic sources, we relied on "Hebrew" sources: the Hebrew website of

Tel Sha'er is a moshav established in 1948 on the lands of the displaced decommissioned village of Kharbat Beit Far, in the Ramla district. It was founded by Zionist immigrants from Greece, Poland, and Turkey along the Burma Road on agricultural lands that belonged to the village of Kharbat Beit Far. The settlement was named after Henry Morgantha and Junior (Morgenthau); the name is German and means "morning dew." As of 2022, its population numbered 1,350 settlers. Sources

A kibbutz located in the center of occupied Palestine, established in 1948 on the lands of the displaced village of Bībna, in the Ramla district. As of 2021, the population of the settlement was 623 settlers. In October 1948, a group of former members of the Palmach militias established the Mashgaf HaPalmach kibbutz one kilometer south of Soba, which was later renamed Tsofiya Palmach. Sources: Due to the scarcity of Arabic sources, we relied on "Israeli" sources: the Hebrew

Tami Menashe is a moshav in occupied Palestine, established in 1953 by the General Zionist Movement. It spans an area of 1,800 dunams and consists of 62 farms, 5 subsidiary farms, and a residential annex. The moshav was founded on the lands of the Palestinian village of Abu al-Fadl, whose residents were displaced during the 1948 war. The building that previously served as the headquarters of Hasan Salama is located within the agricultural lands belonging to the village. It wa

Ramat Meir is a moshav located in the central part of the occupied Palestinian territories, approximately four kilometers south of the settlement of Rosh Pina. The moshav was established in 1949 on land belonging to the depopulated village of Al-Na‘ani, in the Ramla district, by discharged soldiers. It was named after the American Mayer Rosov. Rosov had purchased the land surrounding the Palestinian village of Al-Na‘ani in the 1930s for his company, Rosov Plantations. After t

Rosh HaAyin is an Israeli settlement located in the Central District. It was established as a Zionist settlement in Palestine in 1949 to accommodate Yemenite Jews, who had been gathered in Aden by the United States and Britain and then transferred to Palestine through an operation launched by the occupation government called "The Magic Carpet" or "Wings of the Falcons." The settlement was established on land belonging to the town of Majd al-Yabā, south of the Arab city of Ka

Zarnouqa is a Palestinian village that was depopulated. Its name is possibly derived from the Arabic word "al-Zarnouq," meaning "small river." Zionist settlers expelled the Arab inhabitants and destroyed the village in 1948. In the same year, Zionist Jews (most of whom migrated from Romania) established the settlements of "Zarnouqa" and "Ubb" on the site of the village and to its northwest. By 1956, the combined population of these settlements reached 693 settlers. Sources: D

Azarya is a moshav in central Palestine, located approximately five kilometers southeast of the city of Ramla. The moshav was established on the land of the Palestinian village of Al-Barriyya, which was depopulated, on October 30, 1949, by 25 Zionist families from Jerusalem as part of the "From the City to the Village" plan. As of 2021, the settlement had a population of 1,237 settlers. Sources: Due to the scarcity of Arabic sources, we relied on "Israeli" sources: the Hebr

There is insufficient information available about this settlement; it is only known to have been established in 1983 on the lands of the depopulated village of Aker in the Ramla district.

Ayinat is a kibbutz in central Palestine, located near Petah Tikva. The kibbutz was established in 1952 by settlers from the Gevat Hachshula and Ramat Hakoavish settlements, who left the Himonu Had kibbutz following its ideological split. It is situated on the land of the depopulated village of Majdal Yaba in the Ramla district. The name is derived from its proximity to the source of the Yarkon River. The kibbutz was privatized, which encouraged the children of its members to

Kibbutz Shiller is a kibbutz in central Palestine, also known as Gan Shlomo. It is located near the Rosh Pina settlement. It was founded in October 1927 by a group of 12 Zionist academics from Lviv and Galicia, along with their six children. The kibbutz was established on the ruins of the depopulated Arab village of Zarnouqa in the Ramla district. By 2014, its population reached 507 settlers. Sources: Due to the scarcity of Arabic sources, we relied on "Hebrew" sources: the

Gibtun is a moshav located in central Palestine, near the Rosh Pina settlement. It was established in 1933 on land belonging to the depopulated village of Zarnouqa in the Ramla district. It was part of the Plan of Settlement 1000, which aimed to establish small agricultural settlements around major cities and support their defense against those referred to as "Arab troublemakers." In 2021, its population was approximately 390 settlers. Sources: Due to the scarcity of Arabic s

Gadera is a settlement in occupied Palestine, located in the central region. It was established in 1884 and is situated 13 kilometers south of Rosh Pina. As of 2009, its population was approximately 21,500 settlers. Gadera was founded during the winter of 1884 by members of the Russian Bilu movement, south of the Palestinian village of Qatra. The settlement was built on an area of 3,000 dunams of land belonging to the depopulated village of Qatra. The land was purchased by t