Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut, Central District, Israel

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๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut is an Israeli city located in central Israel, about 35 km south-east of Tel Aviv and 30 km west of Jerusalem, and is connected to those two cities via Highway 443.

The modern city was named after the ancient Jewish town of Modi'in, which existed in the same area. Modi'in was the place of origin of the Maccabees, the Jewish rebels who freed Judea from the rule of the Selucid Empire and established the Hasmonean dynasty, events commemorated by the holiday of Hanukkah. The modern city was built in the 20th century. A small part of the city (the Maccabim neighborhood) is not recognised by the European Union as being in Israel, as it lies in what the 1949 Armistice Agreement with Jordan left as a no man's land, and was occupied in 1967 by Israel after it was captured from Jordan together with the West Bank proper.

The modern city was founded in the late 20th century. The city of Modi'in was built in the 1990s, and it was later merged with the nearby towns of Maccabim and Re'ut, which had been founded in the 1980s, to create the unified municipality of Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut. Modern Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut's municipal boundary encompasses a number of depopulated Palestinian villages: Ajanjul, Barfiliya, Bayt Shanna, Bir Ma'in, Al-Burj, Innaba, Khirbat al-Buwayra, Kharruba, and Al-Kunayyisa.

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Maccabim-Re'ut In 1985, the construction of the town of Maccabim, which was led by the International Maccabi organization began, and the project of founding nearby Re'ut, led by an association of Israeli army officers, started in 1987. The towns were united into Maccabim-Re'ut in 1990.

According to ARIJ, Israel confiscated land from two Palestinian villages for the construction of Maccabim, presently part of Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut: 1,499 dunams from Beit Sira and 471 dunams from Saffa.

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Modi'in The cornerstone of Modi'in was laid in 1993. It was built as a modern planned city with high standards of urban planning. Environmental issues and future growth were taken into consideration from the early design stages. Large greenspaces were incorporated into the city's layout and comprise 50% of the area within the city limits. The city was opened for residency in 1996.

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Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut In 2003, the Israeli Interior Ministry unified Modi'in and Maccabim-Reut into a single city.

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Economy According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics, the city is rated at level 8 out of 10 on the scale of socio-economic development, with a high proportion of high school graduation, 76.5% (2006โ€“07), and an average monthly income of 9,659 NIS, compared to a national average of 7,466 (2006). Modi'in has attracted a large community of olim (Jewish immigrants) from English-speaking countries.

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City plan The original city of Modi'in is laid out around a central hub, with the main arterial spokes organized as dual carriageways. Each side of the artery is a one-way street, and in between is a wide green space, with linear parks, playgrounds, schools, and some small commercial centers. Short lateral stubs fed by continuous-flow intersection turn lanes allow drivers to traverse the green spaces and effect a U-turn onto the artery's opposite direction lanes. These stubs also serve as the entranceways for the schools and mini-malls, preventing parking traffic from blocking the high-speed, left lanes of the arteries. The right shoulders of most arteries do, however, allow parking, except in the pullouts for bus stops, next to fire hydrants, etc.

The city centre is a large traffic circle punctuated by traffic lights. On the north side of the circle is the central train station, to the north-east is the Azrieli shopping mall (pictured), and to the west and south is the Anaba park (also pictured), which contains a small artificial lake used for recreational boating. The traffic circle straddles a major north-east โ€“ south-west artery, HaHashmona'im Blvd., that connects to the south-west with route 431 (which has its eastern terminus in south Modi'in and extends west to Rishon LeZion), and to the north-east with route 443 (at Shilat Junction) providing connectivity to Jerusalem (south-east) and Lod (north-west).

Approximately 5ย km (3 miles) west-north-west of the city centre is an industrial zone, and to the west (on route 431) is the Yishpro commercial center. The latter is also accessible via an additional Modi'in train station, Paatei Modi'in (Hebrew: ืคืืชื™ ืžื•ื“ื™ืขื™ืŸ, "Modi'in outskirts"). The industrial zone is also linked to route 443 via its own interchange, between Shilat Junction and the Maccabim Junction at the eastern side of the Ben Shemen JNF forest. This keeps most of the commercial traffic out of the city proper, so that the two arteries between the city and its industrial zone (Emek HaEla and HaShdera Hamerkazit) carry primarily commuters rather than trucks.

The long-term projection of the Ministry of Housing is for the city to be home to 240,000 residents. However, plans approved thus far are for 120,000 residents.

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Transport Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut is accessible by Road 431, Highway 3 and Road 443.

An Israel Railways line began operation on April 1, 2008 to a large underground station in Modi'in. Service began in September 2007 to Paatei Modi'in on the western outskirts of the city. This railway connects Modi'in to Tel Aviv by way of Ben Gurion Airport. The line to Modi'in is a spur off the high-speed railway to Jerusalem, currently due for completion in 2016. Once this line is completed, Modi'in will be within 30 minutes' ride of Jerusalem.

Intercity and local bus services are provided by Kavim.

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Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut has a population of over 93,277 people. Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut also forms one of the centres of the wider Central District which has a population of over 2,115,800 people. Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut is ranked #627 for startups with a score of 0.25.

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Twin Towns, Sister Cities Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut has links with:

๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฆ Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Hagen, Germany ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ Haikou, China
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