Yinon ( he, יִנּוֹן, lit. "it shall flourish") is a

moshav A moshav ( he, מוֹשָׁב, plural ', lit. ''settlement, village'') is a type of Israeli town or settlement, in particular a type of cooperative agricultural community of individual farms pioneered by the Labour Zionists between 1904 an ...

in southern

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 near Kiryat Malakhi, it falls under the jurisdiction of Be'er Tuvia Regional Council. In it had a population of .

History

The moshav was founded 1952 by Jewish exodus from

Yemen Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, and borders Saudi Arabia to the Saudi Arabia–Yemen border, north and ...

. Its name was taken from a passage in the Bible, Psalm 72:17: God's name "shall flourish as long as the sun". Yinon was founded on the lands of the depopulated Palestinian village of

Al-Masmiyya al-Kabira Al-Masmiyya al-Kabira ( ar, المسمية الكبيرة) was a Palestinian people, Palestinian village in the Gaza Subdistrict, Mandatory Palestine, Gaza Subdistrict, located northeast of Gaza City, Gaza. With a land area of 20,687 dunams, the ...

References

{{Be'er Tuvia Regional Council Moshavim Populated places established in 1952 Populated places in Southern District (Israel) 1952 establishments in Israel Yemeni-Jewish culture in Israel