Ganei Tal () is a

moshav A moshav (, plural ', "settlement, village") is a type of Israeli village or town or Jewish settlement, in particular a type of cooperative agricultural community of individual farms pioneered by the Labour Zionists between 1904 and 1 ...

in central

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. Located to the south of

Gedera Gedera, or less commonly known as Gdera (), is a town in the southern part of the Shfela region in the Central District of Israel founded in 1884. It is south of Rehovot. In , it had a population of . History Gedera is in the Book of C ...

, it falls under the jurisdiction of Nahal Sorek Regional Council. In it had a population of .

History

The village was established in 2010 by former settlers who had been removed from the

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as a result of the disengagement plan and who had been temporarily housed in

Yad Binyamin Yad Binyamin (, lit. ''Binyamin Memorial'') is a community settlement in central Israel. The seat of Nahal Sorek Regional Council, it is located adjacent to the junction of three major highways: Highway 3, Highway 6, and Highway 7. In it had a ...

. Built next to

Hafetz Haim Hafetz Haim (, ''lit.'' desirous of life) is a religious kibbutz in central Israel. Located in the Shephelah, it falls under the jurisdiction of Nahal Sorek Regional Council. In it had a population of . History The land on which Hafetz Haim ...

, it was named after the former settlement of the same name.

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