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href="https://als.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rischon_LeZion" title="Rischon LeZion – Alemannic" lang="gsw" hreflang="gsw" data-title="Rischon LeZion" data-language-autonym="Alemannisch" data-language-local-name="Alemannic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Alemannisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B4%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86" title="ريشون لتسيون – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="ريشون لتسيون" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arc mw-list-item"><a href="https://arc.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DC%AA%DC%9D%DC%AB%DC%98%DC%A2_%DC%A0%DC%AC%DC%A3%DC%9D%DC%98%DC%A2" title="ܪܝܫܘܢ ܠܬܣܝܘܢ – Aramaic" lang="arc" hreflang="arc" data-title="ܪܝܫܘܢ ܠܬܣܝܘܢ" data-language-autonym="ܐܪܡܝܐ" data-language-local-name="Aramaic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ܐܪܡܝܐ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ri%C5%9Fon-le-Sion" title="Rişon-le-Sion – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Rişon-le-Sion" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D1%8B%D1%88%D0%BE%D0%BD-%D0%BB%D0%B5-%D0%A6%D1%8B%D1%91%D0%BD" title="Рышон-ле-Цыён – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Рышон-ле-Цыён" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B8%D1%88%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%BB%D0%B5_%D0%A6%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="Ришон ле Цион – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Ришон ле Цион" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bar mw-list-item"><a href="https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rischon_LeZion" title="Rischon LeZion – Bavarian" lang="bar" hreflang="bar" data-title="Rischon LeZion" data-language-autonym="Boarisch" data-language-local-name="Bavarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Boarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rixon_le-Tsiyyon" title="Rixon le-Tsiyyon – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Rixon le-Tsiyyon" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B8%D1%88%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%BB%D0%B5-%D0%A6%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="Ришон ле-Цион – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Ришон ле-Цион" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rishon_Le%E1%BA%94iyyon" title="Rishon LeẔiyyon – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Rishon LeẔiyyon" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ri%C5%A1on_le-Cijon" title="Rišon le-Cijon – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Rišon le-Cijon" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rishon_LeZion" title="Rishon LeZion – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Rishon LeZion" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rischon_LeZion" title="Rischon LeZion – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Rischon LeZion" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A1%CE%B9%CF%83%CF%8C%CE%BD_%CE%9B%CE%B5_%CE%96%CE%B9%CF%8C%CE%BD" title="Ρισόν Λε Ζιόν – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Ρισόν Λε Ζιόν" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rishon_LeZion" title="Rishon LeZion – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Rishon LeZion" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ri%C5%9Don-Le-Ciono" title="Riŝon-Le-Ciono – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Riŝon-Le-Ciono" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rishon_LeZion" title="Rishon LeZion – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Rishon LeZion" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B4%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%86" title="ریشون لتسیون – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="ریشون لتسیون" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rishon_LeZion" title="Rishon LeZion – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Rishon LeZion" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gv mw-list-item"><a href="https://gv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rishon_LeZion" title="Rishon LeZion – Manx" lang="gv" hreflang="gv" data-title="Rishon LeZion" data-language-autonym="Gaelg" data-language-local-name="Manx" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaelg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rishon_LeZion" title="Rishon LeZion – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Rishon LeZion" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A6%AC%EC%88%80%EB%A0%88%EC%A7%80%EC%98%A8" title="리숀레지온 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="리숀레지온" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ha mw-list-item"><a href="https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rishon_LeZion" title="Rishon LeZion – Hausa" lang="ha" hreflang="ha" data-title="Rishon LeZion" data-language-autonym="Hausa" data-language-local-name="Hausa" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hausa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8C%D5%AB%D5%B7%D5%B8%D5%B6_%D4%BC%D5%A5_%D5%91%D5%AB%D5%B8%D5%B6" title="Ռիշոն Լե Ցիոն – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Ռիշոն Լե Ցիոն" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%8B%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%89%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BC%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%A8" title="ऋषॉन लेज़ियन – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="ऋषॉन लेज़ियन" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rishon_LeZion" title="Rishon LeZion – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Rishon LeZion" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B8%D1%88%D0%BE%D0%BD-%D0%BB%D0%B5-%D0%A6%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="Ришон-ле-Цион – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Ришон-ле-Цион" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rishon_LeZion" title="Rishon LeZion – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Rishon LeZion" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%9C%D7%A6%D7%99%D7%95%D7%9F" title="ראשון לציון – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="ראשון לציון" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rishon_LeZion" title="Rishon LeZion – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Rishon LeZion" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ri%C5%A1onlecijona" title="Rišonlecijona – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Rišonlecijona" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ri%C5%A1on_Lezionas" title="Rišon Lezionas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Rišon Lezionas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ris%C3%B3n_Lecij%C3%B3n" title="Risón Lecijón – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Risón Lecijón" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B8%D1%88%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%9B%D0%B5%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="Ришон Лецион – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Ришон Лецион" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A8" title="रिशोन लेत्सियोन – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="रिशोन लेत्सियोन" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B4%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86" title="ريشون لتسيون – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="ريشون لتسيون" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mdf mw-list-item"><a href="https://mdf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B8%D1%88%D0%BE%D0%BD-%D0%BB%D1%8D-%D0%A6%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="Ришон-лэ-Цион – Moksha" lang="mdf" hreflang="mdf" data-title="Ришон-лэ-Цион" data-language-autonym="Мокшень" data-language-local-name="Moksha" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Мокшень</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B8%D1%88%D0%BE%D0%BD-%D0%BB%D0%B5-%D0%A6%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="Ришон-ле-Цион – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Ришон-ле-Цион" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Risjon_Letsion" title="Risjon Letsion – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Risjon Letsion" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AC%E3%83%84%E3%82%A3%E3%83%A8%E3%83%B3" title="リション・レツィヨン – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="リション・レツィヨン" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rishon_LeZion" title="Rishon LeZion – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Rishon LeZion" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rishon_LeZion" title="Rishon LeZion – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Rishon LeZion" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riszon_le-Cijjon" title="Riszon le-Cijjon – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Riszon le-Cijjon" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rishon_LeZion" title="Rishon LeZion – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Rishon LeZion" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rishon_Letzion" title="Rishon Letzion – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Rishon Letzion" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B8%D1%88%D0%BE%D0%BD-%D0%BB%D0%B5-%D0%A6%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="Ришон-ле-Цион – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Ришон-ле-Цион" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rishon_LeZion" title="Rishon LeZion – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Rishon LeZion" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rishon_LeZion" title="Rishon LeZion – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Rishon LeZion" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rishon_LeZion" title="Rishon LeZion – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Rishon LeZion" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-szl mw-list-item"><a href="https://szl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riszon_le-Cijjon" title="Riszon le-Cijjon – Silesian" lang="szl" hreflang="szl" data-title="Riszon le-Cijjon" data-language-autonym="Ślůnski" data-language-local-name="Silesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ślůnski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B8%D1%88%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%9B%D0%B5%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="Ришон Лецион – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Ришон Лецион" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rishon_LeZion" title="Rishon LeZion – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Rishon LeZion" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rishon_LeZion" title="Rishon LeZion – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Rishon LeZion" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li 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data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B4%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%84%D8%B5%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%86" title="ریشون لصیون – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="ریشون لصیون" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rishon_LeZion" title="Rishon LeZion – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Rishon LeZion" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-war mw-list-item"><a href="https://war.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rishon_LeZion" title="Rishon LeZion – Waray" lang="war" hreflang="war" 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org">Rishon LeZion</div> <div class="nickname ib-settlement-native"><span title="Hebrew-language text"><span lang="he" dir="rtl"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1241449095">.mw-parser-output .script-hebrew,.mw-parser-output .script-Hebr{font-family:"Ezra SIL SR","Ezra SIL","SBL Hebrew","Taamey Frank CLM","SBL BibLit","Taamey Ashkenaz","Frank Ruehl CLM","Keter Aram Tsova","Taamey David CLM","Keter YG","Shofar","David CLM","Hadasim CLM","Simple CLM","Nachlieli",Cardo,Alef,"Noto Serif Hebrew","Noto Sans Hebrew","David Libre",David,"Times New Roman",Gisha,Arial,FreeSerif,FreeSans}</style><span class="script-hebrew" style="font-size: 110%;" dir="rtl">רִאשׁוֹן לְצִיּוֹן</span>‎</span></span></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Israel" title="List of cities in Israel">City</a> (from 1950)</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Hebrew transcription(s)</th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/ISO_259" title="ISO 259">ISO 259</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Riˀšon l Ṣiyon</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Translit.</th><td class="infobox-data">Rishon LeTziyon</td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Also spelled</th><td class="infobox-data">Rishon LeZiyyon (official)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="background-color:black;border-collapse:collapse;border:1px solid white;width:260px;display:table;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><div style="display:table-row"><div style="display:table-cell;border-top:0;padding:2px 0 0 2px"><div style="display:table;background-color:black;border-collapse:collapse"><div style="display:table-row"><div style="display:table-cell;border-top:0;padding:0 2px 2px 0"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rishon-LeZion-Gan-Moshava-0002.jpg" 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for this location"><span class="latitude">31°57′N</span> <span class="longitude">34°48′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">31.950°N 34.800°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">31.950; 34.800</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states" title="List of sovereign states">Country</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/21px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/32px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/41px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1100" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Israel" title="Israel">Israel</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Israel" title="Districts of Israel">District</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Central_District_(Israel)" title="Central District (Israel)">Central</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1882<span class="noprint">; 142 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1882</span>)</span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Mayor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Raz_Kinstlich" title="Raz Kinstlich">Raz Kinstlich</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">61,914.25 <a href="/wiki/Dunam" title="Dunam">dunams</a> (61.91425 km<sup>2</sup> or 23.90523 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2022)<sup id="cite_ref-Israelpopulations_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Israelpopulations-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">260,453</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">4,200/km<sup>2</sup> (11,000/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Ethnicity<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-Israelpopulations_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Israelpopulations-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Israeli_Jews" title="Israeli Jews">Jews</a></th><td class="infobox-data">89.9%</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Arab_citizens_of_Israel" title="Arab citizens of Israel">Arabs</a></th><td class="infobox-data">0.1%</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Israelis#Other_citizens" title="Israelis">Others</a></th><td class="infobox-data">10%</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Name meaning</th><td class="infobox-data">First to <a href="/wiki/Zion" title="Zion">Zion</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Rishon LeZion</b> (<a href="/wiki/Hebrew_language" title="Hebrew language">Hebrew</a>: <span lang="he" dir="rtl">רִאשׁוֹן לְצִיּוֹן</span> <small><span class="noprint"><span class="ext-phonos"><span data-nosnippet="" id="ooui-php-1" class="ext-phonos-PhonosButton noexcerpt oo-ui-widget oo-ui-widget-enabled oo-ui-buttonElement oo-ui-buttonElement-frameless oo-ui-iconElement oo-ui-labelElement oo-ui-buttonWidget" data-ooui="{"_":"mw.Phonos.PhonosButton","href":"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/transcoded\/7\/7a\/Rishon_lezion.ogg\/Rishon_lezion.ogg.mp3","rel":["nofollow"],"framed":false,"icon":"volumeUp","label":{"html":"(audio)"},"data":{"ipa":"","text":"","lang":"en","wikibase":"","file":"Rishon lezion.ogg"},"classes":["ext-phonos-PhonosButton","noexcerpt"]}"><a role="button" tabindex="0" href="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/7a/Rishon_lezion.ogg/Rishon_lezion.ogg.mp3" rel="nofollow" aria-label="Play audio" title="Play audio" class="oo-ui-buttonElement-button"><span class="oo-ui-iconElement-icon oo-ui-icon-volumeUp"></span><span class="oo-ui-labelElement-label">(audio)</span><span class="oo-ui-indicatorElement-indicator oo-ui-indicatorElement-noIndicator"></span></a></span><sup class="ext-phonos-attribution noexcerpt navigation-not-searchable"><a href="/wiki/File:Rishon_lezion.ogg" title="File:Rishon lezion.ogg">ⓘ</a></sup></span></span></small>, <abbr style="font-size:85%" title="literal translation">lit.</abbr> "First to <a href="/wiki/Zion" title="Zion">Zion</a>") is a city in <a href="/wiki/Israel" title="Israel">Israel</a>, located along the central <a href="/wiki/Israeli_Coastal_Plain" class="mw-redirect" title="Israeli Coastal Plain">Israeli coastal plain</a> eight kilometres (5 mi) south of <a href="/wiki/Tel_Aviv" title="Tel Aviv">Tel Aviv</a>. It is part of the <a href="/wiki/Gush_Dan" title="Gush Dan">Gush Dan</a> <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_area" title="Metropolitan area">metropolitan area</a>. </p><p>Founded in 1882 by Jewish immigrants from the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Empire" title="Russian Empire">Russian Empire</a> who were part of the <a href="/wiki/First_Aliyah" title="First Aliyah">First Aliyah</a>, it was the first Zionist settlement founded in Palestine by the <a href="/wiki/New_Yishuv" class="mw-redirect" title="New Yishuv">New Yishuv</a> and the second Jewish farm settlement established in <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Syria" title="Ottoman Syria">Ottoman Syria</a> in the 19th century, after <a href="/wiki/Petah_Tikva" title="Petah Tikva">Petah Tikva</a>. As of 2017, it was the <a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Israel" title="List of cities in Israel">fourth-largest city</a> in Israel, with a population of 260,453.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The city is a member of Forum 15, which is an association of fiscally autonomous cities in Israel that do not depend on national balancing or development grants.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rishon_LeZion&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The name Rishon LeZion is derived from a verse from the <a href="/wiki/Hebrew_Bible" title="Hebrew Bible">Tanakh</a>: "First to Zion are they, and I shall give herald to Jerusalem" <span class="nowrap">(<a href="/wiki/Hebrew_language" title="Hebrew language">Hebrew</a>: <span lang="he" dir="rtl">ראשון לציון הנה הינם, ולירושלים מבשר אתן</span>)</span> (<a href="/wiki/Book_of_Isaiah" title="Book of Isaiah">Isaiah</a> 41:27) and literally translates as "First to <a href="/wiki/Zion" title="Zion">Zion</a>". </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rishon_LeZion&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rishon_LeZion1_(before_1899).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Rishon_LeZion1_%28before_1899%29.jpg/220px-Rishon_LeZion1_%28before_1899%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Rishon_LeZion1_%28before_1899%29.jpg/330px-Rishon_LeZion1_%28before_1899%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Rishon_LeZion1_%28before_1899%29.jpg/440px-Rishon_LeZion1_%28before_1899%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1018" data-file-height="693" /></a><figcaption>Rishon LeZion in the 1890s</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ottoman_period_(1882–1900)"><span id="Ottoman_period_.281882.E2.80.931900.29"></span>Ottoman period (1882–1900)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rishon_LeZion&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Ottoman period (1882–1900)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rishon_LeZion_1937.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Rishon_LeZion_1937.jpg/220px-Rishon_LeZion_1937.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Rishon_LeZion_1937.jpg/330px-Rishon_LeZion_1937.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Rishon_LeZion_1937.jpg/440px-Rishon_LeZion_1937.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2048" /></a><figcaption>Rishon LeZion in 1937</figcaption></figure> <p>Rishon LeZion was founded on 31 July 1882, by ten <a href="/wiki/Hovevei_Zion" class="mw-redirect" title="Hovevei Zion">Hovevei Zion</a> pioneers from <a href="/wiki/Kharkiv" title="Kharkiv">Kharkiv</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ukraine" title="Ukraine">Ukraine</a> (then the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Empire" title="Russian Empire">Russian Empire</a>) headed by Zalman David Levontin. <a href="/wiki/Reuven_Yudalevich" title="Reuven Yudalevich">Reuven Yudalevich</a> was also a member of the group. The British vice-consul in <a href="/wiki/Jaffa" title="Jaffa">Jaffa</a>, Haim Amzaleg, purchased 835 acres (337.91 <a href="/wiki/Hectare" title="Hectare">ha</a>) of land southeast of present-day <a href="/wiki/Tel_Aviv" title="Tel Aviv">Tel Aviv</a>, the site of watering holes called ‘Uyūn Qārā (literally 'fountain of the crier') from Mustafa Abdallah ali Dajan.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to Marom, ‘Uyūn Qārā offered "a convenient launching pad for early land purchase initiatives which shaped the pattern of Jewish settlement until the beginning of the British Mandate". Amzaleg signed a declaration to the settlers stating that none of the structures on this land would ever be his own.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In addition to the problems posed by sandy soil and lack of water, the newcomers had no agricultural experience. <a href="/wiki/Nathan_Rothschild,_1st_Baron_Rothschild" title="Nathan Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild">Baron Rothschild</a> brought in experts who drilled for water, finding the groundwater table uneven. Wells were built at a depth of 20–25 meters.<sup id="cite_ref-Calif_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Calif-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the <a href="/wiki/Bilu_(movement)" title="Bilu (movement)">Biluim</a> arrived, the town slowly began to develop. On 23 February 1883, the settlers found water in the wells. To mark this occasion, the village emblem was inscribed with a verse from the <a href="/wiki/Torah" title="Torah">Torah</a>: "We have found water." (Genesis 26:32) Fani Belkind, <a href="/wiki/Israel_Belkind" title="Israel Belkind">Israel Belkind</a>, Shimshon Belkind, <a href="/wiki/Yoel_Drubin" title="Yoel Drubin">Yoel Drubin</a>, Haim Hissin, and David Yudilovich were among the Biluim who arrived in Rishon Lezion at this time.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1883, Itzhak Leib Toporovski a blacksmith of the young village created the first iron <a href="/wiki/Plow" class="mw-redirect" title="Plow">plow</a> in the land of Israel, and in 1885 the flag that would later become the <a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Israel" title="Flag of Israel">flag of Israel</a> was raised for the first time as part of the celebrations of the 3rd anniversary of the village.<sup id="cite_ref-muni_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-muni-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>When Baron <a href="/wiki/Edmond_James_de_Rothschild" title="Edmond James de Rothschild">Edmond James de Rothschild</a> took over, sending in his administrators and agricultural guide Shaul Helzner of <a href="/wiki/Mikveh_Israel" title="Mikveh Israel">Mikve Israel</a>, major progress was made in the spheres of agriculture, citrus and viticulture. In November 1883 the first rows were planted, led by ten Russian farmers who were further trained at <a href="/wiki/Mikveh_Israel" title="Mikveh Israel">Mikveh Israel</a> agriculture school, also funded in part by Rothschild. The Great Synagogue, which became a major focus of life in Rishon LeZion, was built between 1885 and 1889. Under Rothschild's patronage, the <a href="/wiki/Carmel-Mizrahi_Winery" class="mw-redirect" title="Carmel-Mizrahi Winery">Carmel-Mizrahi Winery</a> was, established in 1886.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Baron <a href="/wiki/Edmond_James_de_Rothschild" title="Edmond James de Rothschild">Edmond James de Rothschild</a> and his wife <a href="/wiki/Adelheid_von_Rothschild" title="Adelheid von Rothschild">Adelheid von Rothschild</a> came to visit the village a year later in 1887.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In 1886, as Rishon LeZion's population of around 300 included several dozen children who required proper education, the <a href="/wiki/Haviv_elementary_school" class="mw-redirect" title="Haviv elementary school">Haviv elementary school</a> was established in Rishon LeZion as the first modern school to teach exclusively in <a href="/wiki/Hebrew_language" title="Hebrew language">Hebrew</a>. Dov Lubman Haviv taught there and Mordechai Lubman Haviv was an educational inspector. <a href="/wiki/Eliezer_Ben-Yehuda" title="Eliezer Ben-Yehuda">Eliezer Ben-Yehuda</a>, the leading figure in the revival of Hebrew, was a teacher in Rishon LeZion, as was his colleague <a href="/wiki/David_Yudilovitz" title="David Yudilovitz">David Yudilovitz</a>. In 1898, the first Hebrew kindergarten in the world was established by Esther (Shapira) Ginzburg a former student of the Haviv school. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Naphtali_Herz_Imber" class="mw-redirect" title="Naphtali Herz Imber">Naphtali Herz Imber</a>, the later famed Hebrew language poet, lived in Rishon LeZion for a few years in the late 1880s. He recited his poem, Tikvahtenu, to eager ears. In 1887, <a href="/wiki/Shmuel_Cohen" title="Shmuel Cohen">Shmuel Cohen</a>, a young resident of Rishon with a musical background, observed the emotional response of the local Jewish farmers to Imber's poem. Using his musical skill, he put the poem to music. Cohen's musical composition was an adaptation of a Moldavian/Romanian folk song, "Carul cu Boi" ("The Cart with Oxen"). The catalyst of Cohen's musical adaptation facilitated the quick, enthusiastic spread of Imber's poem throughout all the Zionist communities of <a href="/wiki/Mandatory_Palestine" title="Mandatory Palestine">Mandatory Palestine</a>. Within a short few years, it spread globally to pro-Zionist communities and organizations becoming the unofficial Zionist National Anthem. </p><p>In 1933, at the 18th Zionist Congress in Prague, the Imber/Cohen Zionist National Anthem, formally adopted, was renamed the Hatikvah (The Hope). In November 2004, the State of Israel formally adopted <a href="/wiki/Shmuel_Cohen" title="Shmuel Cohen">Shmuel Cohen</a>'s 1887 musical adaptation to a newly shortened, modified version of Imber's poem, creating the modern Israeli National Anthem, the <a href="/wiki/Hatikvah" title="Hatikvah">Hatikvah</a>. </p><p>In 1888, the medicine house, the baron's stables, and the baron's clerks house were built. In 1889 the building in which the <a href="/wiki/Carmel-Mizrahi_Winery" class="mw-redirect" title="Carmel-Mizrahi Winery">Carmel-Mizrahi Winery</a> is located was built. A telephone was added to the winery in 1891 and in 1898 electricity was installed. In 1890, a palm boulevard was planted in the location of the future city park. The Rishon LeZion orchestra was established in 1895. In 1898, the year <a href="/wiki/Theodor_Herzl" title="Theodor Herzl">Theodor Herzl</a> visited the settlement, the city park (then the village park) was established and a water tower was built next to the well.<sup id="cite_ref-muni_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-muni-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:RishonKikarHaMeyasdim02.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/RishonKikarHaMeyasdim02.jpg/220px-RishonKikarHaMeyasdim02.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/RishonKikarHaMeyasdim02.jpg/330px-RishonKikarHaMeyasdim02.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/RishonKikarHaMeyasdim02.jpg/440px-RishonKikarHaMeyasdim02.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="1920" /></a><figcaption>Great Synagogue, founders square, and village bell</figcaption></figure> <p>A founder of Rishon LeZion was Joseph Feinberg<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the father of <a href="/wiki/Murder_of_Dora_Bloch" title="Murder of Dora Bloch">Dora Bloch</a>. </p><p>At the year of its founding in 1882, Rishon LeZion had a population of 150. In 1890, Rishon LeZion had a population of 359. Five years later, the figure had risen to 380, and by 1900, to 526.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Village_council_and_JCA_administration_(1900-1922)"><span id="Village_council_and_JCA_administration_.281900-1922.29"></span>Village council and JCA administration (1900-1922)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rishon_LeZion&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Village council and JCA administration (1900-1922)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1900, the management of the village was transferred from the baron's office to the village council and the <a href="/wiki/Jewish_Colonization_Association" class="mw-redirect" title="Jewish Colonization Association">Jewish Colonization Association</a>. Israel's first <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister" class="mw-redirect" title="Prime Minister">Prime Minister</a>, <a href="/wiki/David_Ben-Gurion" title="David Ben-Gurion">David Ben-Gurion</a>, worked in the winery for two months in the summer of 1907.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1910, the village bell was constructed next to the medicine house, and in 1912 the first car ("First chariot without horses") appeared in the village.<sup id="cite_ref-muni_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-muni-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1911, 4,000 dunams of land in Rishon LeZion were planted with grapes and 254 dunams with other fruit orchards.<sup id="cite_ref-Calif_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Calif-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1913, the governor of Greater Syria, <a href="/wiki/Djemal_Pasha" title="Djemal Pasha">Djemal Pasha</a>, annexed the sands around Rishon Lezion to their territory and in 1915 Rishon Lezion was expanded again and was given the territory between it and the <a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_Sea" title="Mediterranean Sea">Mediterranean Sea</a>. In 1913, Nahlat Yehuda, another Jewish settlement, was established north of Rishon Lezion. In 1915 Rishon Lezion and the surrounding area experienced a <a href="/wiki/Locust" title="Locust">Locust</a> attack.<sup id="cite_ref-muni_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-muni-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ayun Kara was the scene of a bloody <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Ayun_Kara" title="Battle of Ayun Kara">battle between Turkish and New Zealand troops</a> on 14 November 1917.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Local citizens carried the wounded to a medical facility in Rishon LeZion.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A stone <a href="/wiki/Cenotaph" title="Cenotaph">cenotaph</a> was erected by the people of Rishon LeZion to the memory of the New Zealanders who fell that day, but it has since been destroyed.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the wake of the battle, the <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand">New Zealanders</a> set up camp at Rishon Lezion, which was described by one officer as a "pretty little hamlet surrounded by vineyards and orange groves." Relations between the troops and villagers were good, and the troops brought the villagers the news of the <a href="/wiki/Balfour_Declaration" title="Balfour Declaration">Balfour Declaration</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1919, the women of Rishon Lezion were given <a href="/wiki/Women%27s_voting_rights" class="mw-redirect" title="Women's voting rights">voting rights</a> and in the same year, Nehama Pohatchevsky was elected chairman of the village council which marked the first time a woman was elected to the position.<sup id="cite_ref-muni_8-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-muni-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:89002_aerial_view_of_a_youth_neighborhood_PikiWiki_Israel.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/89002_aerial_view_of_a_youth_neighborhood_PikiWiki_Israel.jpg/250px-89002_aerial_view_of_a_youth_neighborhood_PikiWiki_Israel.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/89002_aerial_view_of_a_youth_neighborhood_PikiWiki_Israel.jpg/375px-89002_aerial_view_of_a_youth_neighborhood_PikiWiki_Israel.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/89002_aerial_view_of_a_youth_neighborhood_PikiWiki_Israel.jpg/500px-89002_aerial_view_of_a_youth_neighborhood_PikiWiki_Israel.jpg 2x" data-file-width="8000" data-file-height="6000" /></a><figcaption>Residential neighborhood in Rishon LeZion</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="British_Mandate">British Mandate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rishon_LeZion&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: British Mandate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1924, the British Army contracted the <a href="/wiki/Israel_Electric_Corporation" title="Israel Electric Corporation">Jaffa Electric Company</a> for wired electric power to the military installations in <a href="/wiki/Sarafand_al-Amar" title="Sarafand al-Amar">Sarafand</a>. The contract allowed the Electric Company to extend the grid beyond the original geographical limits that had been projected by the concession it was given. The high-tension line that exceeded the limits of the original concession ran along some major towns and agricultural settlements, offering extended connections to the Jewish settlements of Rishon Le-Zion, <a href="/wiki/Ness_Ziona" title="Ness Ziona">Nes-Ziona</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rehovot" title="Rehovot">Rehovot</a> (despite their proximity to the high-tension line, the Arab towns of <a href="/wiki/Ramla" title="Ramla">Ramleh</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lydda" class="mw-redirect" title="Lydda">Lydda</a> remained unconnected).<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to a <a href="/wiki/1922_census_of_Palestine" title="1922 census of Palestine">census</a> conducted in 1922 by the <a href="/wiki/Mandate_for_Palestine" title="Mandate for Palestine">British Mandate authorities</a>, Rishon LeZion had a population of 1,396 inhabitants, consisting of 1,373 Jews and 23 Muslims,<sup id="cite_ref-Census22_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census22-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> increasing in 1931 <a href="/wiki/Census" title="Census">census</a> to 2,525 inhabitants, in 648 houses.<sup id="cite_ref-Census31_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census31-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 245.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 243.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sarahanu_el_%27Amar_cropped.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Rishon LeZion 1929 1:20,000"><img alt="Rishon LeZion 1929 1:20,000" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Sarahanu_el_%27Amar_cropped.jpg/365px-Sarahanu_el_%27Amar_cropped.jpg" decoding="async" width="244" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Sarahanu_el_%27Amar_cropped.jpg/547px-Sarahanu_el_%27Amar_cropped.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Sarahanu_el_%27Amar_cropped.jpg/729px-Sarahanu_el_%27Amar_cropped.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5935" data-file-height="2932" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Rishon LeZion 1929 1:20,000</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 202px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 200px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:El_Ramle_1945.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Rishon LeZion 1945 1:250,000"><img alt="Rishon LeZion 1945 1:250,000" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/El_Ramle_1945.jpg/300px-El_Ramle_1945.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/El_Ramle_1945.jpg/449px-El_Ramle_1945.jpg 1.5x, 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/AERIAL_VIEW_OF_RISHON_LEZION_BORDERING_ON_THE_SAND_DUNES_NEAR_THE_SEA._%D7%A6%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%9D_%D7%90%D7%95%D7%95%D7%99%D7%A8_%D7%A9%D7%9C_%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%9C%D7%A6%D7%99%D7%95%D7%9F.D30-017.jpg/270px-AERIAL_VIEW_OF_RISHON_LEZION_BORDERING_ON_THE_SAND_DUNES_NEAR_THE_SEA._%D7%A6%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%9D_%D7%90%D7%95%D7%95%D7%99%D7%A8_%D7%A9%D7%9C_%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%9C%D7%A6%D7%99%D7%95%D7%9F.D30-017.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/AERIAL_VIEW_OF_RISHON_LEZION_BORDERING_ON_THE_SAND_DUNES_NEAR_THE_SEA._%D7%A6%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%9D_%D7%90%D7%95%D7%95%D7%99%D7%A8_%D7%A9%D7%9C_%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%9C%D7%A6%D7%99%D7%95%D7%9F.D30-017.jpg/405px-AERIAL_VIEW_OF_RISHON_LEZION_BORDERING_ON_THE_SAND_DUNES_NEAR_THE_SEA._%D7%A6%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%9D_%D7%90%D7%95%D7%95%D7%99%D7%A8_%D7%A9%D7%9C_%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%9C%D7%A6%D7%99%D7%95%D7%9F.D30-017.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/AERIAL_VIEW_OF_RISHON_LEZION_BORDERING_ON_THE_SAND_DUNES_NEAR_THE_SEA._%D7%A6%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%9D_%D7%90%D7%95%D7%95%D7%99%D7%A8_%D7%A9%D7%9C_%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%9C%D7%A6%D7%99%D7%95%D7%9F.D30-017.jpg/540px-AERIAL_VIEW_OF_RISHON_LEZION_BORDERING_ON_THE_SAND_DUNES_NEAR_THE_SEA._%D7%A6%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%9D_%D7%90%D7%95%D7%95%D7%99%D7%A8_%D7%A9%D7%9C_%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%9C%D7%A6%D7%99%D7%95%D7%9F.D30-017.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2048" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Rishon LeZion 1937</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="State_of_Israel">State of Israel</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rishon_LeZion&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: State of Israel"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Rishon LeZion was declared a city in 1950, by which time it had a population of around 18,000. By 1983 it had a population of 103,000. In 2006, 222,300 people were living in the city. By 2020, the population is expected to reach 253,600.<sup id="cite_ref-Proj_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Proj-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2007, the Rishon LeZion Municipality was awarded the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Interior_(Israel)" title="Ministry of Interior (Israel)">Ministry of Interior</a> Prize for Proper Management.<sup id="cite_ref-profile_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-profile-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2016, the Israeli government approved the expansion of Rishon LeZion onto sand dunes west of the city, upon which one of the largest commercial and residential construction projects in the Central District will be built on 1,000 <a href="/wiki/Dunam" title="Dunam">dunams</a>. Another industrial zone in the western part of the city is planned to be almost doubled in size.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rishon_LeZion&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rischon025.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Rischon025.jpg/220px-Rischon025.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Rischon025.jpg/330px-Rischon025.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Rischon025.jpg/440px-Rischon025.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a><figcaption>Neot Ashalim Park</figcaption></figure> <p>The 1922 Census conducted by the British Mandate authorities found 1,373 Jews living in Rishon LeZion and 23 Muslims.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to data from the <a href="/wiki/Israel_Central_Bureau_of_Statistics" title="Israel Central Bureau of Statistics">Israel Central Bureau of Statistics</a> as of December 2022, the number of residents in Rishon LeZion is 260,453. <sup id="cite_ref-Israelpopulations_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Israelpopulations-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Rishon LeZion is one of the fastest-growing cities in Israel, and is the third-youngest city in the country, after <a href="/wiki/Jerusalem" title="Jerusalem">Jerusalem</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bnei_Brak" title="Bnei Brak">Bnei Brak</a>, with 31.1% of the population being children and teenagers, and 61.4% of all residents being aged 40 or under. In addition, the city has attracted significant immigration,<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> including from English-speaking countries.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The city is expected to have a population of around 270,000 by 2030.<sup id="cite_ref-Proj_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Proj-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its population growth rate is about 5% per year.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The majority of the city's residents are <a href="/wiki/Jews" title="Jews">Jews</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rishon_LeZion&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:RLZ_HaZahav_Mall_01.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/RLZ_HaZahav_Mall_01.JPG/220px-RLZ_HaZahav_Mall_01.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/RLZ_HaZahav_Mall_01.JPG/330px-RLZ_HaZahav_Mall_01.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/RLZ_HaZahav_Mall_01.JPG/440px-RLZ_HaZahav_Mall_01.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3888" data-file-height="2592" /></a><figcaption>HaZahav shopping mall</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Superland_amusement_park_(13056140805).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Superland_amusement_park_%2813056140805%29.jpg/220px-Superland_amusement_park_%2813056140805%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Superland_amusement_park_%2813056140805%29.jpg/330px-Superland_amusement_park_%2813056140805%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Superland_amusement_park_%2813056140805%29.jpg/440px-Superland_amusement_park_%2813056140805%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5184" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Superland" title="Superland">Superland</a> amusement park</figcaption></figure> <p>Rishon LeZion's main industries today are <a href="/wiki/Wine" title="Wine">wine</a>, <a href="/wiki/Construction" title="Construction">construction</a>, <a href="/wiki/Service_Sector" class="mw-redirect" title="Service Sector">services</a> and <a href="/wiki/Commerce" title="Commerce">commerce</a>. Factories and workshops are located in the old industrial zone, which has become a popular venue for <a href="/wiki/Pub" title="Pub">pubs</a>, dance clubs, and restaurants. Industry in the city is largely divided into two industrial centers: the old industrial zone in the north of the city and the new industrial zone in the west of the city.<sup id="cite_ref-profile_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-profile-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The three major malls in Rishon LeZion are <i>Rothschild Center</i> in the old downtown center, <i>Gold Mall</i> (<i>Kenyon HaZahav</i>) in the New West district, and the newly constructed <i>Azrieli Rishonim</i>. Companies such as <a href="/wiki/Coca-Cola" title="Coca-Cola">Coca-Cola</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gazit-Globe" title="Gazit-Globe">Gazit-Globe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Volvo" title="Volvo">Volvo</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Fiat" title="Fiat">Fiat</a> are expected to open in the Maayan Sorek area.<sup id="cite_ref-profile_23-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-profile-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As part of the city's 5-year plan to be completely water-independent,<sup id="cite_ref-water_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-water-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> construction of a <a href="/wiki/Desalination" title="Desalination">desalination</a> plant is planned for Rishon, which will produce 3.7 million cubic meters of water per year. The city already hosts the large Shafdan recycling plant.<sup id="cite_ref-profile_23-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-profile-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Local_government">Local government</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rishon_LeZion&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Local government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mayors">Mayors</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rishon_LeZion&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Mayors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 22em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Elyakum_Ostashinski" title="Elyakum Ostashinski">Elyakum Ostashinski</a> (1950–51)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aryeh_Sheftel" title="Aryeh Sheftel">Aryeh Sheftel</a> (1951)</li> <li>Moshe Gavin (1952–55)</li> <li>Gershon Man Mankov (1955)</li> <li>Hana Levin (1955–60)</li> <li>Aryeh Sheftel (1960–62)</li> <li>Noam Laoner (1962–65)</li> <li>Aryeh Sheftel (1965–69)</li> <li>Hananya Gibstein (1969–83)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meir_Nitzan" title="Meir Nitzan">Meir Nitzan</a> (1983–2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dov_Tzur" class="mw-redirect" title="Dov Tzur">Dov Tzur</a> (2008–2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raz_Kinstlich" title="Raz Kinstlich">Raz Kinstlich</a> (2018–Present)</li></ul></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education_and_culture">Education and culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rishon_LeZion&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Education and culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:HavivSchool03.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/HavivSchool03.jpg/220px-HavivSchool03.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/HavivSchool03.jpg/330px-HavivSchool03.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/HavivSchool03.jpg/440px-HavivSchool03.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2566" data-file-height="1926" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Haviv_elementary_school" class="mw-redirect" title="Haviv elementary school">Haviv School</a>, the first all-Hebrew elementary school</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:PikiWiki_Israel_9694_jewish_laureates_promenade_in_rishon_lezion.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/PikiWiki_Israel_9694_jewish_laureates_promenade_in_rishon_lezion.jpg/220px-PikiWiki_Israel_9694_jewish_laureates_promenade_in_rishon_lezion.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/PikiWiki_Israel_9694_jewish_laureates_promenade_in_rishon_lezion.jpg/330px-PikiWiki_Israel_9694_jewish_laureates_promenade_in_rishon_lezion.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/PikiWiki_Israel_9694_jewish_laureates_promenade_in_rishon_lezion.jpg/440px-PikiWiki_Israel_9694_jewish_laureates_promenade_in_rishon_lezion.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption>Boardwalk (<i>Tayelet Hatnei Pras Nobel</i>) with cenotaphs of Jewish Nobel Prize laureates in Rishon LeZion</figcaption></figure> <p>Rishon LeZion has twenty-three elementary schools, nine middle schools, and twelve high schools. Rishon Lezion's College of Management has a student population of 10,000.<sup id="cite_ref-profile_23-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-profile-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sixty percent of twelve graders in the city qualify for a matriculation certificate. </p><p>Rishon LeZion holds an annual wine festival. The Rishon LeZion <a href="/wiki/Amphitheatre#Modern_amphitheatres" title="Amphitheatre">Amphitheatre</a> Live Park has hosted overseas artists such as <a href="/wiki/Sting_(musician)" title="Sting (musician)">Sting</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mariah_Carey" title="Mariah Carey">Mariah Carey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ozzy_Osbourne" title="Ozzy Osbourne">Ozzy Osbourne</a>, <a href="/wiki/Christina_Aguilera" title="Christina Aguilera">Christina Aguilera</a>, <a href="/wiki/Metallica" title="Metallica">Metallica</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alanis_Morissette" title="Alanis Morissette">Alanis Morissette</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alt-J" title="Alt-J">alt-J</a>, <a href="/wiki/Megadeth" title="Megadeth">Megadeth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Deep_Purple" title="Deep Purple">Deep Purple</a>, <a href="/wiki/Avicii" title="Avicii">Avicii</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jason_Derulo" title="Jason Derulo">Jason Derulo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Flo_Rida" title="Flo Rida">Flo Rida</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wiz_Khalifa" title="Wiz Khalifa">Wiz Khalifa</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sean_Paul" title="Sean Paul">Sean Paul</a>. The city has a municipal <a href="/wiki/Zoo" title="Zoo">zoo</a>, an amusement park (<a href="/wiki/Superland" title="Superland">Superland</a>), and a beach promenade. <i>Heychal HaTarbut</i> (Hall of Culture) is a venue for <a href="/wiki/Classical_music" title="Classical music">classical concerts</a>, <a href="/wiki/Theatre" title="Theatre">theatre performances</a> and cultural events. It has a larger theatre for shows and two smaller ones for art workshops. The Israel Symphony Orchestra Rishon LeZion has participated in music festivals all over the world. It was awarded the <a href="/wiki/Society_of_Authors,_Composers_and_Music_Publishers_in_Israel" title="Society of Authors, Composers and Music Publishers in Israel">ACUM</a> Prize in 1991. </p><p>The city also has beautiful architecture and museums like the Rishon LeZion Museum and the Yaakov Agam Museum. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Landmarks">Landmarks</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rishon_LeZion&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Landmarks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Landmarks in Rishon LeZion include the history museum; the <a href="/wiki/Carmel_Winery" title="Carmel Winery">Carmel Winery</a>; the administrative center of <a href="/wiki/Edmond_James_de_Rothschild" title="Edmond James de Rothschild">Edmond James de Rothschild</a>, now a soldiers' memorial; the Great Synagogue; the Well; the old water tower; and Beit Sefer Haviv, the first Hebrew School. "Open Doors" is a holocaust memorial which is a 7-meter-high (23 ft) sculpture designed by Filipino artist Luis Lee Jr. It was erected in honor and thanks to <a href="/wiki/Manuel_L._Quezon" title="Manuel L. Quezon">President Manuel Quezon</a> and the Filipinos who saved over 1,200 Jews from <a href="/wiki/Nazi_Germany" title="Nazi Germany">Nazi Germany</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Former mayor Meir Nitzan initiated the construction of a promenade honoring <a href="/wiki/List_of_Jewish_Nobel_laureates" title="List of Jewish Nobel laureates">Jewish Nobel Prize laureates</a> in the neighborhood named Kiryat Hatanei Pras Nobel (קריית חתני פרס נובל). The promenade that was named <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.science.co.il/nobel-prizes/nobel-laureates-boulevard/">Nobel Laureates Boulevard</a> (in Hebrew טיילת חתני פרס נובל) starts at the beginning of Eli Wiesel St. and continues through Henry Kissinger and Rene Cassin Streets in Kiryat Hatanei Pras Nobel. The boulevard has a pedestal erected for each laureate. The circular medal on top of the pedestal includes the year of the award in the center of the medal; the name of the laureate, the country, and the prize field are shown in both Hebrew and English. The citation of the Prize is listed on an additional plaque on the side of the pedestal. The scientific advisor of the project was Rishon Lezion resident, Prof. <a href="/wiki/Israel_Hanukoglu" title="Israel Hanukoglu">Israel Hanukoglu</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rishon_LeZion&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Rishon LeZion is located on the <a href="/wiki/Israeli_Coastal_Plain" class="mw-redirect" title="Israeli Coastal Plain">Israeli Mediterranean Coastal Plain</a> and the northern <a href="/wiki/Shephelah" title="Shephelah">Shephelah</a>. The city sees the majority of its annual 800 mm (31 in) of precipitation between October and March. </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Rishon LeZion </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFA347; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.8<br />(64.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF9F3F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.4<br />(65.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF8B17; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.3<br />(69.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF6B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.9<br />(76.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF5D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.9<br />(80.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF5400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.2<br />(84.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF4B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.6<br />(87.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF4B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.5<br />(88.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF5700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.8<br />(86.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF7000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.2<br />(82.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF9327; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.1<br />(75.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF9E3E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.5<br />(67.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF7500; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">24.5<br />(77.2) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFE8D2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.7<br />(44.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFE7D0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.9<br />(44.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFDCBA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.5<br />(47.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFC790; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.5<br />(51.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFB164; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.7<br />(56.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFA143; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.1<br />(62.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF9021; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.6<br />(67.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF952C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.8<br />(68.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFA64E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.3<br />(64.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFC994; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.2<br />(59.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFDDBB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.4<br />(52.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFE5CC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.2<br />(46.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFC387; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">13.2<br />(55.4) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #000091; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">244.7<br />(9.63) </td> <td style="background: #4C4CFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">108.9<br />(4.29) </td> <td style="background: #A3A3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">61.4<br />(2.42) </td> <td style="background: #D8D8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.3<br />(1.00) </td> <td style="background: #F9F9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.5<br />(0.14) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0<br />(0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0<br />(0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0<br />(0) </td> <td style="background: #FBFBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.1<br />(0.08) </td> <td style="background: #B7B7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">47.9<br />(1.89) </td> <td style="background: #8D8DFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">73.7<br />(2.90) </td> <td style="background: #00009D; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">236.8<br />(9.32) </td> <td style="background: #9999FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">804.3<br />(31.67) </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source: <a href="/w/index.php?title=YR.NO&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="YR.NO (page does not exist)">YR.NO</a><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Neighborhoods">Neighborhoods</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rishon_LeZion&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Neighborhoods"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rishon-gan01.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Rishon-gan01.jpg/220px-Rishon-gan01.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Rishon-gan01.jpg/330px-Rishon-gan01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Rishon-gan01.jpg/440px-Rishon-gan01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1920" data-file-height="2560" /></a><figcaption>Gan Rishon</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:RishonWaterTower03.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/RishonWaterTower03.jpg/220px-RishonWaterTower03.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/RishonWaterTower03.jpg/330px-RishonWaterTower03.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/RishonWaterTower03.jpg/440px-RishonWaterTower03.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1920" data-file-height="2560" /></a><figcaption>Old water tower</figcaption></figure> <p>Rishon LeZion can be divided into four main quarters: the old city, the eastern housing projects, the northern (old) industrial zone, and Western Rishon LeZion. There is also an industrial zone on the southern tip of the city, next to <a href="/wiki/Gan_Sorek" title="Gan Sorek">Gan Sorek</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Old_city">Old city</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rishon_LeZion&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Old city"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The old city of Rishon includes the original neighborhoods, some buildings dating back to Rishon's founding in 1881. This quarter is located in the city center, between and around Herzl and Jabotinsky Streets. It includes the following neighborhoods: Nahalat Yehuda (on the northernmost tip of Rishon); Neve Hillel; Bnot Hayil; Abramovich; Katzenelson; Remez (Giv'at Levinson), on the southwestern tip of old Rishon; Rishonim (Gan Nahum), to the east of Remez </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Shikunei_HaMizrah">Shikunei HaMizrah</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rishon_LeZion&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Shikunei HaMizrah"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Eastern Housing Projects (<a href="/wiki/Hebrew_language" title="Hebrew language">Hebrew</a>: <span lang="he" dir="rtl">שיכוני המזרח</span> <i>Shikunei HaMizrah</i>) was Rishon's quick expansion to the east. It is dominated by the housing projects (<i>shikunim</i>) there, in the <i>Shikunei HaMizrah</i> neighborhood itself. The eastern projects stopped developing when they reached the fences of the <a href="/wiki/Tzrifin" title="Tzrifin">Tzrifin</a> military base. When and if Tzrifin is sold to private contractors as planned, this quarter is expected to expand significantly with new lucrative housing projects. Other smaller neighborhoods include Revivim, Kidmat Rishon, Ne'urim, Rambam, Neve Hadarim, <a href="/wiki/HaShomer" class="mw-redirect" title="HaShomer">HaShomer</a>, Kfar Arye, Mishor HaNof and Kiryat Simha. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Old_industrial_zone">Old industrial zone</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rishon_LeZion&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Old industrial zone"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The industrial zones in Rishon LeZion are called <i>Mabat</i>, an abbreviation for <i>Miskhar, Bilui VeTa'asiya</i> (Commerce, Pastime and Industry). The northern zone is the oldest and original industrial zone, once full of light industry and glass factories. Today, it is known for its prolific nightlife. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="West_Rishon">West Rishon</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rishon_LeZion&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: West Rishon"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>West Rishon LeZion is the conglomeration of the new neighborhoods of the city, built in the 1980s and 90s. The west also has a higher land value because of its relative proximity to the <a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_Sea" title="Mediterranean Sea">Mediterranean Sea</a>. It includes the entire city west of <a href="/wiki/Highway_42_(Israel)" title="Highway 42 (Israel)">Tzahal Road</a>. The quarter includes the new industrial zone (Western <i>Mabat</i>), and several residential neighborhoods: Neve Eliyahu (or Ramat Eliyahu), Neot Shikma, Neve Dekalim, Neve Hof (or Pueblo Español), Neve Yam, Kiryat Rishon, Kiryat Cramim, Kiryat Ganim, Neot Ashalim, Kiryat Hatanei Pras Nobel (<i>lit</i> Nobel Prize Laureates' Town) </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sports">Sports</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rishon_LeZion&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Beach_of_RLZ_06.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Beach_of_RLZ_06.JPG/220px-Beach_of_RLZ_06.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Beach_of_RLZ_06.JPG/330px-Beach_of_RLZ_06.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Beach_of_RLZ_06.JPG/440px-Beach_of_RLZ_06.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3888" data-file-height="2592" /></a><figcaption>Rishon LeZion beach</figcaption></figure> <p>Rishon LeZion is known for its achievements in <a href="/wiki/Team_handball" class="mw-redirect" title="Team handball">handball</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chess" title="Chess">chess</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2010)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> In handball, Hapoel Rishon LeZion and <a href="/wiki/Maccabi_Rishon_LeZion_(handball)" title="Maccabi Rishon LeZion (handball)">Maccabi Rishon LeZion</a> dominate the handball league. Hapoel has won more than seven domestic championships and cups in a row, with stars like goalkeeper Vladimir Zaikman and field-players Idan Maimon and Dudi Balsar. Its biggest rival, Maccabi took the championship title from Hapoel in 2005/06. Handball is also a dominant sport in Rishon LeZion high schools. The <i>Amit Amal</i> high school handball team has won the world championship several times.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2010)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In chess, the <i>Rishon LeZion Chess Club</i>, founded in 1939, is one of the leading clubs in Israel, in senior, women and youth leagues. Israeli grandmasters such as <a href="/wiki/Boris_Alterman" title="Boris Alterman">Boris Alterman</a> play for Rishon. World champion <a href="/wiki/Garry_Kasparov" title="Garry Kasparov">Garry Kasparov</a> was a former member. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:WikiAir_IL-13-06_008.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/WikiAir_IL-13-06_008.JPG/220px-WikiAir_IL-13-06_008.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/WikiAir_IL-13-06_008.JPG/330px-WikiAir_IL-13-06_008.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/WikiAir_IL-13-06_008.JPG/440px-WikiAir_IL-13-06_008.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3888" data-file-height="2592" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Haberfeld_Stadium" title="Haberfeld Stadium">Haberfeld Stadium</a></figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Hapoel_Rishon_LeZion_F.C." title="Hapoel Rishon LeZion F.C.">Hapoel Rishon LeZion</a> is the major <a href="/wiki/Football_(soccer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Football (soccer)">football</a> club, currently playing in the <a href="/wiki/Liga_Leumit" title="Liga Leumit">second tier</a>, although the club played in the past in the <a href="/wiki/Israeli_Premier_League" title="Israeli Premier League">top division</a>, even as recently as <a href="/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Israeli_Premier_League" title="2011–12 Israeli Premier League">2011–12</a>. The club also appeared in two cup finals, in <a href="/wiki/1946_Palestine_Cup" title="1946 Palestine Cup">1946</a> and in <a href="/wiki/1995%E2%80%9396_Israel_State_Cup" title="1995–96 Israel State Cup">1996</a> and won the <a href="/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_Toto_Cup_Leumit" title="2012–13 Toto Cup Leumit">2012–13 Toto Cup Leumit</a>. Other active football teams are <a href="/wiki/F.C._Shikun_HaMizrah" title="F.C. Shikun HaMizrah">Moadon Sport Shikun HaMizrah</a> (playing in <a href="/wiki/Liga_Alef" title="Liga Alef">Liga Alef</a>), <a href="/wiki/Hapoel_Nahlat_Yehuda_F.C." title="Hapoel Nahlat Yehuda F.C.">Hapoel Nahalat Yehuda</a> (playing in <a href="/wiki/Liga_Bet" title="Liga Bet">Liga Bet</a>), and Moadon Sport Rishon LeZion (playing in <a href="/wiki/Liga_Gimel" title="Liga Gimel">Liga Gimel</a>). Other football clubs previously played in the city, such as <a href="/wiki/Maccabi_Rishon_LeZion_F.C." title="Maccabi Rishon LeZion F.C.">Maccabi Rishon Lezion</a>, which played at the top division during the 1940s and the two seasons after the <a href="/wiki/Israeli_Declaration_of_Independence" title="Israeli Declaration of Independence">Israeli Declaration of Independence</a>, as well as smaller clubs which played in the lower tiers, such as Beitar Rishon LeZion, Hapoel Bnei Zion and Hapoel HaMegabesh Rishon LeZion. </p><p>The main football stadium in Rishon LeZion is the 6,000-seat <a href="/wiki/Haberfeld_Stadium" title="Haberfeld Stadium">Haberfeld Stadium</a>, which hosts matches of <a href="/wiki/Hapoel_Rishon_LeZion_F.C." title="Hapoel Rishon LeZion F.C.">Hapoel Rishon LeZion</a>. Other, smaller stadiums, are located in Shikun Hamizrah, in Nahlat Yehuda, and in the Superland amusement park complex. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Maccabi_Rishon_LeZion_(basketball)" title="Maccabi Rishon LeZion (basketball)">Maccabi Rishon LeZion</a> basketball team is a long-time member of <a href="/wiki/Ligat_HaAl_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ligat HaAl (basketball)">Ligat HaAl</a>, the top division. The team plays at Bet Maccabi Arena, which seats 2,500. Maccabi The team was a rival to Israel's top club and European champion, <a href="/wiki/Maccabi_Tel_Aviv_B.C." title="Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C.">Maccabi Tel Aviv</a> in the 1990s. It was a surprise <a href="/wiki/Ligat_HaAl_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ligat HaAl (basketball)">Ligat HaAl</a> champion in the 2015–16 season. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Maccabi_Rishon_LeZion_(handball)" title="Maccabi Rishon LeZion (handball)">Maccabi Rishon LeZion</a> handball team is a long-time member of <a href="/wiki/Ligat_Ha%27Al_(handball)" title="Ligat Ha'Al (handball)">Ligat Ha'Al</a>, the top division. Maccabi Rishon LeZion is the Israeli club to win the greatest <a href="/wiki/Handball" title="Handball">handball</a> national championships. </p><p>The city also is home to the new 3,000-seat Athletics Municipal Stadium, which was built between 2001 and 2013, with the intention to host international athletics competitions.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transportation">Transportation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rishon_LeZion&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Transportation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Rishon LeZion can be accessed by road from several major highways. Public transportation includes <a href="/wiki/Bus" title="Bus">bus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Train" title="Train">train</a> and <a href="/wiki/Share_taxi" title="Share taxi">share taxi</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rail_transport">Rail transport</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rishon_LeZion&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Rail transport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%D7%AA%D7%97%D7%A0%D7%AA%D7%A8%D7%9B%D7%91%D7%AA%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%9F%D7%9C%D7%A6%D7%99%D7%95%D7%9F.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/%D7%AA%D7%97%D7%A0%D7%AA%D7%A8%D7%9B%D7%91%D7%AA%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%9F%D7%9C%D7%A6%D7%99%D7%95%D7%9F.jpg/220px-%D7%AA%D7%97%D7%A0%D7%AA%D7%A8%D7%9B%D7%91%D7%AA%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%9F%D7%9C%D7%A6%D7%99%D7%95%D7%9F.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/%D7%AA%D7%97%D7%A0%D7%AA%D7%A8%D7%9B%D7%91%D7%AA%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%9F%D7%9C%D7%A6%D7%99%D7%95%D7%9F.jpg/330px-%D7%AA%D7%97%D7%A0%D7%AA%D7%A8%D7%9B%D7%91%D7%AA%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%9F%D7%9C%D7%A6%D7%99%D7%95%D7%9F.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/%D7%AA%D7%97%D7%A0%D7%AA%D7%A8%D7%9B%D7%91%D7%AA%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%9F%D7%9C%D7%A6%D7%99%D7%95%D7%9F.jpg/440px-%D7%AA%D7%97%D7%A0%D7%AA%D7%A8%D7%9B%D7%91%D7%AA%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%9F%D7%9C%D7%A6%D7%99%D7%95%D7%9F.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2816" data-file-height="2112" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Rishon_LeZion_Moshe_Dayan_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Rishon LeZion Moshe Dayan railway station">Rishon LeZion Moshe Dayan railway station</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:RishonLeZion-ganhamoshava02.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/RishonLeZion-ganhamoshava02.jpg/220px-RishonLeZion-ganhamoshava02.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/RishonLeZion-ganhamoshava02.jpg/330px-RishonLeZion-ganhamoshava02.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/RishonLeZion-ganhamoshava02.jpg/440px-RishonLeZion-ganhamoshava02.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2566" data-file-height="1926" /></a><figcaption>Gan Habaron</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Rishon_LeZion_HaRishonim_Railway_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="Rishon LeZion HaRishonim Railway Station">Rishon LeZion HaRishonim Railway Station</a> is located to the south of the city center, in the middle of HaRishonim Interchange, at the intersection of the new <a href="/wiki/Route_431_(Israel)" title="Route 431 (Israel)">Highway 431</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Route_412_(Israel)" title="Route 412 (Israel)">Rishon LeZion – Ness Ziona road</a>. There are direct trains from the HaRishonim Railway Station to <a href="/wiki/Tel_Aviv" title="Tel Aviv">Tel Aviv</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lod" title="Lod">Lod</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bnei_Brak" title="Bnei Brak">Bnei Brak</a>, <a href="/wiki/Petah_Tikva" title="Petah Tikva">Petah Tikva</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rosh_HaAyin" title="Rosh HaAyin">Rosh HaAyin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hod_HaSharon" title="Hod HaSharon">Hod HaSharon</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kfar_Saba" title="Kfar Saba">Kfar Saba</a>. All stations of <a href="/wiki/Israel_Railways" title="Israel Railways">Israel Railways</a> can be accessed using the <a href="/wiki/Interchange_station" title="Interchange station">transfer stations</a> at Tel Aviv and Lod. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Rishon_LeZion_Moshe_Dayan_Railway_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="Rishon LeZion Moshe Dayan Railway Station">Rishon LeZion Moshe Dayan Railway Station</a> is in the western part of the city, situated on the new rail line from Tel Aviv to <a href="/wiki/Ashdod" title="Ashdod">Ashdod</a> via Moshe Dayan station and <a href="/wiki/Yavne" title="Yavne">Yavne</a> (West). There are future long-range plans for someday connecting the Rishonim station with Moshe Dayan station, while constructing a couple of additional railway stations in between them. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Green_Line_(Tel_Aviv_Light_Rail)" title="Green Line (Tel Aviv Light Rail)">Green Line</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Tel_Aviv_Light_Rail" title="Tel Aviv Light Rail">Tel Aviv Light Rail</a> and the M1 Line of the <a href="/wiki/Tel_Aviv_Metro" title="Tel Aviv Metro">Tel Aviv Metro</a> are planned to run through Rishon LeZion. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bus_transport">Bus transport</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rishon_LeZion&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Bus transport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The bus companies serving intercity lines in Rishon LeZion are: <a href="/wiki/Egged_(company)" title="Egged (company)">Egged</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dan_Bus_Company" title="Dan Bus Company">Dan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Afikim_(company)" class="mw-redirect" title="Afikim (company)">Afikim</a>, <a href="/wiki/Metropoline" title="Metropoline">Metropoline</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Kavim" title="Kavim">Kavim</a>. Rishon LeZion has an intracity bus network operated by Egged and Dan. Most lines are metropolitan, continuing to <a href="/wiki/Bat_Yam" title="Bat Yam">Bat Yam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Holon" title="Holon">Holon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tel_Aviv-Jaffa" class="mw-redirect" title="Tel Aviv-Jaffa">Tel Aviv and Jaffa</a>. The bus lines are augmented by share taxis operated by Moniyot HaIr. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rishon_LeZion&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Yaacov_Agam.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Yaacov_Agam.JPG/180px-Yaacov_Agam.JPG" decoding="async" width="180" height="272" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Yaacov_Agam.JPG/270px-Yaacov_Agam.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Yaacov_Agam.JPG/360px-Yaacov_Agam.JPG 2x" data-file-width="393" data-file-height="593" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Yaacov_Agam" title="Yaacov Agam">Yaacov Agam</a></figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:EranZeahviCelebrating.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/EranZeahviCelebrating.jpg/180px-EranZeahviCelebrating.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="175" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/EranZeahviCelebrating.jpg/270px-EranZeahviCelebrating.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/EranZeahviCelebrating.jpg/360px-EranZeahviCelebrating.jpg 2x" data-file-width="669" data-file-height="651" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Eran_Zehavi" class="mw-redirect" title="Eran Zehavi">Eran Zehavi</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Yaacov_Agam" title="Yaacov Agam">Yaacov Agam</a> (born 1928), sculptor and artist<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zohar_Argov" title="Zohar Argov">Zohar Argov</a> (1955–1987), singer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Linoy_Ashram" title="Linoy Ashram">Linoy Ashram</a> (born 1999), retired individual rhythmic gymnast, first Israeli Olympic champion in rhythmic gymnastics<sup id="cite_ref-news.walla.co.il_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-news.walla.co.il-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daria_Atamanov" title="Daria Atamanov">Daria Atamanov</a> (born 2005), world champion <a href="/wiki/Rhythmic_gymnast" class="mw-redirect" title="Rhythmic gymnast">rhythmic gymnast</a><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eliza_Banchuk" title="Eliza Banchuk">Eliza Banchuk</a> (born 2007), world champion rhythmic gymnast</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yigal_Bashan" title="Yigal Bashan">Yigal Bashan</a> (1950–2018), singer, songwriter, and actor<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tal_Ben_Haim" title="Tal Ben Haim">Tal Ben Haim</a> (born 1982), international footballer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shmuel_Cohen" title="Shmuel Cohen">Shmuel Cohen</a> (1870–1940), musical composer of the Israeli National Anthem, the <a href="/wiki/Hatikvah" title="Hatikvah">Hatikvah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shoshana_Damari" title="Shoshana Damari">Shoshana Damari</a> (1923–2006), singer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tal_Dunne" title="Tal Dunne">Tal Dunne</a> (born 1987), Welsh-born Israeli professional basketball player for <a href="/wiki/Ironi_Nes_Ziona_B.C." class="mw-redirect" title="Ironi Nes Ziona B.C.">Ironi Nes Ziona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Artem_Dolgopyat" title="Artem Dolgopyat">Artem Dolgopyat</a> (born 1997), Olympic champion and world champion gymnast<sup id="cite_ref-news.walla.co.il_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-news.walla.co.il-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noam_Dovrat" title="Noam Dovrat">Noam Dovrat</a> (born 2002), basketball player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mei_Finegold" title="Mei Finegold">Mei Finegold</a> (born 1982), singer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shai_Gabso" title="Shai Gabso">Shai Gabso</a> (born 1984), singer<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gideon_Gechtman" title="Gideon Gechtman">Gideon Gechtman</a> (1942–2008), sculptor<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boris_Gelfand" title="Boris Gelfand">Boris Gelfand</a> (born 1968), chess grandmaster<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rami_Gershon" title="Rami Gershon">Rami Gershon</a> (born 1988), international footballer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eliyahu_Giladi" title="Eliyahu Giladi">Eliyahu Giladi</a> (1915–1943), executed <a href="/wiki/Lehi_(militant_group)" title="Lehi (militant group)">Lehi</a> fighter</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ya%27akov_Hodorov" title="Ya'akov Hodorov">Ya'akov Hodorov</a> (1927–2006), goalkeeper<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nitzan_Horowitz" title="Nitzan Horowitz">Nitzan Horowitz</a> (born 1965), politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ziv_Kalontarov" title="Ziv Kalontarov">Ziv Kalontarov</a> (born 1997), European champion swimmer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tomer_Kapon" class="mw-redirect" title="Tomer Kapon">Tomer Kapon</a> (born 1985), film and television actor<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anastassia_Michaeli" title="Anastassia Michaeli">Anastassia Michaeli</a> (born 1975), television journalist, presenter, politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yagutil_Mishiev" title="Yagutil Mishiev">Yagutil Mishiev</a> (born 1927), author</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shlomo_Molla" title="Shlomo Molla">Shlomo Molla</a> (born 1965), politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muki_(singer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Muki (singer)">Muki</a> (born 1975), singer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Paltchik" title="Peter Paltchik">Peter Paltchik</a> (born 1992), Olympic and European champion judoka</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ophir_Pines-Paz" title="Ophir Pines-Paz">Ophir Pines-Paz</a> (born 1961), politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sefi_Rivlin" title="Sefi Rivlin">Sefi Rivlin</a> (1947–2013), actor and comedian<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sagiv_Yehezkel" title="Sagiv Yehezkel">Sagiv Yehezkel</a> (born 1995), international footballer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tomer_Z" title="Tomer Z">Tomer Z</a>, drummer, <a href="/wiki/Blackfield" title="Blackfield">Blackfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eran_Zahavi" title="Eran Zahavi">Eran Zahavi</a> (born 1987), international footballer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bat-Sheva_Zeisler" title="Bat-Sheva Zeisler">Bat-Sheva Zeisler</a>, singer and voice teacher<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="International_relations">International relations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rishon_LeZion&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: International relations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_twin_towns_and_sister_cities_in_Israel" title="List of twin towns and sister cities in Israel">List of twin towns and sister cities in Israel</a></div> <p>Rishon LeZion is <a href="/wiki/Sister_city" title="Sister city">twinned</a> with:<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 20em;"> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia"><img alt="Russia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Admiralteysky_District" title="Admiralteysky District">Admiralteysky (Saint Petersburg)</a>, Russia</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Romania" title="Romania"><img alt="Romania" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/23px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/35px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/45px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Bra%C8%99ov" title="Brașov">Brașov</a>, Romania</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Hungary" title="Hungary"><img alt="Hungary" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/23px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/35px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/46px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Debrecen" title="Debrecen">Debrecen</a>, Hungary</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Ethiopia" title="Ethiopia"><img alt="Ethiopia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Flag_of_Ethiopia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ethiopia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Flag_of_Ethiopia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ethiopia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Flag_of_Ethiopia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Ethiopia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Gondar" title="Gondar">Gondar</a>, Ethiopia</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Lithuania" title="Lithuania"><img alt="Lithuania" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Lithuania.svg/23px-Flag_of_Lithuania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Lithuania.svg/35px-Flag_of_Lithuania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Lithuania.svg/46px-Flag_of_Lithuania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kaunas" title="Kaunas">Kaunas</a>, Lithuania</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Ukraine" title="Ukraine"><img alt="Ukraine" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/45px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kharkiv" title="Kharkiv">Kharkiv</a>, Ukraine</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Poland" title="Poland"><img alt="Poland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Lublin" title="Lublin">Lublin</a>, Poland</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/M%C3%BCnster" title="Münster">Münster</a>, Germany</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/N%C3%AEmes" title="Nîmes">Nîmes</a>, France (1986)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Slovakia" title="Slovakia"><img alt="Slovakia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Flag_of_Slovakia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Slovakia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Flag_of_Slovakia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Slovakia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Flag_of_Slovakia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Slovakia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Pre%C5%A1ov" title="Prešov">Prešov</a>, Slovakia (2008)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Maryland" title="Maryland"><img alt="Maryland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Flag_of_Maryland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Maryland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Flag_of_Maryland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Maryland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Flag_of_Maryland.svg/45px-Flag_of_Maryland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></span><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Prince_George%27s_County,_Maryland" title="Prince George's County, Maryland">Prince George's County, Maryland</a>, United States</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Italy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Teramo" title="Teramo">Teramo</a>, Italy (1988)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/China" title="China"><img alt="China" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Tianjin" title="Tianjin">Tianjin</a>, China</li></ul> </div> <p>During the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_War" title="Gulf War">Gulf War</a> in 1991, the mayor of <a href="/wiki/M%C3%BCnster" title="Münster">Münster</a>, Germany, made a surprise visit to Rishon LeZion. According to <a href="/wiki/Haaretz" title="Haaretz">Haaretz</a>, he felt he could not sit quietly at home while missiles were falling on his sister city. Throughout the war, he stayed at the home of Rishon LeZion mayor <a href="/wiki/Meir_Nitzan" title="Meir Nitzan">Meir Nitzan</a> and accompanied him on visits to sites hit by missiles.<sup id="cite_ref-aretz_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aretz-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2009 a memorial was erected in Rishon LeZion to the 10,000 German and Austrian Jews who found refuge in the Philippines during the <a href="/wiki/Shoah" class="mw-redirect" title="Shoah">Shoah</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rishon_LeZion&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Israelpopulations-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Israelpopulations_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Israelpopulations_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Israelpopulations_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cbs.gov.il/en/settlements/Pages/default.aspx?mode=Yeshuv">"Regional Statistics"</a>. <i>Israel Central Bureau of Statistics</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Council">Hof HaSharon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lev_HaSharon_Regional_Council" title="Lev HaSharon Regional Council">Lev HaSharon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nahal_Sorek_Regional_Council" title="Nahal Sorek Regional Council">Nahal Sorek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sdot_Dan_Regional_Council" title="Sdot Dan Regional Council">Sdot Dan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Borough" title="Borough">Boroughs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Modi%27in-Maccabim-Re%27ut" title="Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut">Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neve_Monosson" title="Neve Monosson">Neve Monosson</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">See also</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gush_Dan" title="Gush Dan">Gush Dan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sharon_plain" title="Sharon plain">Sharon plain</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3"><div> <ul><li><b>Other sub-divisions</b>: <a href="/wiki/Haifa_District" title="Haifa District">Haifa District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerusalem_District" title="Jerusalem District">Jerusalem District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judea_and_Samaria_Area" title="Judea and Samaria Area">Judea and Samaria Area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_District_(Israel)" title="Northern District (Israel)">Northern District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_District_(Israel)" title="Southern District (Israel)">Southern District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tel_Aviv_District" title="Tel Aviv District">Tel Aviv District</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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title="Nahariya">Nahariya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nazareth" title="Nazareth">Nazareth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ness_Ziona" title="Ness Ziona">Ness Ziona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ra%27anana" title="Ra'anana">Ra'anana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rahat" title="Rahat">Rahat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramla" title="Ramla">Ramla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosh_HaAyin" title="Rosh HaAyin">Rosh HaAyin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Umm_al-Fahm" title="Umm al-Fahm">Umm al-Fahm</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">15,000–49,999</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Acre,_Israel" title="Acre, Israel">Acre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arad,_Israel" title="Arad, Israel">Arad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arraba,_Israel" title="Arraba, Israel">Arraba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baqa_al-Gharbiyye" title="Baqa al-Gharbiyye">Baqa 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