History
Yad Binyamin was originally founded as a religious settlement and educational center in 1962 by Poalei Agudat Yisrael, in partnership with the municipality of Nahal Sorek. It was named after the former Minister of Postal Services, Binyamin Mintz who had died the previous year. For many years, the community was a center of higher Jewish learning, based around the yeshiva.
Following the disengagement plan, around 200 families from Gush Katif moved into temporary pre-fabricated housing in Yad Binyamin. Some of them, the families of the Ganei Tal community, are slated to move en masse to Hafetz Haim. A further 100 families will move to Netzer Hazani, adjacent to Yesodot, while others have already started to build permanent homes in Yad Binyamin. A further 100 families will move to Netzer Hazani
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