Irus ( he, אירוס) is a

community settlement A community settlement ( he, יישוב קהילתי, ''Yishuv Kehilati'') is a type of village in Israel and the West Bank. While in an ordinary town anyone may buy property, in a community settlement the village's residents are organized in ...

in central

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

. Located to the south of

Rishon LeZion Rishon LeZion ( he, רִאשׁוֹן לְצִיּוֹן , ''lit.'' First to Zion, Arabic: راشون لتسيون) is a city in Israel, located along the central Israeli coastal plain south of Tel Aviv. It is part of the Gush Dan metropolitan ar ...

and west of

Nes Ziona Ness Ziona ( he, נֵס צִיּוֹנָה, ''Nes Tziyona'') is a town in central Israel. In it had a population of , and its jurisdiction was 15,579 dunams (). History Early history Lying within Ness Ziona's city bounds is the ruin of an Arab vi ...

, it falls under the jurisdiction of

Gan Raveh Regional Council Gan Raveh Regional Council ( he, מועצה אזורית גן רווה, ''Mo'atza Ezorit Gan Raveh'') is a regional council in the Central District of Israel. The council's area of jurisdiction extends to nine settlements: a kibbutz, six moshav ...

. In it had a population of .

Etymology

The village was named after the iris plant indigenous to the area.Waste Not, Want Not
Haaretz, 17 September 2007

History

Bulgarian Jews The history of the Jews in Bulgaria goes back almost 2,000 years. Jews have had a continuous presence in historic Bulgarian lands since before the 2nd century CE, and have often played an important part in the history of Bulgaria. Today, ...

who were members of the

Zionist Organization The World Zionist Organization ( he, הַהִסְתַּדְּרוּת הַצִּיּוֹנִית הָעוֹלָמִית; ''HaHistadrut HaTzionit Ha'Olamit''), or WZO, is a non-governmental organization that promotes Zionism. It was founded as the ...

purchased 388

dunam A dunam ( Ottoman Turkish, Arabic: ; tr, dönüm; he, דונם), also known as a donum or dunum and as the old, Turkish, or Ottoman stremma, was the Ottoman unit of area equivalent to the Greek stremma or English acre, representing the amount ...

s of land in the 1920s, with the objective of creating a village in which they could settle. However, the plans were not followed through. In 1985 the national council zoned the land for residential use, but their decision was opposed by the regional council. Permits were granted to build a village in 1998, but further objections by the regional council to the plans led to a 17-year delay in construction.Death by a Thousand Snags
Haaretz, 18 July 2011 The plans were finally approved by a District Court in 2011, with the judge stating "I hope this ruling will be end of the story for this 60 year ordeal." The village was established in 2013.

References

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