Rakefet

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
Council	Misgav
Region	Lower Galilee
Affiliation	Moshavim Movement
Founded	1981

Rakefet (Hebrew: רַקֶּפֶת) is a communal settlement in northern Israel.^[1] Located in the Lower Galilee near Sakhnin, it falls under the jurisdiction of Misgav Regional Council. The name means "Cyclamen".

In 2006 it had a population of 761.

The village was established in 1981 as a moshav shitufi. 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.

References

↑ "Rakefet". Misgav Regional council.

External links

Rakefet community website (Hebrew)
Rakefet housing controversy

Misgav Regional Council

Kibbutzim	Eshbal Kishor Lotem Moran Pelekh Tuval Yahad

Moshavim	Ya'ad Yodfat

Community settlements	Atzmon Avtalion Eshhar Gilon Har Halutz Hararit Harashim Kamon Koranit Lavon Ma'ale Tzviya Manof Mikhmanim Mitzpe Aviv Moreshet Rakefet Shekhanya Shorashim Tal-El Tzurit Yuvalim

Bedouin villages	Arab al-Na'im Dmeide Hamdon Hussniyya Kamanneh Ras al-Ein Sallama

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