| Yad Binyamin | |
| Meaning: | Binyamin Memorial |
| Founded: | 1962 |
| District: | center |
| Council: | Nahal Sorek |
| Pushpin Map: | Israel center ta#Israel |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
| Pushpin Label Position: | top |
| Coordinates: | 31.7972°N 34.8214°W |
Yad Binyamin (Hebrew: יַד בִּנְיָמִין, lit. Binyamin Memorial)[1] is a community settlement in central Israel. The seat of Nahal Sorek Regional Council, it is located adjacent to the junction of three major highways: Highway 3, Highway 6, and Highway 7. In it had a population of .
Yad Binyamin was founded on the land of the depopulated Palestinian village of Al-Mukhayzin.[2] The land had been used as a Ma'abara Nativa which was abandoned as a religious settlement and educational center in 1962 by Poalei Agudat Yisrael, in partnership with the municipality of Nahal Sorek.[3] It was named after the former Minister of Postal Services, Binyamin Mintz, who had died the previous year.[4] For many years, the community was a center of higher Jewish learning, based around the yeshiva.
Following the disengagement plan, around 200 families from Gush Katif moved into temporary pre-fabricated housing in Yad Binyamin. Some later moved to a new village named Ganei Tal after the former settlement by the same name.[5] Many other families have moved to Netzer Hazani.[6]
The community has a neighborhood, called Ahuzat Yonatan, that is for people ages 55 and older. The neighborhood has approximately 160 apartments as well as a shared building containing a synagogue.[7]
Yad Binyamin is located 3km (02miles) from the Re'em Junction on Highway 3, and one kilometer from the intersection of Highway 6 and Highway 7. In September 2018, Israel Railways opened the nearby Kiryat Malachi-Yoav station, connecting the area to the Nahariyah–Beersheba line.[8] A number of Egged bus routes provide transport links to Jerusalem, Ashkelon, and other cities.