Kfar Bin Nun

Kfar Bin Nun כְּפַר בִּן-נוּן‎
Kfar Bin Nun
Coordinates: 31°51′41.03″N 34°57′11.52″E / 31.8613972°N 34.9532000°ECoordinates: 31°51′41.03″N 34°57′11.52″E / 31.8613972°N 34.9532000°E
District	Central
Council	Gezer
Affiliation	Agricultural Union
Founded	1952
Founded by	Agricultural Union
Population (2015)[1]	647

Kfar Bin Nun (Hebrew: כְּפַר בִּן-נוּן‎‎, lit. Son of Nun Village) is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the Ayalon Valley, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gezer Regional Council. In 2015 it had a population of 647.

History

The moshav was founded in 1952 by the Agricultural Union near the depopulated Arab village of al-Qubab. It was initially named Mishmar Ayalon Bet as it was located at the road junction to the existing Mishmar Ayalon, which had been established two years before, but was later renamed Kfar Bin Nun after Operation Bin Nun, which was named itself after the second name of Joshua (1:1), who fought here in the Ayalon valley (Joshua 10:12).^[2][3][4] During two efforts, IDF did not succeed to capture Latrun during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.

Until the Six-Day War in 1967, it was classed as a border settlement, which meant it was entitled to financial compensation for the attacks it suffered due to its proximity to the Jordanian border.

References

1. "List of localities, in Alphabetical order" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
2. Carta's Official Guide to Israel and Complete Gazetteer to all Sites in the Holy Land. (3rd edition 1993) Jerusalem, Carta, p.259, ISBN 965-220-186-3 (English)
3. Yizhaqi, Arie (ed.): Madrich Israel (Israel Guide: An Encyclopedia for the Study of the Land), Vol.9: Judaea, Jerusalem 1980, Keter Press, p.383 (Hebrew)
4. Bitan, Hanna: 1948-1998: Fifty Years of 'Hityashvut': Atlas of Names of Settlements in Israel, Jerusalem 1999, Carta, p.32, ISBN 965-220-423-4 (Hebrew)

External links

• Official website (Hebrew)