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Ness Ziona ( he, נֵס צִיּוֹנָה, ''Nes Tziyona'') is a town in
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Israel. In it had a population of , and its jurisdiction was 15,579
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s ().


History


Early history

Lying within Ness Ziona's city bounds is the ruin of an Arab village, formerly known as ''Ṣarfān'' (צרפאן), but called in Hebrew ''Ginnot Tzarifin'' (), not to be confused with the
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base
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( he, צְרִיפִין). A story is related in the
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about ''Ginnot Tzarifin'', that during the time of the
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it was customary to enquire where the first of the barley harvest and wheat harvest ( ''Omer'') were reaped when they were brought to the Temple, as it was not permissible to bring them from outside the land of Israel. Once, when the ''Omer'' was brought to Jerusalem, they knew not whence it had come. They enquired of a deaf-mute who knew where it had come from and who, mimicking with his hands, pointed to makeshift booths (Heb. "tzarifin"), and pointed to rooftops (Heb. "gagot"), the only word that he could find that rhymed with the word "gardens" (ginnot). The sages, asking if there was such a place called ''Gagot Tzarifin'' (Lit. Rooftops of the booths), were hard-pressed to recall such a place, until at last they remembered that there was a place called ''Ginnot Tzarifin'', and accepted of the man's offering of the ''Omer''.


Wadi Chanin/Nahalat Reuben

Ness Ziona was at one point known as Wadi Chanin after a local Arab village, and Nahalat Reuben (lit. "Reuben's Estate") after Reuben Lehrer, who owned the land and started the Jewish settlement there in 1883. In 1878, the
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Templer Gustav Reisler purchased lands in
Wadi Hunayn Wadi Hunayn ( ar, وادي حنين) was a Palestinian people, Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict, Mandatory Palestine, Ramle Subdistrict, located 9 km west of Ramla. According to a local tradition, it was named after the Yemen ...
, planted an orchard, and lived there with his family. The name "Wadi-Chanin", with its German orthography, became the standard Western name for the place for several decades to come. After losing his wife and children to malaria, Reisler returned to Europe. He travelled to
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in 1882 and met Reuben Lehrer , a religiously observant Russian Jew with Zionist ideals, who had his own farmland there. Reisler traded his parcel of land in Palestine for Lehrer's land in Russia. Lehrer made
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(emigrated to Palestine) with his eldest son Moshe in 1883, bringing his wife and another four of his children over the following year. Lehrer placed advertisements near
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port asking others to join him offering plots in his land for a small amount of money. The pioneers that arrived established a neighborhood named Tel Aviv (the city of
Tel Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the G ...
did not yet exist) although the area was still known as Wadi Chanin, from its Arabic name, Wadi Hunayn. In 1888, Avraham Yalovsky, a
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, was killed defending his workshop from Arab gangs.


Ness Ziona

In 1891, Michael Halperin bought more land in the wadi. He gathered a group of people on the Hill of Love and unfurled a blue and white flag emblazoned with the words Ness Ziona ("Banner to Zion") written in gold. The name is based on a verse in the
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,
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4:6. This flag was similar to the official
Flag of Israel The flag of Israel ( he, דגל ישראל '; ar, علم إسرائيل ') was adopted on 28 October 1948, five months after the establishment of the State of Israel. It depicts a blue hexagram on a white background, between two horizontal blu ...
adopted at the
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seven years later.


United village

Eventually, the two Jewish settlements - the old Wadi Chanin/Nahalat Reuben and the newer Ness Ziona - grew into one larger village, together with the Arab Wadi Hunayn across the Jaffa-Jerusalem road. Until the
1948 Arab–Israeli War The 1948 (or First) Arab–Israeli War was the second and final stage of the 1948 Palestine war. It formally began following the end of the British Mandate for Palestine at midnight on 14 May 1948; the Israeli Declaration of Independence had ...
, it was the only mixed Arab-Jewish village in Mandatory Palestine. The coexistence was, on the whole, a peaceful one.


British Mandate

According to a
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conducted in 1922 by the British Mandate authorities, Ness Ziona had a population of 319 Jews.Barron, 1923, Table VII, Sub-district of Ramleh, p
22
/ref> By the 1931
census A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses incl ...
it had increased to 1,013 inhabitants, in 221 houses.Mills, 1932, p
22
/ref> In 1921 a pump and a system of water pipes were installed. In 1924 the British Army contracted the Israel Electric Company for wired electric power. The contract allowed the Electric Company to extend the grid beyond the original geographical limits that had been projected by the concession it was given. The high-tension line that exceeded the limits of the original concession ran along some major towns and agricultural settlements, offering extended connections to the Jewish settlements of Rishon Le-Zion, Nes-Ziona and Rehovot (in spite of their proximity to the high-tension line, the Arab towns of Ramleh and Lydda remained unconnected). The Great Synagogue of Ness Ziona was built in the 1920s, during the period of the
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. File:מחנה בדואים ע"י נס ציונה-JNF044352.jpeg,
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encampment Ness Ziona 1934 File:El Ramle 1945.jpg, Ness Ziona (Nes Tisyona) 1945 1:250,000 File:Sarafand el Kharab 1948.jpg, Ness Ziona (Nes Tsiyona) 1948 1:20,000


Arab attacks

Ness Ziona was attacked by Arab forces during the 1936–39 Arab Revolt, and the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. The outlying villages of Kfar Aharon and Tirat Shalom (now part of Ness Ziona) frequently exchanged fire with the Arab villages al-Qubayba and
Zarnuqa Zarnuqa ( ar, زرنوقة), also Zarnuga,Reuter, 2004, pp956 was a Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict. It was depopulated on 27–28 May 1948 during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. Location Zarnuqa was located 10 km southwest o ...
(now western
Rehovot Rehovot ( he, רְחוֹבוֹת ''Rəḥōvōt'', ar, رحوڤوت ''Reḥūfūt'') is a city in the Central District of Israel, about south of Tel Aviv. In it had a population of . Etymology Israel Belkind, founder of the Bilu movement, ...
). Most of Ness Ziona's youth joined the
Haganah Haganah ( he, הַהֲגָנָה, lit. ''The Defence'') was the main Zionist paramilitary organization of the Jewish population ("Yishuv") in Mandatory Palestine between 1920 and its disestablishment in 1948, when it became the core of the ...
to fight off these threats. On May 15, 1948, Sarafand was evacuated of Arab inhabitants, and on May 19, al-Qubayba and Zarnuqa were conquered by the
Givati Brigade The 84th "Givati" Brigade ( he, חֲטִיבַת גִּבְעָתִי, , "Hill Brigade" or "Highland Brigade") is an Israel Defense Forces infantry brigade. Until 2005, the Brigade used to be stationed within the Gaza Strip and primarily perf ...
. Much of the territory abandoned by the fleeing Arab residents of nearby villages was added to Ness Ziona, increasing its size from immediately after the war.


After the establishment of the state

During the war, Ness Ziona's population almost tripled to become 4,446 (according to an October 23, 1949 survey), and until 1950 the local council absorbed 9,000 ''
olim Aliyah (, ; he, עֲלִיָּה ''ʿălīyyā'', ) is the immigration of Jews from Jewish diaspora, the diaspora to, historically, the geographical Land of Israel, which is in the modern era chiefly represented by the Israel, State of Israel ...
'', most of whom were housed in ''
ma'abarot Ma'abarot ( he, מַעְבָּרוֹת) were immigrant and refugee absorption camps established in Israel in the 1950s, constituting one of the largest public projects planned by the state to implement its sociospatial and housing policies. T ...
''. In 1952 a new industrial zone was approved for the town on an area of 70
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s. In 1955, a second industrial zone was approved.


Geography

Ness Ziona is located on the
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approximately inland of the
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, to the south of
Tel Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the G ...
. The city is bordered to the north by
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 ...
, to the east by
Be'er Ya'akov Be'er Ya'akov ( he, בְּאֵר יַעֲקֹב, ''lit.'' Jacob's Well) is a city in central Israel, near Ness Ziona and Rishon Lezion. The town has an area of 8,580 dunams (~8.6 km²), and had a population of 30,338 in 2022. History Be'e ...
, and to the south by
Rehovot Rehovot ( he, רְחוֹבוֹת ''Rəḥōvōt'', ar, رحوڤوت ''Reḥūfūt'') is a city in the Central District of Israel, about south of Tel Aviv. In it had a population of . Etymology Israel Belkind, founder of the Bilu movement, ...
.
Beit Hanan Beit Hanan ( he, בֵּית חָנָן) is a moshav in central Israel. Located around two kilometers west of Ness Ziona, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gan Raveh Regional Council. In its population was . History Beit Hanan founded during th ...
, Beit Oved, Ayanot
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and
Kibbutz A kibbutz ( he, קִבּוּץ / , lit. "gathering, clustering"; plural: kibbutzim / ) is an intentional community in Israel that was traditionally based on agriculture. The first kibbutz, established in 1909, was Degania. Today, farming h ...
Netzer Sereni Netzer Sereni ( he, נֵצֶר סֶרֶנִי) is a kibbutz in central Israel. Located in the Shephelah between Be'er Ya'akov and Ness Ziona, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gezer Regional Council. In it had a population of . History Kibbu ...
also border the city. The city has been designed to have a rural character due to urban planning that bans the construction of buildings higher than eight stories. Property values have risen by 30 percent in recent years.


Neighborhoods

Ness Ziona is composed of a central core and villages that came under its municipal jurisdiction over time. The city also has two industrial zones and a high-tech park, Kiryat Weizmann.


Demographics

According to the
Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics The Israel Central Bureau of Statistics ( he, הלשכה המרכזית לסטטיסטיקה, ''HaLishka HaMerkazit LiStatistika''; ar, دائرة الإحصاء المركزية الإسرائيلية), abbreviated CBS, is an Israeli government ...
(CBS), in 2005 the ethnic makeup of the city was 99.6%
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ish and other non-Arabs. At the end of 2004 there were 612 immigrants (2.2%), although this rose sharply to 7.8% in 2005. The city also receives significant internal migration, and is popular among
Tel Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the G ...
residents seeking to leave the city. In 2005 there were 14,400 males and 14,900 females. 31.8% of the population was 19 years of age or younger, 15.2% between 20 and 29, 21% between 30 and 44, 19.1% from 45 to 59, 3.1% from 60 to 64, and 9.7% 65 years of age or older. The population growth rate in 2006 was 5.8%. In 2005, there were 11,830 salaried workers and 984 self-employed. The mean monthly wage for a salaried worker was
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7,597, a 9.2% increase over 2000. Salaried males had a mean monthly wage of NIS 9,802 (an 8.4% increase) versus NIS 5,595 for females (a 14% increase). The mean income for the self-employed was 7,064. There were 290 people receiving unemployment benefits and 986 receiving an income guarantee (
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).


Economy

Ness Ziona is home to the
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(IIBR), a secret government defence research institute working in chemical and biological research with 350 employees, and
Zenith Solar Zenith Solar was an Israeli solar energy company based in Ness Ziona. History Zenith Solar was founded in 2006 by Roy Segev, David Faiman and Bob Whelen.solar energy Solar energy is radiant light and heat from the Sun that is harnessed using a range of technologies such as solar power to generate electricity, solar thermal energy (including solar water heating), and solar architecture. It is an essenti ...
company.At the Zenith of Solar Energy
, Neal Sandler, ''
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'', March 26, 2008
The Kiryat Weizmann Science Park is a magnet for many Israeli start-ups, among them
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, which was acquired by
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in 2002 and manufactures high-end digital printing presses.


Education


Schools

Until 1961 there was only elementary school in Ness Ziona. In 1961 (שנת הלימודים תשכ"ב), Ben Gurion High school was opened. there are 20 schools in Ness Ziona * Elementary: "Rishonim", "Eshkol", "Savionim", "Ben Zvi", "Hadar", "Shaked", "Nizanim", "Argaman", "Lev HaMoshava", "Irus", "Sadot" and "Shibolim". * Religious: "Reut", " Habad". * High Schools: "Golda", "Ben Gurion", "Eliezer Ben Yehuda", "Park HaMada". * Special Education: "HaTomer", "Dklaim".


Youth Organizations

The following youth organizations have chapters in Ness Ziona: *
Bnei Akiva Bnei Akiva ( he, בְּנֵי עֲקִיבָא, , "Children of Akiva") is the largest religious Zionist youth movement in the world, with over 125,000 members in 42 countries. It was first established in Mandatory Palestine in 1929. History B ...
* HaNoar HaOved VeHaLomed *
Maccabi youth movement The "Maccabi youth movement" (, ''HaMaccabi HaTza'ir'') is a Zionist youth movement established during the international convention of the Maccabi organization in Prague, Czech Republic in 1929. As the Maccabi movement is involved with promoting ...
*
Hebrew Scouts Movement in Israel The Hebrew Scouts Movement in Israel ( he, תנועת הצופים העבריים בישראל, ''Tnuat HaTzofim HaIvriyim BeYisrael'') is an Israeli Jewish co-ed Scouting and Guiding association with about 80,000 members. The Hebrew Scouts Movem ...
* Krembo Wings * Moadonchik *
Israel Gay Youth Israel Gay Youth (IGY) ( he, ארגון נוער גאה, ''Irgun Noar Ge'eh'', lit. "Proud Youth Organization"; he, איגי, ''Igy'', "IGY") was founded in 2001 in Israel as a non-profit NGO, branching off from the Israeli Gay, Lesbian, Bisexu ...


Sports

The city has been represented in the top division of Israeli football by two different clubs; Maccabi Ness Ziona competed in the top flight in the first post-
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season. However, they lost all 24 games, and were relegated. A new club,
Sektzia Ness Ziona Sektzia Ness Ziona ( he, סקציית כדורגל נס-ציונה, ''Sektziyat Kaduregel Nes Tziona'', lit. ''Football Section Ness Ziona'') are a football club from the Israeli city of Ness Ziona. They currently play in the Israeli Premier Leag ...
was formed in 1956 and reached the top flight in 1966. However, they were relegated after only one season. After folding, they reformed as Ironi Ness Ziona in 2001, and since then have reverted to their former name and reached
Liga Leumit Liga Leumit ( he, ליגה לאומית, lit. ''National League'') is the second division of the Israeli Football League, and below its Premier League. Structure There are 16 clubs in the league. At the end of each season, the two lowest-place ...
, the second tier. The club plays at the Ness Ziona Stadium. The town is also home to a basketball team,
Ironi Nes Ziona B.C. Ironi Ness Ziona B.C. (or spelled as Ironi Nes Ziona B.C.) is a professional basketball club based in Ness Ziona, Israel. The team plays its home games at the Lev Hamoshava, which has capacity for 1,200 people. The club plays in the Israeli Bas ...
, playing in the national
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.


Transportation

Ness Ziona has two main roads – Highway 42 to the west, and Road 412 (Weizmann Street), which goes through the city center and connects to Rishon LeZion and Rehovot.


Notable people

*
Avigdor Kahalani Tat Aluf (Brigadier General) Avigdor Kahalani ( he, אביגדור קהלני, born 16 June 1944) is a former Israeli soldier and politician. Early life Avigdor Kahalani was born in Ness Ziona during the Mandate era. His parents, Moshe and Sa ...
(born 1944), soldier and politician * Avraham Katz (1931–1986), politician *
Tamir Nabaty Tamir Nabaty ( he, תמיר נבאתי, born 4 May 1991) is an Israeli chess Grandmaster and a two-time national chess champion (2013, 2016). Chess achievements Israeli and world championships Tamir won the Israeli Chess Championship for the firs ...
(born 1991), chess grandmaster *
Ya'akov Shahar Ya'akov "Yankale" Shahar ( he, יעקב "יענקל'ה" שחר; born 1941) is an Israeli businessman best known for his ownership of Maccabi Haifa F.C. References Israeli Jews Maccabi Haifa F.C. Israeli football chairmen and investors ...
(born 1941), owner of
Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Haifa ( he, מכבי חיפה) is one of the biggest sports clubs in Israel and a part of the Maccabi association. It runs several sports clubs and teams in Haifa which have competed in a variety of sports over the years, such as Football ...
*
Shimi Tavori Shimshon "Shimi" Tavori ( he, שימי תבורי; born February 9, 1953) is an Israeli singer. He performs mostly in Hebrew but also in French. Biography Shimshon Tawili was born in Ness Ziona, Israel, to a Yemenite-Jewish family. He was the yo ...
(born 1953), singer *
Pini Zahavi Pinhas "Pini" Zahavi ( he, פנחס "פיני" זהבי; born 1955Jackson, Jamie"Profile: Pini Zahavi, football's first and only super-agent" The Observer, 26 November 2005. Retrieved 2007-07-12) is an Israeli football agent. Zahavi was involved ...
(born 1955),
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*
Dror Zeigerman Dror Zeigerman (, born 15 May 1948) is an Israeli former politician and diplomat who served as a member of the Knesset for Likud between 1981 and 1984, and as ambassador to the United Kingdom from 1998 until 2000. Biography Born in Ness Ziona th ...
(born 1948), politician and diplomat *
Misha Zilberman Misha Zilberman ( he, מישה זילברמן, russian: Миша Зильберман; born 30 January 1989) is an Israeli badminton player. He competed for Israel at the 2012, 2016, and 2020 Summer Olympics. He also won a bronze medal at the 20 ...
(born 1989), Olympic badminton player


Twin towns – sister cities

Ness Ziona is twinned with: *
Freiberg Freiberg is a university and former mining town in Saxony, Germany. It is a so-called ''Große Kreisstadt'' (large county town) and the administrative centre of Mittelsachsen district. Its historic town centre has been placed under heritage c ...
, Germany *
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, France *
Solingen Solingen (; li, Solich) is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located some 25 km east of Düsseldorf along the northern edge of the region called Bergisches Land, south of the Ruhr area, and, with a 2009 population of 161,366, ...
, Germany *
Qingdao Qingdao (, also spelled Tsingtao; , Mandarin: ) is a major city in eastern Shandong Province. The city's name in Chinese characters literally means " azure island". Located on China's Yellow Sea coast, it is a major nodal city of the One Belt ...
, China *
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, Poland


See also

*
Population groups in Israel The State of Israel had a population of approximately 9,506,100 inhabitants as of May 2022. Some 73.9% were Jews of all backgrounds (about 7,021,000 individuals), 21.1% were Arab of any religion other than Jewish (about 2,007,000 individuals), ...
* Nahala (disambiguation page), Hebrew word for heritage or estate widely used for toponyms in Israel


References


External links


Official website
{{Authority control 1883 establishments in the Ottoman Empire Cities in Central District (Israel) Cities in Israel Tegart forts Populated places established in 1883