Kfar Ruth
{{Short description|Israeli moshav in the former no-man's land between Israel and the West Bank}}
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{{Infobox Kibbutz
| name = Kfar Ruth
| hebname= {{Script/Hebrew|כְּפַר רוּת}}
| image = Kfar Ruth entrance.jpg
| foundation = 1977
| country =
| district = center
| council = Hevel Modi'in
| affiliation = Moshavim Movement
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| population = {{Israel populations|Kefar Rut}}
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| pushpin_map =Israel center ta | pushpin_mapsize =250| pushpin_label_position = top
| coordinates = {{coord|31|54|36|N|35|2|8|E|display=inline,title}}
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Kfar Ruth ({{langx|he|כְּפַר רוּת||Ruth's Village}}) is an Israeli settlement organised as a moshav. It was established in 1977 in an area that had become a no-man's land between Israel and Jordanian-controlled West Bank at the end of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, before becoming part of the Israeli-occupied territories in the 1967 Six-Day War.{{cite web | last=Eldar | first=Akiva | title=Border Control Sovereign Over No-man's Land | website=Haaretz.com | date=2007-10-23 | url=https://www.haaretz.com/2007-10-23/ty-article/border-control-sovereign-over-no-mans-land/0000017f-db28-df9c-a17f-ff38b3680000 | access-date=2022-12-19}} It falls under the jurisdiction of Hevel Modi'in Regional Council and had a population of {{Israel populations|Kefar Rut}} in {{Israel populations|Year}}.{{Israel populations|reference}}
History
The settlement was established in 1977 and was named after the ancient village of Capheruta that appears on the Madaba Map.{{cite book |editor-last=Ben Yosef |editor-first=Sfi |year=2001 |volume=10 |title=מדריך ישראל החדש – השפלה |language=he |trans-title=New Israel Guide – the Shfela |publisher=Keter |url=https://www.keter-books.co.il/product_book?c0=14825}} Capheruta is identified with the adjacent Khirbet Kafr Lut.{{cite book | author = Claudine Dauphin | title = La Palestine byzantine, Peuplement et Populations, Vol. III : Catalogue | series = BAR International Series 726 | year = 1998 | publisher = Archeopress | location = Oxford | page = 837 }} Prior to the 1948 Arab–Israeli War some of the land had belonged to the Palestinian village of al-Burj, which was depopulated in the war.{{cite book|title=All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_By7AAAAIAAJ |first1=Walid|last1=Khalidi|authorlink=Walid Khalidi|year=1992|location=Washington D.C.|publisher=Institute for Palestine Studies|isbn=0-88728-224-5|page=371}} According to ARIJ, after the Six-Day War, Israel confiscated 814 dunams of land from the Palestinian village of Saffa for the construction of Kfar Ruth.[http://vprofile.arij.org/ramallah/pdfs/vprofile/Saffa_vp_en.pdf Saffa village profile], ARIJ, p. 17
Economy
According to archeologists, grapes were grown in the region by the inhabitants of Modi'in. Tal Maor, a resident of Kfar Ruth, has revived the age-old tradition of winemaking through the establishment of a family winery, Ruth Vineyard.{{Cite web |url=http://www.ruth-vineyard.co.il/HTMLs/article_en.aspx?C2015=840&BSP=822 |title=Ruth Vineyard |access-date=2009-07-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081230153359/http://www.ruth-vineyard.co.il/HTMLs/article_en.aspx?C2015=840&BSP=822 |archive-date=2008-12-30 |url-status=dead }}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100313141333/http://www.kfar-rut.co.il/ Official website]
{{Hevel Modi'in Regional Council}}
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Category:Populated places established in 1977
Category:1977 establishments in Asia