Bnei Ayish () is a town and
local council in the
Central District of
Israel. Located around ten kilometers from
Ashdod
Ashdod ( he, ''ʾašdōḏ''; ar, أسدود or إسدود ''ʾisdūd'' or '' ʾasdūd'' ; Philistine: 𐤀𐤔𐤃𐤃 *''ʾašdūd'') is the sixth-largest city in Israel. Located in the country's Southern District, it lies on the Mediterran ...
and adjacent to
Gedera
Gedera, or less commonly known as Gdera ( he, גְּדֵרָה), is a town in the southern part of the Shfela region in the Central District of Israel founded in 1884. It is south of Rehovot.
In , it had a population of .
History
Gedera ...
, it had a population of in .
History
The town was founded in 1957 on land that had belonged to the depopulated
Palestinian village of
Yasur Yasur can refer to:
* Yasur, Iran, in Gilan Province
* Mount Yasur, a volcano in Vanuatu
* Yas'ur, Israel, a kibbutz in Israel
* Yasur (village), in Gaza District
* Yazur, in Jaffa District
* CH-53 Sea Stallion
The CH-53 Sea Stallion (Sikor ...
.
Before 1948, the area had served as a military base for
British Army troops during the
Mandate era. It was named after
Rabbi Akiva Yosef Schlezinger, whose name is abbreviated to Ayish.
Bnei Ayish originally served as a transit camp for aliyah, immigrants from Yemen in the early 1950s. Today its population is almost entirely made up of Jews of Yemenite descent and immigrants from the former Soviet Union .
References
External links
Local council website*
Local councils in Central District (Israel)
Populated places established in 1957
1957 establishments in Israel
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