Yehud-Monosson () is a city formed by the joint municipality of the town of Yehud and the neighboring communal settlement of Neve Monosson in central Israel. In the city had a population of .
History Within a local authority merger program initiated by the Israeli Ministry of the Interior in 2003, the Municipality of Yehud was merged with the Local Council of Neve Monosson. The logo is inscribed with Biblical words from Genesis 49:8: "Judah, your brothers will praise you; your hand will be on the neck of your enemies."
Under the terms of the merger, Neve Monosson was left with a high level of communal autonomy under the elected Neve Monosson Local Administration (minhelet mekomit) which was granted municipal status as an autonomous borough (va'ad rova ironi) by the Interior Minister in 2005 within the implementation of the merger plan.
Demographics YearPopulation 1972 9,000 1983 13,000 1995 18,800 2008 26,200 2022 30,977 2024 32,145
Voting Patterns In the 2022 election, 50 percent of voters in Yehud-Monosson voted for the parties of the center-left coalition led by Yair Lapid, while 47 percent voted for the parties of the right-wing coalition led by Benjamin Netanyahu and 0.1 percent voted for the Arab parties.
Notable people Yonit Naaman, essayist, editor, and literary researcher Golan Pollack (born 1991), Olympic judoka Shlomi Shabat, vocalist
References
External links Official website