Population (2015) 2,700 Founded 1997 | Name meaning Village of the Pines | |
Weather 13°C, Wind S at 8 km/h, 66% Humidity | ||
Kfar HaOranim (Hebrew: כְּפָר הָאֳרָנִים. lit. Village of the Pines), also known as Menora (Hebrew: מְנוֹרָה) or Giv'at Ehud, is a communal Israeli settlement in the West Bank. Contiguous with Lapid and located near to the major city of Modi'in, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Binyamin Regional Council. In 2015 it had a population of 2,700.
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Map of Kfar Ha-Oranim, Israel
History
Planning for the settlement (then with the name Giv'at Ehud, after Ehud Ben Amiti, a fighter pilot in Operation Opera) began in 1981. The cornerstone was laid in 1984 at a ceremony attended by Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir, by which time the name had changed to Menora. However, legal issues over the ownership of the land led to a delay in construction. The first residents finally moved in during October 1997.