Editing Ra'anana (section)

==History==
[[File:PikiWiki Israel 930 Achuza street רחוב אחוזה.jpg|thumb|left|Ahuza Street, Raanana (1927)]]{{Expand Hebrew|date=March 2024|topic=geo|section=yes}}
Before the 20th century, the location of Ra'anana formed part of the Forest of Sharon, a hallmark of the region's historical landscape. It was an open [[woodland]] dominated by Mount Tabor Oak ([[Quercus ithaburensis]]), which extended from [[Kfar Yona]] in the north to Ra’anana in the south. The local Arab inhabitants traditionally used the area for [[pasture]], [[firewood]] and intermittent [[Agriculture|cultivation]]. The intensification of settlement and agriculture in the [[Israeli coastal plain|coastal plain]] during the 19th century led to [[deforestation]] and subsequent [[environmental degradation]] known from [[Hebrew literature|Hebrew sources]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Marom |first=Roy |date=December 1, 2022 |title=יער‬ ‫השרון (אל-ע'אבה) בתקופה העות'מאנית:‬ ‫בתקופה‬ ‫מהמחקר‬ ‫חדשות‬ ‫תובנות‬ ‫הגיאוגרפי-היסטורי The Oak Forest of the Sharon (al-Ghaba) in the Ottoman Period: New Insights from Historical- Geographical Studies |url=https://www.academia.edu/93207554 |journal=Muse |volume=5 |pages=90–107}}</ref>

In 1912, the Company for Jewish Settlement in Israel formed the "Ahuza A – New York" group to purchase land in Palestine for agricultural settlement. [[World War I]] delayed their plans, but in 1921, it was decided to establish a settlement. On April 2, 1922, two wagons left the corner of Lilienblum and Herzl Streets in [[Tel Aviv]] carrying four "Ahuza" members, three laborers and two armed watchmen. After a five-hour journey, they unloaded their baggage at the place destined to become Ra'anana.

In its early days, the settlement was called "Ahuza A – New York." The Arabs of the region called it "Little America" as most of its residents were English speakers and came from New York.{{citation needed|date=August 2024}} Later it was renamed "Ra'anania" and finally the founding settlers chose "Ra'anana" as its official name.

The settlement was built along a main street, Ahuza Street, and six other streets, three to the north of Ahuza Street and three to the south. Between 1925 and 1927, the Community House, which would house a variety of public institutions, including the secretariat, clinic, synagogue, meeting place for local committee meetings, assembly hall, culture room, school, kindergarten, and post office, was built.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://eng.shimur.org/Rishonim-raanana/ |title=Historical buildings – Ra'anana |access-date=2017-08-12 |archive-date=2017-08-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170813054447/http://eng.shimur.org/Rishonim-raanana/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> According to a [[1931 census of Palestine|census]] conducted in 1931 by the [[Mandatory Palestine|British Mandate authorities]], Ra'anana had a population of 615 inhabitants in 182 houses.<ref name="Census1931">Mills, 1932, p. [https://archive.org/details/CensusOfPalestine1931.PopulationOfVillagesTownsAndAdministrativeAreas 15]</ref>

In 1936, it was given [[Local council (Israel)|local council]] status. By 1948, the year of Israel's formation, Ra'anana was a town of 3,000 residents. In April of that year, the Israeli military depopulated the nearby [[Palestinian Arab]] village of [[Tabsur]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Kadman |first=Noga |title=Erased from space and consciousness: Israel and the depopulated Palestinian villages of 1948 |last2= |first2= |date=2015 |publisher=Indiana University Press |year=2015 |isbn=978-0-253-01670-6 |location=Bloomington, Indiana |pages=8-33; 182; 184}}</ref> The city expanded over its ruins.<ref name="Kadman2015">{{cite book|author=Noga Kadman|title=Erased from Space and Consciousness: Israel and the Depopulated Palestinian Villages of 1948|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FIdNCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA203|date=September 7, 2015|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=978-0-253-01682-9|pages=203–}}</ref> This had grown to 5,900 in 1949.
By the late 1960s, Raanana had a population of 8,500 spanning an area of {{convert|15|km2|0|abbr=out}}.<ref>{{cite book |title=Encyclopedia of Zionism and Israel |editor-first=Raphael |editor-last=Patai |publisher=Herzl Press/McGraw-Hill |location=New York |year=1971 |chapter=Ahuza |volume=1 |page=17}}</ref>

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File:PikiWiki Israel 950 Settlements in Israel רחוב אחד העם.jpg|Ra'anana in 1935
File:Herzliya 1942.jpg|Ra'anana 1942 1:20,000
File:Herzliya 1945.jpg|Ra'anana 1945 1:250,000
File:רעננה (שכונת אריה) - מראה כללי של שכונת "אריה" ברעננה-JNF033615.jpeg|Ra'anana 1947
File:General View of Raanana 1964.jpg|Ra'anana in 1964
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===Ra’anana car-ramming attack===
The '''Ra’anana car-ramming attack''' was an attack against civilians in Israel that occurred on 15 January 2024 in Ra'anana. The police arrested two Palestinian men from [[Bani Na'im]] in connection with carrying out the attack.<ref>{{Citation | vauthors=((Breiner, J.)), ((Yahia, D. H.)), ((Shimoni, R.)) | date=January 16, 2024 | website=Haaretz | title=Woman killed, 17 wounded in terror attack in central Israeli city of Ra’anana | url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-01-15/ty-article/at-least-19-wounded-in-ramming-and-stabbing-in-central-israeli-city-of-raanana/0000018d-0cf3-db13-affd-7df707d80000 | access-date=17 January 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Citation | vauthors=((Fabian, E.)), ((Ghert-Zand, R.)), ((Staff, T.)) | title=Woman killed, 17 wounded in car-ramming, stabbing spree by 2 terrorists in Ra’anana | url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/woman-killed-17-wounded-in-terrorist-car-ramming-and-stabbing-spree-in-raanana/ | access-date=17 January 2024}}</ref>

The attack began when one of the perpetrators stabbed a woman and took possession of her car. They then began ramming pedestrians with the vehicle, eventually losing control and crashing. The perpetrators took control of another vehicle and continued the attack until finally being stopped.<ref>{{Citation | vauthors=((Fabian, E.)), ((Ghert-Zand, R.)), ((Staff, T.)) | title=Woman killed, 17 wounded in car-ramming, stabbing spree by 2 terrorists in Ra’anana | url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/woman-killed-17-wounded-in-terrorist-car-ramming-and-stabbing-spree-in-raanana/ | access-date=17 January 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |date=January 15, 2024 | title=One killed, 17 wounded in Israel car-ramming attacks | website=Al Jazeera | url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/1/15/at-least-one-killed-17-wounded-in-alleged-car-ramming-attacks-in-israel | access-date=17 January 2024}}</ref>

One individual was killed and 17 injured.<ref>{{Citation | vauthors=((France-Presse, A.)) | year=2024 | title=Woman killed and 17 injured after suspected car-ramming attack in Israel | url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/15/killed-injured-suspected-car-ramming-attack-israel-raanana | access-date=17 January 2024}}</ref>