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Rimonim
רִמּוֹנִים‎
Rimonim is located in the Central West Bank
Rimonim
Rimonim
Coordinates: 31°56′03″N 35°20′24″E / 31.93417°N 35.34000°E / 31.93417; 35.34000
DistrictJudea and Samaria Area
CouncilMateh Binyamin
RegionWest Bank
AffiliationAgricultural Union
Founded1977
Founded byNahal
Population
 (2022)[1]
707

Rimonim (Hebrew: רִמּוֹנִים, רימונים), is an Israeli settlement in the West Bank. Located on the Allon Road, about a twenty-minute drive north-east from Jerusalem, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Binyamin Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 707.[1]

The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this.[2]

Etymology

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The village is named after the biblical Rock of Rimmon (present-day Rammun). The name comes from the Book of Judges: "But six hundred men turned and fled toward the wilderness unto the rock of Rimmon, and abode in the rock of Rimmon four months" (Judges, 20:47).

History

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In 1977 the Israeli settlement of Rimonim was built immediately adjacent to the archaeological site of Khirbet el-Kiliya.

According to ARIJ, Israel confiscated 393 dunam of land from the nearby Palestinian town of Taybeh in order to construct Rimonim in 1977.[3]

Rimonim was established in 1977 (20 Shevat 5737) as a temporary pioneer Nahal military outpost. Three years later in 1980 (on 4 Tishrei 5741), it moved to the current location, demilitarized and turned over to residential purposes non-religious Jewish Israelis with help from the Amana settlement organization. In the mid-2000s the village allowed religious Jews to move in. Until then, it had been almost exclusively secular in nature.[citation needed]

Services provided include a synagogue and mikveh, a half-Olympic sized swimming pool, post office, nursery, kindergarten, library, basketball court, and youth centre.[citation needed]

At the edge of town, there is a look-out point, from which one can view the Jordan Valley and the Dead Sea.[citation needed]

Archaeology

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The settlement includes the ancient Roman and Byzantine ruins of Khirbet el-Kiliya,[4][5] including a coenobium-type monastery built in a Late Roman period fortress.[6]

Notable residents

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  2. ^ "The Geneva Convention". BBC News. 10 December 2009. Retrieved 27 November 2010.
  3. ^ Et Taiyiba Town Profile (including Badiw al Mu’arrajat Locality), ARIJ, p. 21
  4. ^ "מה: אתר ארכאולוגי איפה: רימונים". Gobinyamin.org.il. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  5. ^ google.com/maps
  6. ^ Khirbet el-Kiliya at HUJI's "A Digital Corpus of Early Christian Churches and Monasteries in the Holy Land". Accessed 24 July 2025.
  7. ^ Ido Ben Porat (21 August 2022). "Rabbi Amihai Eliyahu joins Otzma Yehudit". Arutz Sheva. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
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