Neta'im

{{Short description|Moshav in central Israel}}

{{Infobox Kibbutz

| name = Neta'im

| image = File:Netaim Aerial View.jpg

| hebname= {{Script/Hebrew|נְטָעִים}}

| foundation = 1932

| founded_by = Moshavniks

| district = center

| council = Gan Raveh

| affiliation = Moshavim Movement

| popyear = {{Israel populations|Year}}

| population = {{Israel populations|Neta'im}}

| population_footnotes={{Israel populations|reference}}

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| coordinates = {{coord|31|56|44|N|34|46|24|E|display=inline,title}}

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Neta'im ({{langx|he|נְטָעִים}}, lit. Plantations), is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the coastal plain around 4 kilometres south of Rishon LeZion and covering 1,100 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gan Raveh Regional Council. In {{Israel populations|Year}} it had a population of {{Israel populations|Neta'im}}.{{Israel populations|reference}}

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History

The village was founded in 1932 by residents of other moshavim as part of the Settlement of the Thousand plan.{{cite book

| publisher = Mapa Publishing

| isbn = 965-7184-34-7

| others = Yuval Elazari (ed.)

| title = Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel

| location = Tel-Aviv

| year = 2005

| page = 368

|language=he}} Initially called Kfar HaVatikim (lit. Village of the Veterans), it was later renamed Neta'im, a name taken from 1 Chronicles 4:23:

These were the potters, and those that dwelt among plantations and hedges; there they dwelt occupied in the king's work.[http://www.mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt25a04.htm 1 Chronicles Chapter 4] Mechon Mamre

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