Adanim

Adanim
  • עֲדָנִים (Hebrew)
Adanim
Coordinates: 32°8′27″N 34°54′26″E / 32.14083°N 34.90722°E / 32.14083; 34.90722
CountryIsrael
DistrictCentral
CouncilDrom HaSharon
AffiliationMoshavim Movement
Founded1950
Founded byRomanian Jews
Population
 (2023)[1]
461

Adanim (Hebrew: עֲדָנִים, lit.'Delights') is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the Sharon plain near Hod HaSharon, it falls under the jurisdiction of Drom HaSharon Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 461.[1]

History

The moshav was founded in 1950 by immigrants from Romania on land that had belonged to the depopulated Palestinian village of Biyar 'Adas.[2] It was initially named Yarkona BeHarhava (Hebrew: ירקונה בהרחבה, lit.'Yarkona Expansion') before being renamed after Psalm 36:8(9):[3] "You give them drink from Your river of delights."

During the 2026 Iran War, a foreign worker from Thailand was killed on 18 March by shrapnel from a cluster munition on an Iranian missile.[4][5][6]

References

  1. ^ a b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
  2. ^ Khalidi, Walid (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 239. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
  3. ^ Bitan, Hanna: 1948-1998: Fifty Years of 'Hityashvut': Atlas of Names of Settlements in Israel, Jerusalem 1999, Carta, p.52, ISBN 965-220-423-4 (Hebrew)
  4. ^ "Foreign worker killed in Israel after Iranian missile attack, ambulance authority says", Reuters, March 18, 2026. Accessed March 18, 2026. "A foreign worker ​was pronounced dead in central ​Israel's Moshav ​Adanim after an ⁠Iranian ​missile attack, ​Israel's ambulance service said early ​on ​Thursday."
  5. ^ Fabian, Emanuel. "Iranian cluster bombs kill foreign worker in Israel, 3 Palestinian women in West Bank", The Times of Israel, March 19, 2026. "According to footage of one of the impacts there, the missile that killed the foreign worker had carried a cluster bomb. The 30-year-old man sustained critical injuries from shrapnel in Moshav Adanim and was declared dead a short while later, the Magen David Adom ambulance service said. He was not immediately named."
  6. ^ Tian, Yang. "Three Palestinian women killed as missile debris hits West Bank beauty salon", BBC, March 19, 2026. Accessed March 19, 2026. "A Thai worker was also killed from shrapnel which hit a farming community in Israel, Israeli medics said."