Bnei Atarot

During the Ottoman period, the lands of the future Bnei Atarot belonged to the Nahiyeh (sub-district) of Lod that encompassed the area of the present-day city of Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut in the south to the present-day city of El'ad in the north, and from the foothills in the east, through the Lod Valley to the outskirts of Jaffa in the west. This area was home to thousands of inhabitants in about 20 villages, who had at their disposal tens of thousands of hectares of prime agricultural land.{{Cite journal |last=Marom |first=Roy |date=2022 |title=Lydda Sub-District: Lydda and its countryside during the Ottoman period |url=https://www.academia.edu/79946175/Lydda_Sub_District_Lydda_and_its_countryside_during_the_Ottoman_period_%D7%A0%D7%A4%D7%AA_%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%93_%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%93_%D7%95%D7%94%D7%9E%D7%A8%D7%97%D7%91_%D7%94%D7%A2%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%A4%D7%99_%D7%A9%D7%9C%D7%94_%D7%91%D7%AA%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%A4%D7%94_%D7%94%D7%A2%D7%AA%D7%9E%D7%90%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%AA |journal=Diospolis - City of God: Journal of the History, Archaeology and Heritage of Lod |volume=8 |pages=103–136}}

Bnei Atarot is located on the site of the Templer colony of Wilhelma, established in 1902, and named in honour of Wilhelm II, German Emperor. During World War II, German settlers in Mandatory Palestine were arrested as enemy nationals and deported by the British.{{cite news |last=Schwartz |first=Adi |url=https://www.haaretz.com/1.4981624 |title=The nine lives of the Lorenz Cafe |newspaper=Haaretz |date=January 20, 2008 |access-date=25 April 2019}}

After the war ended, a new settlement was established by former residents of the abandoned moshav of Atarot, which had been destroyed by the Arab Legion, from which it took its name,So the name's source of both moshavim derives from biblical Atarot mentioned in {{bibleverse||Joshua|16:2|HE}}. as well as others from Nehalim in the Upper Galilee and Be'erot Yitzhak in the Negev. It remained a farming community and most of the original houses were preserved. The community is centered along the main road.

The proximity of Tel Aviv metropolitan area has led to suburbanization and the rural character of the village gradually decreased. In the late 1990s a new residential neighborhood was built on the northeastern edge of the moshav, consisting of private homes. Recently, the proximity of Ben Gurion Airport has led to some residents being evacuated due to noise concerns.{{cite web |url=http://www.iema.net/news/envnews?aid=17592 |title=IAA to evacuate Bnei Atarot residents affected by Ben-Gurion noise |publisher=Iema.net |date=30 August 2007 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716171133/http://www.iema.net/news/envnews?aid=17592 |archivedate=16 July 2011 }}

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File:BneyAtarot605m (1).JPG|Monument for Israel Engineerings Corps, Battalion 605, Engineering Vehicles platoon in Bney Atarot

File:PikiWiki Israel 8291 renovated templer house in bnei-atarot.jpg|Renovated Templer house, Bnei Atarot

File:MyHeritagehouse.JPG|MyHeritage.com office

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• {{Official website|http://www.bneiatarot.org}} {{in lang|he}}
• [https://bneiatarot.co.il Bnei Atarot agricultural shops]

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