Ganei Yehuda ( he, גני יהודה) was a
moshav founded in 1950 in the
Ono Valley (), adjacent to the cities of
Yehud
Yehud ( he, יְהוּד) is a city in the Central District of Israel that is part of the joint municipality of Yehud-Monosson. In 2007, the city's population stood at approximately 30,000 people (including Neve Monosson – see below).
History ...
and
Kiryat Ono
Kiryat Ono ( he, קִרְיַת אוֹנוֹ) is a city in the Tel Aviv District of Israel. It is located east of Tel Aviv. In it had a population of .
Modern Kiryat Ono is not to be confused with the biblical Ono, which was located in the ar ...
. Ganei Yehuda was officially merged with
Savyon
Savyon ( he, סַבְיוֹן) is an affluent local council in the Central District of Israel, bordering the cities of Kiryat Ono and Yehud. Ranked 10/10 on the Israeli socio-economic scale, it is one of the wealthiest municipalities in Israel. ...
in 2003.
The moshav was named "Ganei Yehuda" after the biblical figure
Judah whom was the fourth son of Jacob and Leah and the founder of the Israelite Tribe of Judah.
Both Savyon and Ganei Yehuda are located on the land of the
Palestinian
Palestinians ( ar, الفلسطينيون, ; he, פָלַסְטִינִים, ) or Palestinian people ( ar, الشعب الفلسطيني, label=none, ), also referred to as Palestinian Arabs ( ar, الفلسطينيين العرب, label=non ...
village of
Al-'Abbasiyya
Al-'Abbasiyya ( ar, العبْاسِيّة), also known as al-Yahudiya ( ar, اليهودية), was a Palestinian Arab village in the Jaffa Subdistrict. It was attacked under Operation Hametz during the 1948 Palestine War, and finally depopulat ...
(formerly Al-Yahudiyya), which became depopulated in the
1948 Arab–Israeli War.
Notable residents
*
Yoav Cohen (born 1999), Israeli Olympic windsurfer
References
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Moshavim
Populated places established in 1950