Rakefet

This article is about the Israeli communal settlement. For the Israeli Olympic gymnast, see Rakefet Remigolski.
Rakefet
רַקֶּפֶת
Rakefet
Coordinates: 32°51′16.55″N 35°15′55.8″E / 32.8545972°N 35.265500°E / 32.8545972; 35.265500Coordinates: 32°51′16.55″N 35°15′55.8″E / 32.8545972°N 35.265500°E / 32.8545972; 35.265500
District Northern
Council Misgav
Affiliation Moshavim Movement
Founded 1981
Population (2015)[1] 905

Rakefet (Hebrew: רַקֶּפֶת) is a communal settlement in northern Israel.[2] Located in the Lower Galilee near Sakhnin, it falls under the jurisdiction of Misgav Regional Council. In 2015 it had a population of 905.

History

The village was established in 1981 as a moshav shitufi; its name means "Cyclamen". In August 1989 it was converted to a communal settlement.

In September 2011 a High Court of Justice ordered the Israel Lands Administration to allocate a plot of state land to an Arab couple, Fatina and Ahmed Zabeidat. The ruling came after the Arab couple was first denied a membership in the community.[3]

References

  1. "List of localities, in Alphabetical order" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  2. "Rakefet". Misgav Regional council.
  3. Israeli Arab Couple Wins Legal Battle to Build Home in Northern Jewish Town Haaretz, 6 September 2010
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