Givat Shemesh

Givat Shemesh
גבעת שמש
جفعات شيمش
Givat Shemesh is located in Jerusalem
Givat Shemesh
Givat Shemesh
Coordinates: 31°46′27″N 34°57′2″E / 31.77417°N 34.95056°E / 31.77417; 34.95056
CountryIsrael
DistrictJerusalem
CouncilMateh Yehuda
Founded1954
Population
 (2021)[1]
56
Websitewww.retorno.org

Givat Shemesh (Hebrew: גִּבְעַת שֶׁמֶשׁ, lit. Sun Hill) is a village and drug rehabilitation centre in central Israel. Located near Beit Shemesh above kibbutz Tzora and run by the Retorno organisation, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2021 it had a population of 56.[1]

History

Givat Shemesh is located on the land of the depopulated Arab village of Dayr Rafat, just west of the village site.[2] Dayr Rafat, along with four other villages, were overtaken by Israeli forces on 17–18 July 1948. The villages had been on the front line since April 1948 and most of the inhabitants had already left the area and the few who remained at each village were expelled.[3]

The Retorno rehabilitation centre was established in 1989 in Mexico by Rabbi Eitan Eckstein, and later opened in Israel. The centre has elements of Judaism in and around the therapy program and religious practice is the general lifestyle in the centre.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  2. ^ Walid Khalidi (1992) All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948 Institute for Palestine Studies p287 ISBN 0-88728-224-5
  3. ^ Benny Morris (2004) The birth of the Palestinian refugee problem revisited, Cambridge University Press, p436 ISBN 9780521009676
  4. ^ Facilities Retorno