Kfar Yavetz

Kfar Yavetz כְּפַר יַעֲבֵץ
Kfar Yavetz
Coordinates: 32°16′29.99″N 34°57′52.55″E / 32.2749972°N 34.9645972°ECoordinates: 32°16′29.99″N 34°57′52.55″E / 32.2749972°N 34.9645972°E
Council	Lev HaSharon
Region	Sharon plain
Affiliation	Hapoel HaMizrachi
Founded	10 April 1932

Kfar Yavetz (Hebrew: כְּפַר יַעֲבֵץ, lit. Yavetz Village) is a religious moshav in central Israel. Located in the Sharon plain near Tayibe, it falls under the jurisdiction of Lev HaSharon Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 494.

The village was founded on 10 April 1932 as a kibbutz. It was named for Rabbi Ze'ev Yavetz, a founder of the Mizrachi movement.^[1]

As the kibbutz was situated on the front, opposite the Iraqi army sent as auxiliaries during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, the inhabitants were evacuated for their safety, and the kibbutz was turned into army base.^[2] The residents resettled in Geulei Teiman and the village was rebuilt as a moshav in 1951, incorporating within it new immigrants from Yemen and from central Europe.^[3]

Kfar Yavetz is located in the heart of the Triangle, near the Wadi Ara highway.

On July 7, 2003, Mazal Afari, 65, a resident of Kfar Yavetz was killed in her home in a suicide bombing carried out by the Islamic Jihad. Afari, a mother of eight, was waiting for her husband and sons to return from synagogue. The militant slipped into the house unnoticed and detonated a bomb he was carrying in a bag.^[4] Three of her grandchildren were injured in the attack.^[5] The house was destroyed in the blast.^[6]

References

1. Religious Zionism
2. Yalqut Teiman, Yosef Tobi and Shalom Seri (editors), Tel-Aviv 2000, p. 130, s.v. כפר יעבץ (Hebrew) ISBN 965-7121-03-5
3. Yalqut Teiman, Yosef Tobi and Shalom Seri (editors), Tel-Aviv 2000, p. 130, s.v. כפר יעבץ (Hebrew) ISBN 965-7121-03-5
4. Jihad claims suicide bombing at Kfar Yavetz, Jerusalem Post.
5. Terrorism against Israel
6. Militants link suicide blast to prisoners, Chicago Tribune