Brenner Regional Council, Rehovot

Name: Brenner Regional Council
Address: Rehovot, Israel

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Brenner Regional Council, is a regional council in the Central District of Israel. It is located in the coastal plain, in the vicinity of Rehovot and Yavne. The council is named after writer Yosef Haim Brenner, killed in the Jaffa riots of 1921. ()

Local name: מועצה אזורית ברנר Area: 13.9 mi²Coordinates: 31°51'50"N, 34°48'6"E

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Nearby attractions include: British military cemetery, Mausoleum of Abu Huraira, St. Nicodemus and St. Joseph of Arimathea Church, White Mosque.

6.7 miNE
Cemetery
British military cemetery, Ramla
171 min walk • Ramleh Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery and Memorial to the Missing is for personnel of both World Wars and the period of Mandatory Palestine. It is located in the town of Ramla in Israel.
3.4 miW
Synagogue
Mausoleum of Abu Huraira, Yavne
88 min walk • The mausoleum of Abu Hurayra, or Rabban Gamaliel's Tomb, is a maqām and synagogue located in HaSanhedrin Park in Yavne, Israel, formerly belonging to the depopulated Palestinian village of Yibna.
6 miNE
Church
St. Nicodemus and St. Joseph of Arimathea Church, Ramla
153 min walk • The St. Nicodemus and St. Joseph of Arimathea Church is a Catholic church located in Ramla the capital city of Central District in Israel.
5.8 miNE
Mosque
White Mosque, Ramla
148 min walk • The White Mosque is an Umayyad-era mosque located in Ramla, Israel. Only its minaret is still standing. According to local Islamic tradition, the northwestern section of the mosque contained the shrine of an Islamic prophet, Saleh.
4.6 miN
Area
Ness Ziona, Rishon LeTzion
117 min walk • Ness Ziona is a town in central Israel. In 2019 it had a population of 50,351, and its jurisdiction was 15,579 dunams.
1.2 miE
Town, Area
Kiryat Ekron, Rehovot
30 min walk • Kiryat Ekron or Qiryath Eqron is a town located on the coastal plain in the Central District of Israel. Located immediately south of the city of Rehovot on Highway 411 next to the Bilu Junction, in 2019 it had a population of 11,001.
3.1 miN
Universities and schools
Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot
80 min walk • The Weizmann Institute of Science is a public research university in Rehovot, Israel, established in 1934, 14 years before the State of Israel.
3.3 miW
Bridge
Yibna Bridge, Yavne
84 min walk • The Yibna Bridge is a Mamluk arch bridge near Yibna, which crosses the river Nahal Sorek. It was previously used by Route 410 to Rehovot, and was known as the Jumping Bridge due to a bump in the middle of the bridge which caused cars to jump if speeding.
3.7 miSW
Town
Gedera
96 min walk • 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 13 kilometres south of Rehovot. In 2019, it had a population of 28,313.
4.5 miN
Village, Event space
Havat Allenby, Rehovot
116 min walk • Bir Salim was a Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine. It was depopulated during the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on May 9, 1948, by the Givati Brigade. It was located 4 km west of Ramla.
6.3 miNE
Neighbourhood
Ramla Subdistrict, Ramla
161 min walk • The Ramla subdistrict is one of Israel's subdistricts in Central District. The district is composed of mostly of the Eastern half of Mandatory Ramle Subdistrict. There are three principal cities in the subdistrict:1. as the name of the subdistrict implies, Ramla, 2. Lod, and 3.