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{{Short description|City in Israel}}
{{Infobox Israel municipality
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'''Petah Tikva''' ({{lang-he-n|פֶּתַח תִּקְוָה}}, "Opening of Hope") known as ''Em HaMoshavot'' ("Mother of the '']''"), is a city in the ] of ]. Petah Tikva's jurisdiction covers 35,868 ]s (~35.9&nbsp;km² or 15 sq&nbsp;mi). The population density is {{convert|4600|PD/km2}}. According to the ], at the end of 2007, the city's population stood at 188,900, growing at an annual rate of 2.5%.<ref name="cbs populations">{{cite web|url=http://www.cbs.gov.il/population/new_2009/table3.pdf|publisher=]|title=Table 3 - Population of Localities Numbering Above 1,000 Residents and Other Rural Population|date=2008-06-30|accessdate=2008-10-03}}</ref>


'''Petah Tikva''' ({{langx|he|{{Script/Hebrew|פתח תקווה}}}} {{IPA|he|ˈpetaχ ˈtikva|}}, {{Literal translation|Opening of Hope}}), also known as '''Em HaMoshavot''' ({{literal translation|Mother of the '']''}}), is a city in the ] of ], {{convert|10.6|km|1|abbr=on}} east of ]. It was founded in 1878, mainly by ] of the ], and became a permanent settlement in 1883 with the financial help of ].
==Etymology==
The name of Petah Tikva was chosen by its founders in 1878 from the prophecy of ] (2:17), "And I will give her vineyards from thence, and the Valley of Achor for an ''opening of hope'': and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt."


In {{Israel populations|Year}}, the city had a population of {{Israel populations|Petah Tiqwa}},{{Israel populations|reference}} being so the ] in Israel. Its population density is approximately {{convert|6277|PD/km2}}. Its jurisdiction covers 35,868 ]s (~35.9&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> or 15 sq&nbsp;mi). Petah Tikva is part of the ].
Petah Tikva's emblem appears on a ] designed by ], a founding member of Petah Tikva. The plow symbolizes Petah Tikva's origins as an agricultural settlement, the field symbolizes the drying of the ] swamps and cultivation of the land, and the orange tree symbolizes Petah Tikva's citrus industry, starting with the first tree planted by Rabbi ].

==Etymology==
Petah Tikva takes its name (meaning "Door of Hope") from the biblical allusion in ] 2:15: "... and make the valley of Achor a door of hope."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Petah-Tiqwa|title=Petaḥ Tiqwa &#124; Israel|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|access-date=2019-11-06|archive-date=2019-11-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191106074226/https://www.britannica.com/place/Petah-Tiqwa|url-status=live}}</ref> The ], near ], was the original proposed location for the town.


==History== ==History==
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Tell Mulabbis, an ] in modern Petah Tikva, is an important archaeological site from the ] basin, with habitation remains from the Roman, Byzantine, Early Islamic, Crusader, Mamluk and Late Ottoman periods.<ref name="Marom">{{harvtxt|Marom|2019|p=134}}: "The following article summarizes our current knowledge of the history of Tell Mulabbis (in modern Petah Tikva). As a key archaeological site in the Yarkon River basin, it was inhabited during the Roman, Byzantine, Early Islamic, Crusader, Mamluk and Late Ottoman periods."</ref> The place was inhabited sporadically, and was known in Arabic as ''']''', and was the site of a ] of the same name, inhabited by the Abu Hamed al-Masri clan.<ref>{{harvtxt|Marom|2019|p=139}}: "Both Jewish and Arab sources ascertain that Mulabbis was settled again by the Abu Hamed al-Masri clan, of Egyptian origins at some point before the middle of the 19th century."</ref>
Petah Tikva was founded in 1878 by religious pioneers from ], who were led by ], Moshe Shmuel Raab, ], ] and David Gutmann as well as ]n Rabbi Aryeh Leib Frumkin and ]. It was the first modern Jewish agricultural settlement in ] Palestine and has since grown to become one of Israel's most populous urban centres.
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Petah Tikva was founded in 1878 by Jewish settlers from Europe, among them ], Moshe Shmuel Raab, ], ],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rishonim.org.il/petach-tikva/info/founder_show.aspx?id=51 |script-title=he:זאב וולף ברנדה ז"ל |language=he |trans-title=Ze'ev Wolf Branda memorial |publisher=Rishonim.org.il |access-date=September 16, 2011 |archive-date=April 8, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160408202051/http://www.rishonim.org.il/petach-tikva/Info/founder_show.aspx?id=51 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and David Gutmann, as well as ]n Rabbi ] who built the first house.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chiefrabbi.org/ReadArtical.aspx?id=447 |title=Future Tense – Israel at 60: A Dream Fulfilled |publisher=Office of the Chief Rabbi |date=December 2007 |access-date=16 April 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100613014131/http://chiefrabbi.org/ReadArtical.aspx?id=447 |archive-date=June 13, 2010 }}</ref> It was the first modern Jewish agricultural settlement in ] (hence its nickname as "Mother of the ]").
Originally intending to establish a new settlement in the ], near ], the pioneers purchased land in that area. However, the Turkish Sultan cancelled the purchase and forbade them from settling there, but they retained the name Petah Tikva as a symbol of their aspirations.
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Originally intending to establish a new settlement in the ], near ], the settlers purchased land in that area. However, ] cancelled the purchase and forbade them from settling there, but they retained the name Petah Tikva as a symbol of their aspirations.


In 1878, the founders of Petah Tikva learned of the availability of land northeast of ] near the village of Mulabes (or Umlabes). The land was owned by two ] businessmen from Jaffa, Antoine Bishara Tayan and Selim Qassar, and was worked by some thirty tenant farmers. Tayan's property was the larger, some 8,500 dunams, but much of it was in the malarial swamp of the ]. Qassar's property, approximately 3,500 dunams, lay a few kilometers to the south of the Yarkon, away from the swampland. It was Qassar's that was purchased on July 30, 1878. Tayan's holdings were purchased when a second group of settlers, known as the Yarkonim, arrived in Petah Tikva the following year.<ref>{{harvtxt|Avneri|1984|p=71}}; {{harvtxt|Glass|Kark|1991|pp=137–138}}; {{harvtxt|Ben Ezer|2013}} has a more detailed discussion of the Yarkonim, in Hebrew.</ref> ] ] allowed the purchase because of the poor quality of the land.<ref>{{cite book |last= Yaari|first= Avraham|date= 1958|title= The Goodly Heritage: Memoirs Describing the Life of the Jewish Community of Eretz Yisrael From the Seventeenth to the Twentieth Centuries|location= Jerusalem|publisher= Youth and Hechalutz Dept. of the Zionist Organization|others= (Translated and abridged by Israel Schen; edited by Isaac Halevy-Levin)|page=93}}</ref>
Undaunted, the settlers purchased a modest area (3.40 square kilometers) from the village of Mulabbis (variants: ''Mlabbes'', ''Um-Labbes''), near the source of the Yarkon River. The Sultan allowed the enterprise to proceed, but because their purchase was located in what was a ]l swamp, they had to evacuate when the malaria spread, founding the town of ] near the Arabic village Yehudiyya about {{convert|20|km|mi}} to the south. With the financial help of ] they were able to drain the swamps sufficiently to be able to move back in 1883, joined by immigrants of the ], and later the ].


In a ] anecdote of Petah Tikva, Yehuda Raab, one of the Hungarian settlers, recalls in his memoirs meeting a ], Daud abu Yusuf, who despite appearing as a ], announced “ana Israʾili,” ''I am Jewish'', and recited the ] by way of proof. Yusuf, along with a ] from ], Yaʿqub bin Maymun Zirmati, was hired as a guard for colony; it was customary for European Jewish colonies to hire local Arab guards or in some cases ]. Both were Ottoman imperial subjects and were important cultural and linguistic go-betweens, for example in the horse and camel trade, from the world of the ] colonists and that of the Eastern or ], today called ].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Halperin |first=Liora R. |date=February 2019 |title=Trading Secrets: Constructions and Contexts of Two Middle Eastern Jewish Guards in the Early Petah Tikva Agricultural Colony |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/international-journal-of-middle-east-studies/article/abs/trading-secrets-constructions-and-contexts-of-two-middle-eastern-jewish-guards-in-the-early-petah-tikva-agricultural-colony/565AE88012E1D8445EB1FCC3AB5CCDA1 |journal=International Journal of Middle East Studies |language=en |volume=51 |issue=1 |pages=65–86 |doi=10.1017/S0020743818001162 |issn=0020-7438}}</ref>
During ], Petah Tikva served as a refugee town for residents of Tel Aviv and ], following their exile by the Turkish authorities due to their refusal to serve the Turkish army to fight the invading British forces. The town suffered heavily as it lay between the Turkish and British fronts during the war.


A ] epidemic broke out in 1880, forcing the abandonment of the settlements on both holdings by 1881<ref>{{harvtxt|Yaari|1958|pp=89–93}} suggests that the colonists began to abandon Petah Tikva in late 1880, and had all left in 1881.</ref> or 1882.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Gilbert |first=Martin |title=Israel: A History |date=September 23, 2008 |publisher=Mariner Books |isbn=978-0688123635 |edition=Revised}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=November 4, 2021 |title=This week in Jewish history {{!}} Petah Tikvah founded |url=https://www.worldjewishcongress.org/en/news/this-week-in-jewish-history--petah-tikvah-founded |access-date=2024-09-27 |website=World Jewish Congress |language=EN}}</ref> Those who remained in the area moved south to ]. After Petah Tikva was reoccupied by ] immigrants in 1883, some of the original families returned. With funding for swamp drainage provided by Baron ], the colony became more stable.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://jafi.org/JewishAgency/English/Jewish+Education/Compelling+Content/Eye+on+Israel/Places+in+Israel/Petah+Tikvah.htm |title=Petah Tikva |website=The Jewish Agency for Israel |access-date=17 July 2014 |archive-date=25 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140825064341/http://jafi.org/JewishAgency/English/Jewish+Education/Compelling+Content/Eye+on+Israel/Places+in+Israel/Petah+Tikvah.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>
Petah Tikva became the school for thousands of pioneer workers, who studied the craft of farming there before they ventured out to establish dozens of settlements in all parts of the country. The agricultural schools are still active to this day.


In March 1886, Arab peasants from ] attacked the Jewish colony, injuring 5, with one dying later, possibly due to aggravation of her preexisting condition. This was called the first violent clash in the ] by ].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Halperin |first=Liora R. |date=2017 |title=Petah Tikva, 1886: Gender, Anonymity, and the Making of Zionist Memory |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2979/jewisocistud.23.1.01 |journal=Jewish Social Studies |volume=23 |issue=1 |pages=1–28 |doi=10.2979/jewisocistud.23.1.01 |jstor=10.2979/jewisocistud.23.1.01 |issn=0021-6704}}</ref>
Petah Tikva was also the birthplace of the ], inspired and encouraged by the writings of ] who lived in Petah Tikva before moving to ] in the ].


Upon learning that the Austrian post office in Jaffa wanted to open a branch in Petah Tikva, Yitzchak Goldenhirsch, an early resident, offered his assistance on condition that the Austrian consulate issued a Hebrew stamp and a special postmark for Petah Tikva. The stamp was designed by an unknown artist featuring a plow, green fields and a blossoming orange tree. The price was 14 ] (a Turkish coin) and displayed the name 'Petah Tikva' in Hebrew letters.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.auctionzip.com/auction-lot/An-envelope-with-a-Petah-Tikva-stamp,-signed-wit_A3B48448E5|title=Lot - An envelope with a Petah Tikva stamp, signed with a special stamp for this stamp|website=www.auctionzip.com|access-date=2019-11-06|archive-date=2019-11-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191106082038/https://www.auctionzip.com/auction-lot/An-envelope-with-a-Petah-Tikva-stamp,-signed-wit_A3B48448E5|url-status=live}}</ref>
The first recorded Arab attack on Jews in ] took place in Petah Tikva in 1886.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.frumkin.org.il/newsl02.htm|title=Frumkin News - Newsletter No. 34|year=2002|month=September|accessdate=2008-10-21}}</ref> Petah Tikva was also the scene of Arab rioting in May 1921, which left four Jews dead.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jafi.org.il/education/100/PLACES/pt.html|title=Petah Tikvah|publisher=]|accessdate=2008-10-21}}</ref>


] lived in Petah Tikva for a few months on his arrival in ] in 1906. It had a population of around 1000, half of them farmers. He found occasional work in the orange groves.<ref>] (2018 - 2019 translation ]) ''A State at Any Cost. The Life of David Ben-Gurion.'' Apollo. {{ISBN|978-1-78954-463-3}}
In the 1930s, the pioneering founders of ] from the ] immigrated to the British Mandate of Palestine, settling near Petah Tikva on land purchased by a Jewish-owned German company. Refining the agricultural skills they learned in Germany, these pioneers began in 1941 to build their kibbutz in its intended location in the south of Israel, operating from Petah Tikva as a base.
. p.62</ref> But, he soon caught malaria and his doctor recommended he return to Europe.<ref>Segev. p.64</ref> The following year, after moving to ], he set up a Jewish workers organisation in Petah Tikva.<ref>Segev. p.81</ref>


During the ] of ], Petah Tikva served as a refugee town for residents of Tel Aviv and ], following their exile by the Ottoman authorities. The town suffered heavily as it lay between the Ottoman and British fronts during the war.{{citation needed|date=August 2019}}
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In the early 1920s, industry began to develop in the Petah Tikva region. In 1921, Petah Tikva was given the status of a ] by the British authorities, and in 1937 it was recognized as a city. Its first mayor, ], was the son of one of its founders, ].


===British Mandate ===
After the creation of the State of Israel in 1948, several adjoining villages - Amishav and ] to the east, ] to the west, towards ], ] and Mahaneh Yehuda to the south and ] on the north - were merged into the municipal boundaries of Petah Tikva, giving it a significant population boost to 22,000.
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In the early 1920s, industry began to develop in the Petah Tikva region. In 1921, Petah Tikva was granted ] status by the British authorities. In May 1921, Petah Tikva was the target of an Arab attack, which left four of its Jewish inhabitants dead–an extension of the ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jafi.org.il/education/100/PLACES/pt.html|title=Petah Tikvah|publisher=]|access-date=October 21, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081121185310/http://www.jafi.org.il/education/100/PLACES/pt.html|archive-date=November 21, 2008}}</ref> In 1927, Petah Tikva concluded a local peace treaty with the Arabs living nearby; subsequently, Petah Tikva was untouched by the ].


According to the ] conducted by the ], Petah Tikva had a total population of 3,032: 3,008 Jews, 22 Muslims and 2 Orthodox Christians.<ref>Barron, 1923, Table VII, Sub-district of Jaffa, p. </ref><ref>Barron, 1923, Table XIV, p. </ref>
During the ], Petah Tikva suffered three terrorist attacks.
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*On May 27, 2002 a suicide bomber blew himself up at a small cafe outside a shopping mall, leaving two dead, including a baby.
By the time the ] was taken, the population had increased to 6,880 inhabitants in 1,688 houses.<ref name="Census1931">Mills, 1932, p. </ref> In 1937, it was recognized as a city. Its first mayor, Shlomo Stampfer, was the son of one of its founders, ].
*On December 25, 2003 a suicide bomber blew himself up at a bus stop near the Geha bridge, killing 4 civilians.
*On February 5, 2006 a Palestinian got into a shuttle taxi, pulled out a knife and began stabbing passengers. A worker from a nearby factory hit him with a log, subduing him. Two civilians died.


Petah Tikva, a center of citrus farming, was considered by both the British government and the Jaffa Electric Company as a potentially important consumer of electricity for irrigation. The Auja Concession, which was granted to the Jaffa Electric Company on 1921, specifically referred to the relatively large Jewish settlement of Petah-Tikva. But, it was only in late 1929 that the company submitted an irrigation scheme for Petah-Tikva, and it was yet to be approved by the government in 1930.<ref>{{cite book |last=Shamir |first=Ronen |date=2013 |title=Current Flow: The Electrification of Palestine |publisher=Stanford University Press |isbn=978-0-8047-8706-2}}</ref>
There is a museum complex, called "Qiryat HaMuse'onim 'Yad LeBanim'", which explains Petah Tikva's history.<ref></ref>

In 1931, Ben Gurion wrote that Petah Tikva had 5000 inhabitants and employed 3000 Arab labourers.<ref>] (2018 - 2019 translation ]) ''A State at Any Cost. The Life of David Ben-Gurion.'' Apollo. {{ISBN|978-1-78954-463-3}} p.132</ref>

In the 1930s, the pioneering founders of ] from the ] immigrated to the ], settling near Petah Tikva on land purchased by a Jewish-owned German company. Refining the agricultural skills they learned in Germany, these pioneers began in 1941 to build their kibbutz in its intended location in the south of Israel, operating from Petah Tikva as a base.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aliyathanoar.massuah.org.il/Product.aspx?Product=39&Category=14&ln=en|title=Kevutsat Rodges (Kevutsat Yavne) est. 1929|publisher=Massuah, International Institute for Holocaust Studies|access-date=2019-08-27|archive-date=2021-02-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224040422/http://aliyathanoar.massuah.org.il/Product.aspx?Product=39&Category=14&ln=en|url-status=live}}</ref>

===State of Israel ===
After the ], Petah Tikva annexed all of the lands of the newly depopulated ] village of ].<ref name=Khalidi240>Khalidi, 1992, p. 240</ref> The city has suffered a series of terror attacks as a result of the ], including the ], and three attacks during the ]: On May 27, 2002, a suicide bomber blew himself up at a small cafe outside a shopping mall, leaving two dead, including a baby;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Facts+About+Israel/Israel+in+Maps/2000-2004-+Major+Terror+Attacks.htm |title=2000-2006: Major Terror Attacks |publisher=Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs |access-date=September 16, 2011 |archive-date=September 25, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110925092118/http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Facts+About+Israel/Israel+in+Maps/2000-2004-+Major+Terror+Attacks.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> on December 25, 2003, a suicide bomber blew himself up at a bus stop near the Geha bridge, killing 4 civilians,<ref name="NYDaily">{{cite news |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/bloodshed-mideast-palestinian-bomber-kills-4-tel-aviv-article-1.518433 |title=Palestinian Bomber Kills 4 Near Tel Aviv - New York Daily News |work=articles.nydailynews.com |date=26 December 2003 |access-date=1 September 2019 |archive-date=26 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190526072425/https://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/bloodshed-mideast-palestinian-bomber-kills-4-tel-aviv-article-1.518433 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="The Age">{{cite news |url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/12/26/1072308679079.html |title=Tel Aviv suicide bombing kills four |work=theage.com.au |year=2011 |access-date=18 October 2011 |location=Melbourne |archive-date=7 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107043116/http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/12/26/1072308679079.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="USAToday">{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/2003-12-26-mideaste_x.htm |title=USATODAY.com - Israel targets militants after bombing |work=] |date=26 December 2003 |publisher=] |location=] |issn=0734-7456 |access-date=18 October 2011 |archive-date=10 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191210180006/https://www.usatoday.com/news/2003-12-26-mideaste_x.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> and on February 5, 2006, a Palestinian got into a shuttle taxi, pulled out a knife, and began stabbing passengers killing two of them, but a worker from a nearby factory hit him with a log, subduing him.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.haaretz.com/1.4890656|newspaper=]|title=Israeli Woman Stabbed to Death by Lone Terrorist in Petah Tikva|first=Yuval|last=Azoulai|date=February 6, 2006|access-date=September 1, 2019|archive-date=September 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190901002050/https://www.haaretz.com/1.4890656|url-status=live}}</ref>

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After the creation of the State of Israel in 1948, several adjoining villages–Amishav and ] to the east (named after the biblical village (Joshua 15:34)), Kiryat Matalon to the west, towards ], Kfar Ganim and Mahaneh Yehuda to the south and ] on the north–were merged into the municipal boundaries of Petah Tikva, boosting its population to 22,000.

As of 2018, with a population of over 240,000 inhabitants, Petah Tikva is the third most populous city in the ] ("Gush Dan").

Petah Tikva is divided into 33 neighborhoods for municipal purposes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.petah-tikva.muni.il/Openning_maps.asp |title=Connect to the Neighborhood |publisher=Petah Tikva municipality |access-date=July 19, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080411010755/http://www.petah-tikva.muni.il/Openning_maps.asp |archive-date=April 11, 2008 }}</ref>


==Economy== ==Economy==
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Petah Tikva is the second largest industrial sector in Israel after the northern city of ]. The industry is divided into three zones—Kiryat Aryeh (named after ]), Kiryat Matalon (named after ]), and Segula, and includes ], metalwork, carpentry, ]s, processed foods, tires and other rubber products, and soap. Numerous ] companies and start-ups have moved into the industrial zones of Petah Tikva, which now house the Israeli headquarters for the ], ], ], ], ], and ] Pharmecuticals. The largest ] in Israel, operated by the company TripleC, is also located in Petah Tikva.<ref>http://www.thecom.co.il/article.php?id=11200 {{he icon}}</ref> Furthermore, the Israeli ] company, the world's largest generic drug manufacturer is headquartered in Petah Tikva, whilst one of Israel's leading food processing corporations, ] opened in Petah Tikva in 1976 and has since been joined by the company's administrative offices, distribution center and sauce factory.
] building in Petah Tikva]]
Petah Tikva is the second-largest industrial sector in Israel after the northern city of ]. The industry is divided into three zones—Kiryat Aryeh (named after Arie Shenkar, founder and first president of the ] and a pioneer in the Israeli textile industry), Kiryat Matalon (named after Moshe Yitzhak Matalon), and Segula, and includes textiles, metalwork, carpentry, plastics, processed foods, tires and other rubber products, and soap.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://emagazine.globes.co.il/em/duns100/2016/2016-09-22/files/assets/basic-html/page-575.html#|title=DUN'S 100 - 2016|website=emagazine.globes.co.il|access-date=2019-08-30|archive-date=2020-07-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200725153135/http://emagazine.globes.co.il/em/duns100/2016/2016-09-22/files/assets/basic-html/page-575.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Numerous ] companies and start-ups have moved into the industrial zones of Petah Tikva, which now house the Israeli headquarters for the ], ], ], ], ], and ] Pharmaceuticals. The largest ] in Israel, operated by the company TripleC, is also located in Petah Tikva.<ref> {{in lang|he}} {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101129020138/http://www.thecom.co.il/article.php?id=11200 |date=November 29, 2010 }}</ref> Furthermore, the Israeli ] company, the world's largest generic drug manufacturer, is headquartered in Petah Tikva. One of Israel's leading food processing corporations, ] opened in Petah Tikva in 1976 and has since been joined by the company's administrative offices, distribution center and sauce factory. ] is also based in Petach Tikva.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.strauss-group.com/contact-us/|title=Strauss- Contact Us|access-date=2019-08-29|archive-date=2019-08-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190829001812/https://www.strauss-group.com/contact-us/|url-status=live}}</ref>


Over time, the extensive citrus groves that once ringed Petah Tikva have disappeared as real-estate developers acquired the land for construction projects. Many new neighborhoods are going up in and around Petah Tikva. A quarry for building stone is located east of Petah Tikva. Over time, the extensive citrus groves that once ringed Petah Tikva have disappeared as real-estate developers acquired the land for construction projects. Many new neighborhoods are going up in and around Petah Tikva. A quarry for building stone is located east of Petah Tikva.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/0177549D:IT|title=Vered Quarry Co Ltd - Company Profile and News|website=Bloomberg.com|access-date=2019-09-01|archive-date=2019-09-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190901233121/https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/0177549D:IT|url-status=live}}</ref>
As well as general ] firms, Petah Tikva has developed a position as a base for many communications firms. As such, the headquarters of the ] international phone company is located in the Kiryat Matalon industrial zone as are those of the ] ]. The headquarters of ] are in the Ramat Siv industrial zone. ], the right wing ] Israeli media network, operates an internet radio studio in Petah Tikva, where Arutz Sheva internet TV is located as well as the printing press for its '']'' newspaper.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://besheva.co.il/%d7%a6%d7%95%d7%a8-%d7%a7%d7%a9%d7%a8/ | title=צור קשר | access-date=2019-08-30 | archive-date=2019-07-16 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190716111517/http://besheva.co.il/%d7%a6%d7%95%d7%a8-%d7%a7%d7%a9%d7%a8/ | url-status=live }}</ref>


The Israeli secret service, ], has an interrogation facility in Petah Tikva.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.btselem.org/english/publications/summaries/201010_kept_in_the_dark.asp |title=Kept in the Dark |publisher=B'Tselem |date=October 2010 |access-date=September 15, 2011 |archive-date=April 1, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110401105908/http://www.btselem.org/english/publications/summaries/201010_kept_in_the_dark.asp |url-status=live }}</ref>
As well as general ] firms, Petah Tikva has developed a position as a base for many communications firms. As such, the headquarters of the ] international phone company is located in the Kiryat Matalon industrial zone as are those of the ] ]. The headquarters of ] are in the Ramat Siv industrial zone. ], the right wing ] Israeli media network operates an internet radio studio in Petah Tikva, where Arutz Sheva internet TV is located as well as the printing press for its B'Sheva newspaper.


==Transportation== ==Transportation==
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While Petah Tikva is not a major transportation hub, a large number of intercity ] buses stop there, and the city has a network of local buses operated by the ] company. The ] operates lines to ], ] and ].


===Bus===
Petah Tikva's largest bus terminal is the Petah Tikva Central Bus Station, while other major stations are located near ] and ]. A ]/] system is in the works which will connect Petah Tikva to ], ], ] and ].
Petah Tikva is served by a large number of buses. A large number of intercity ] buses stop there, and the city has a network of local buses operated by the ] company. The ] operates lines to ], ] and ].{{citation needed|date=August 2019}} Petah Tikva's largest bus terminal is the Petah Tikva Central Bus Station (Tahana Merkazit), while other major stations are located near ] and ].


===Mainline rail===
] maintains two suburban railroad stations in Segula and Kiryat Aryeh, in the northern part of the city. A central train station near the main bus station is envisioned as part of Israel Railways's long-term expansion plan.
] maintains two suburban railroad stations in ] and ], in the northern part of the city. A central train station near the main bus station is envisioned as part of Israel Railways's long-term expansion plan.


===Road transport===
There are eight taxi fleets based in Petah Tikva, and the city is bordered by three of the major vehicle arteries in Israel: Geha Highway (]) on the west, the Trans-Samaria Highway (]) on the north, and the Trans-Israel Highway (]) on the east.
There are eight taxi fleets based in Petah Tikva, and the city is bordered by three of the major vehicle arteries in Israel: Geha Highway (]) on the west, the Trans-Samaria Highway (]) on the north, and the Trans-Israel Highway (]) on the east.{{citation needed|date=August 2019}}


===Santiago Calatrava designed bridge===
==Local government and politics==
] ]]]
]'s bridge, a {{convert|50|m|ft}} long span Y-shaped cable-stayed pedestrian ] connecting Rabin Hospital to a shopping mall, a residential development and a public park. The structure is supported from a {{convert|29|m|ft|adj=on}} high inclined steel pylon, which is situated where the three spans intersect. Light in construction, the bridge is built principally of steel with a glass-paved deck.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/index.php?fuseaction=wanappln.projectview&upload_id=747|date=December 15, 2006|title=Calatrava in Israel: Museum exhibition lands 's Calatrava first project in Israel|publisher=World Architecture News|access-date=February 5, 2014|archive-date=February 1, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201193949/http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/index.php?fuseaction=wanappln.projectview&upload_id=747|url-status=live}}</ref>
]

=== Light rail===
The ] of the Greater Tel Aviv ]/] system connects Petah Tikva to ], ], ] and ]. The ] of the ] system is split into 2 branches upon entrance to Petah Tikva. One branch travels to an underground terminal at the Kiryat Aryeh railway station, while the other continues east to the Petach Tikva Central Bus Station. The Light Rail's train depot is also located at Kiryat Aryeh. It was opened to service on August 18, 2023.<ref name="ToI">{{Cite web|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/we-waited-a-long-time-for-this-tel-aviv-light-rail-sets-off-after-years-of-delays/|title='We waited a long time for this': Tel Aviv light rail sets off after years of delays|publisher=The Times of Israel|date=2023-08-18|accessdate=2023-08-18}}</ref>

==Local government==
] ]
Petah Tikva's history of government goes back to 1880, when the pioneers elected a council of seven members to run the new colony. From 1880 to 1921, members of the council were David Meir Guttman, Yehoshua Stampfer, Ze'ev Branda, ], ], ], ], ] and
]. This governing body was declared a local council in 1921, and Petah Tikva became a city in 1937. ], the political party founded by former Israeli prime minister ] and now headed by ], has its headquarters in Petah Tikva.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1189411442925&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull|author=Hoffman, Gil|title=Olmert Moves to Keep Kadima United|publisher=]|date=2007-09-20|accessdate=2008-10-21}}</ref>


Petah Tikva's history of government goes back to 1880, when the pioneers elected a council of seven members to run the new colony. From 1880 to 1921, members of the council were David Meir Guttman, Yehoshua Stampfer, Ze'ev Wolf Branda, Abraham Ze'ev Lipkis, Yitzhak Goldenhirsch, Chaim Cohen-Rice, Moshe Gissin, Shlomo Zalman Gissin and ]. This governing body was declared a local council in 1921, and Petah Tikva became a city in 1937. ], the political party founded by former Israeli prime minister ], had its headquarters in Petah Tikva.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1189411442925&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull |last=Hoffman |first=Gil |title=Olmert Moves to Keep Kadima United |work=] |date=September 20, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110923125007/http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1189411442925&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull |archive-date=September 23, 2011 |access-date=February 5, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
===Council heads===
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*] (1921)
*] (1922–1928)
*] (1928–1937)


===Council heads and mayors===
===Mayors===
*Shlomo Zalman Gissin (1921)
*Pinchas Meiri (1922–1928)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://muni.tik-tak.co.il/WEBPRO/project/katava1.asp?codeClient=902&CodeSubWeb=0&id=26586&projId=3673 |script-title=he:הנהגת הישוב, השלטון המקומי והעומדים בראשם |language=he |trans-title=Community Leadership, local government and their leaders |publisher=Petah Tikva Summit |access-date=September 16, 2011 |archive-date=October 6, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006232532/http://muni.tik-tak.co.il/WEBPRO/project/katava1.asp?codeClient=902&CodeSubWeb=0&id=26586&projId=3673 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*Shlomo Stampfer (1928–1937)
*Shlomo Stampfer (1938–1940) *Shlomo Stampfer (1938–1940)
*] (1940–1950) *Yosef Sapir (1940–1950)
*] (1951) *Mordechai Krausman (1951)
*] (1951–1966) *Pinchas Rashish (1951–1966)
*] (1966–1978) *Yisrael Feinberg (1966–1978)
*] (1978–1989) *Dov Tavori (1978–1989)
*] (1989–1999) *] (1989–1999)
*] (1999–present) *Yitzhak Ohayon (1999–2013)
*Uri Ohad (2013)
*Itzik Braverman (2013–2018)
*] (2018–)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-kalisch-rotem-takes-haifa-huldai-keeps-tel-aviv-1001258621|title=Kalisch-Rotem takes Haifa, Huldai keeps Tel Aviv|newspaper=Globes |date=2018-10-31|access-date=2018-10-31|archive-date=2020-08-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808005514/https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-kalisch-rotem-takes-haifa-huldai-keeps-tel-aviv-1001258621|url-status=live}}</ref>


==Schools and religious institutions==
==Education==
], Petah Tikva]]
Petah Tikva is home to 300 educational institutions from kindergarten through high school, catering to the secular, religious and ] populations. There are over 43,000 students enrolled in these schools, which are staffed by some 2,400 teachers. Petah Tikva is home to 300 educational institutions from kindergarten through high school, catering to the secular, religious and ] populations. There are over 43,000 students enrolled in these schools, which are staffed by some 2,400 teachers.
Petah Tikva has seventeen public libraries, the main one located in the city hall building.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fsk-ko-pt.de/?page_id=65&lang=en|title=Petah Tikva today|work=Koblenz–Petah Tikva Friendship Circle|access-date=November 6, 2013|archive-date=October 17, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017064230/http://www.fsk-ko-pt.de/?page_id=65&lang=en|url-status=live}}</ref>
In 2006, five schools participated in the nationwide ] program, which promotes academic excellence.{{Citation needed|date=February 2007}}
Petah Tikva has nine public libraries, the main one located in the city hall building.


Some 70,000 Orthodox Jews live in Petah Tikva. The community of Petah Tikva is served by 300 synagogues,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tehilla.com/aliya/places.asp?id=60 |title=Places to Live&nbsp;– Petah Tikvah |publisher=Tehilla&nbsp;– Pilot Trips |access-date=October 21, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080323113440/http://www.tehilla.com/aliya/places.asp?id=60 |archive-date=March 23, 2008 }}</ref> including the 120-year-old ],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://pogrom.org.il/eng_articles.php?art_id=21|title=Petah Tikva Synagogue Desecrated|author=Stoil, Rebecca Anna|publisher=], cited in Pogrom.co.il|date=May 4, 2006|access-date=October 21, 2008|archive-date=October 4, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081004141252/http://pogrom.org.il/eng_articles.php?art_id=21|url-status=dead}}</ref> eight ] (ritual baths)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.petah-tikva.muni.il/htmls/hebrew/dat_mikveot.asp |title=List of Mikvaot in the City |publisher=Petah Tikva municipality |access-date=October 21, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090101092917/http://www.petah-tikva.muni.il/htmls/hebrew/dat_mikveot.asp |archive-date=January 1, 2009 }}</ref> and two major ] ], ''Lomzhe Yeshiva'' and ''Or-Yisrael'' (founded by the ], Rabbi Avraham Yeshayahu Karelitz). ], a Modern Orthodox ] Yeshiva affiliated with the ] movement, directed by Rabbi ], is also located in Petah Tikva. Additionally, Rav Michael Laitman, PhD in Philosophy and Kabbalah (see ]), daily leads 200-300 students and hundreds of thousands virtually (some estimates of up to 2 million) in the method of Kabbalah learned from his teacher Rav ], known as the RABASH.
==Religion==
]
Some 70,000 Orthodox Jews live in Petah Tikva. The community of Petah Tikva is served by 300 synagogues,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tehilla.com/aliya/places.asp?id=60|title=Places to Live - Petah Tikvah|publisher=Tehilla - Pilot Trips|accessdate=2008-10-21}}</ref> including the 120-year old Great Synagogue<ref>{{cite news|url=http://pogrom.org.il/eng_articles.php?art_id=21|title=Petah Tikva Synagogue Desecrated|author=Stoil, Rebecca Anna|publisher=], cited in Pogrom.co.il|date=2006-05-04|accessdate=2008-10-21}}</ref>, eight ] (ritual baths)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.petah-tikva.muni.il/htmls/hebrew/dat_mikveot.asp|title=List of Mikvaot in the City|publisher=Petah Tikva municipality|accessdate=2008-10-21}}</ref> and two major ] ], ''Lomzhe Yeshiva'' and ''Or-Yisrael'' (founded by the ], Rabbi Avraham Yeshayahu Karelitz). ], a modern-orthodox ] Yeshiva affiliated with the ] movement, directed by Rabbi Yuval Cherlow, is also located in Petah Tikva.


Petah Tikva has two cemeteries: Segula Cemetery, east of the city, and Yarkon Cemetery, to the northeast. Petah Tikva has two cemeteries: Segula Cemetery, east of the city, and Yarkon Cemetery, to the northeast.


==Neighborhoods== ==Health care==
] (Belinson)]]
Petah Tikva is divided into 33 neighborhoods for municipal purposes:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.petah-tikva.muni.il/Openning_maps.asp|title=Connect to the Neighborhood|publisher=Petah Tikva municipality|accessdate=2008-07-19}}</ref>

* Ahim Israelit
Six hospitals are located in the city. The ] Beilinson complex includes the Beilinson Medical Center, the Davidoff Oncologic Center, the Geha Psychiatric Hospital, the ] and Tel Aviv University's Faculty of Medical Research.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.haaretz.com/.premium--1.5171245|title=A hospital's journey from architectural paean to beacon of bad taste|newspaper=Haaretz |access-date=2019-11-06|archive-date=2019-11-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191106091345/https://www.haaretz.com/.premium--1.5171245|url-status=live}}</ref> Other medical facilities in Petah Tikva are HaSharon Hospital, the Beit Rivka Geriatric Center, the Kupat Holim Medical Research Center and a private hospital, Ramat Marpeh, affiliated with Assuta Hospital. The ] is one of the largest and most modern children's hospitals in the Middle East. In addition, there are many family health clinics in Petah Tikva as well as Kupat Holim clinics operated by Israel's ]s. The city is also served by ], a Haredi hospital in nearby Bnei Brak.{{citation needed|date=May 2023}}
* Amishav
* Bar Yehuda
* Bat Ganim
* Beilinson
* City Center
* Ein Ganim<ref>Named after a Biblical village in the tribe of Judah (Joshua 15:34).</ref>
* Hadar Ganim
* Hadar HaMoshavot
* ]
* Kfar Ganim
* Kiryat ]
* Kiryat Alon (known previously as Fegha and Neve Kibush)
* Kiryat Aryeh Industrial Zone
* Kiryat Eliezer Perry
* Kiryat HaRav Solomon
* Kiryat Matalon
* Krol
* Mishkanot Ganim
* Neve Gan
* Neve Ganim
* Neve Oz
* New Hadar HaMoshavot
* Ramat Siv Industrial Zone
* Ramat Verber
* Sgula Industrial Zone
* Sha'ariya
* Shifer
* Shikun Ahdut
* Shikun HaPo'el HaMizrahi
* Tkuma
* Tzameret Ganim
* Yoseftal


==Landmarks and cultural institutions== ==Landmarks and cultural institutions==
] ]

* ] bridge
Petah Tikva's Independence Park includes a zoo at its northeastern edge, the Museum of Man and Nature, a memorial to the victims of the 1921 Arab riots, an archaeological display, ] soldiers' memorial, a local history museum, a Holocaust museum and the ].<ref>{{cite journal |jstor=30245584 |journal=Israel Studies|title=Sleep, Teddy Bear, Sleep: Independence Park, Petach Tikva: An Israeli Realm of Memory |author=Tamar Berger |s2cid=144392733|volume=7 |issue=2 |date=Summer 2002 |pages=1–32 |publisher=Indiana University Press |doi=10.2979/isr.2002.7.2.1}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://english.leumi.co.il/Articles/28365/ |title=Petach Tikva Museum Hosted at Leumi Bet Mani House |publisher=Bank Leumi |access-date=2013-06-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130327030117/http://english.leumi.co.il/Articles/28365/ |archive-date=2013-03-27 }}</ref>
* Petah Tikva Zoo
* Beit Yad Labanim
* Petah Tikva Museum of Art
* Rothschild Arch


==Sports== ==Sports==
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Petah Tikva has two ] teams - ] and ]. The local baseball team, the ], played in the inaugural 2007 season of the ]. The league folded the following year.
The main stadium in Petah Tikva is the 11,500-seat ]. Petah Tikva has two ] teams&nbsp;– ] and ]. The local baseball team, the ], played in the inaugural 2007 season of the ]. The league folded the following year. In 2014, Hapoel Petah Tikva's women's football team recruited five ] women to play on the team. One of them is now a team captain.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.haaretz.com/life/sports/1.587049|title=Israeli Soccer Team Breaks New Ground: Recruits Arab Women|agency=Associated Press|date=24 April 2014|newspaper=Haaretz|access-date=30 April 2014|archive-date=30 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140430164433/http://www.haaretz.com/life/sports/1.587049|url-status=live}}</ref>


==Health== ==Archaeology==
In November–December 2006 and May 2007, a salvage excavation was conducted at Khirbat Mulabbis, east of Moshe Sneh Street in Petah Tikva on behalf of the ]. Four main strata (I–IV) were identified, dating to the Byzantine period (fourth–seventh centuries CE; Stratum IV), Early Islamic period (eighth–tenth centuries CE; Stratum III), Crusader period (twelfth–thirteenth centuries CE; Stratum II) and Ottoman period (Stratum I).<ref name=Haddad2013>Haddad, 2013, {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200717203224/http://www.hadashot-esi.org.il/report_detail_eng.aspx?id=2321&mag_id=120 |date=2020-07-17 }}</ref>
]
Petah Tikva has the most extensive health coverage of any city in Israel relative to the size of its population.{{Citation needed|date=September 2008}} Six hospitals are located in the city. The ] Beilinson complex includes the Beilinson Medical Center, the Davidoff Oncologic Center, the Geha Psychiatric Hospital, the Schneider Pediatric Hospital and Tel Aviv University's Faculty of Medical Research. Other medical facilities in Petah Tikva are HaSharon Hospital, the Beit Rivka Geriatric Center, the Kupat Holim Medical Research Center and a private hospital, Ramat Marpeh, affiliated with Assuta Hospital. The Schneider Pediatric Center is one of the largest and most modern children's hospitals in the Middle East. In addition, there are many family health clinics in Petah Tikva as well as Kupat Holim clinics operated by Israel's ]s.


==Notable residents== ==Notable people==
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* ], Labor Zionist ideologue
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* ], Zionist activist
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* ], (b. 1926 in Petah Tikva), author and columnist
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* ], (b. 1937 in Petah Tikva), novelist
* ] (b. 1940 in Petah Tikva), politician * ] (born 1939), actress and author
* ] (1924–2000), poet
* ], (b. Petah Tikva), television and movie producer
* ] (1942–2018), mathematician, acting president of ], president of ]
* ], (b. 1951 in Petah Tikva), cantor and stage performer
* ] (born 1960), rabbi
* ] (b. April 4, 1953 in Petah Tikva), filmmaker
* ] (1870–1943), wrote about early Petah Tikva<ref name=book1>{{cite book|title=Pioneers in Palestine: Stories of One of the First Settlers in Petach Tikvah|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_N4hAAAAMAAJ|year=1923|publisher=G. Routledge & sons, Limited}}</ref>
* ] (b. May 6, 1955 in Petah Tikva), former coach of the ] and ]
* ] (1926-2016), author
* ], (b. November 13, 1964 in Petah Tikva), Television personality and Avraham Grant's wife.
* ], (b. October 13, 1975 in Petah Tikva), ] player * ] (born 1996), tennis player
* ] (b. Petah Tikva), ] * ] (born 1980), basketball player
* ] (born 1992), Olympic rhythmic gymnast
* ], (b. 1963 in Petah Tikva), poet, translator, linguist and literary critic
* ] (1891–1968), Zionist activist
* ] (b. February 19, 1980 in Petah Tikva), professional ] player
* ] (born 1962), footballer
* ], wife of assassinated Israeli prime minister ], lived in Petah Tikva from 1995 until her death on November 12, 2000
* ] (born 1949), archaeologist
* ] (b. 1954 in Petah Tikva), fashion model, businesswoman and politician.
* ] (born 1951), cantor and stage performer
* ] (1936–1999), legendary soccer player and figurehead of the local team, ]
* ] (born 1985), actress and model
* ] (born 1956), ] politician
* ] (1856–1922), Labor Zionist ideologue
* ] (born 1940), politician
* ] (born 1955), football coach
* ] (born 1964), television personality
* ] (born 1975), film and television actor, singer
* ] (born 1953), filmmaker
* ] (born 1961), basketball player
* ] (born 1981), poet and class warrior residing in London
* ] (born 1969), ] singer-songwriter
* ] (1934–1995), Knesset member
* ] (1937-2020), novelist
* ] (1932–2007), television and movie producer
* ] (born 1997), Olympic ]
* ] (born 1952), Olympic swimmer
* ] (born 1949), expert in the ] of ], 16th president of the ], Dean of the ]
* ] (born 1978), filmmaker
* ] (born 1998), Olympic rhythmic gymnast
* ] (born 1946), mathematician, president of the ]
* ] (1938–2004), Iraqi-Jewish author * ] (1938–2004), Iraqi-Jewish author
* ] (Orloff) (1878–1973), physical education pioneer
* ] (1960–2015), ] politician, journalist and writer
* ] (1909–1983), first mayor of ]
* ] (born 1988), rapper<ref>{{cite news |last1=Leibovitz |first1=Liel |title=Israeli Rap for Grown-Ups: Nechi Nech, Hebrew's Greatest Hip-hop Star, Releases New Masterful Album |url=https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/israeli-rap-for-grown-ups |access-date=3 March 2024 |work=] |date=21 June 2017}}</ref>
* ] (1894–1981), Hebrew author of prose and poetry
* ] (1928–2000), wife of Israeli prime minister ]
* ] (born 1991), rhythmic gymnast
* ] (born 1954), actress, fashion model, businesswoman and politician
* ] (born 1969), ] politician
* ] (born 1963), poet, translator and linguist
* ] (born 1941), winner of Nobel Prize for Chemistry<ref>{{cite web |last=Shtull |first=Asaf |url=http://www.haaretz.com/weekend/magazine/clear-as-crystal-1.353504 |title=Clear as crystal |work=Haaretz |date=2011-04-01 |access-date=2013-06-19 |archive-date=2015-09-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924235709/http://www.haaretz.com/weekend/magazine/clear-as-crystal-1.353504 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* ] (born 1971), model, actress and television presenter
* ] (born 1947), football player and coach
* ] (1936–1999), football player
* ] (born 1981), politician
* ] (born 1964), businessman and political consultant
* ] (born 1990), singer-songwriter, rapper and music producer.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-08-10 |title=כפיר צפריר מראשון לציון ריסק את השופטים ב"כוכב הבא" עם שיר על סיפור חייו |url=https://rishon.mynet.co.il/gossip/article/byrpq3xr5 |access-date=2024-04-01 |website=mynetrishon |language=he}}</ref>

==In popular culture==
Petah Tikva is referenced in the ]-winning 2016 musical '']'' as the main plot derives from a mix-up between the city and the fictional town of "Bet Hatikva" in the Negev Desert of southern Israel.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://thebandsvisitmusical.com/The_Band's_Visit_Study_Guide.pdf |title=The Band's Visit Study Guide |website=The Band's Visit |access-date=1 July 2020 |archive-date=3 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200403034021/https://thebandsvisitmusical.com/The_Band's_Visit_Study_Guide.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

Petah Tikva is known for being a part of a satirical ] which claims that it does not exist, much like the German ].<ref>{{Cite web |title=האם פתח תקווה קיימת? |url=https://www.osimhistoria.com/theanswer/hatshuva_ep46 |access-date=2024-02-04 |website=רשת עושים היסטוריה |language=he}}</ref> "Free Petah Tikvah" became a meme during 2023.<ref>{{cite news |title=Israeli TikTok Influencer Mocks 'Palestinian' Rally: 'From the River to the Sea, Petah Tikvah Will Be Free' |url=https://www.jewishpress.com/news/media/social-media/israeli-tiktok-influencer-mocks-palestinian-rally-from-the-river-to-the-sea-petah-tikvah-will-be-free/2023/10/11/ |access-date=17 June 2024 |publisher=The Jewish Press |date=<!--26 Tishri 5784 –--> October 11, 2023}}</ref>


==International relations== ==International relations==
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Israel}} {{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Israel}}
Petah Tikva is ] with:<ref>{{cite web|title=ערים תאומות|url=https://www.petah-tikva.muni.il/Municipal/Pages/twin-cities.aspx|website=petah-tikva.muni.il|publisher=Petah Tikva|language=he|access-date=2020-02-24|archive-date=2019-08-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190830105204/https://www.petah-tikva.muni.il/Municipal/Pages/twin-cities.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Armenian Genocide Memorial to be unveiled in Israel|url=https://armenpress.am/eng/news/991206.html|website=armenpress.am|publisher=Armenpress|date=2019-10-10|access-date=2020-02-24|archive-date=2019-12-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209075622/https://armenpress.am/eng/news/991206.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Kardeş Şehirlerimiz|url=http://www.kadikoy.bel.tr/genel/kardes-sehirlerimiz|website=kadikoy.bel.tr|publisher=Kadıköy|language=tr|access-date=2020-01-20|archive-date=2020-02-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200202220114/http://www.kadikoy.bel.tr/genel/kardes-sehirlerimiz|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Петах Тиква, Израел|url=https://gabrovo.bg/bg/page/12952|website=gabrovo.bg|publisher=Gabrovo|language=bg|access-date=2020-02-24}}</ref>
===Twin towns — Sister cities===
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== Gallery == ==See also==
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File:PT-Haim Ozer2.jpg|Haim-Ozer st., Petah Tikva
File:PT-Haim Ozwe3.jpg|Haim-Ozer st., Petah Tikva
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== References == ==References==
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City in Israel City in Israel
Petah Tikva פתח תקווה‎
City (from 1937)
Hebrew transcription(s)
 • Also spelledPetah Tiqwa (official)
Petach Tikva, Petach Tikvah (unofficial)
[REDACTED] Emblem of Petah Tikva
Petah Tikva is located in Central IsraelPetah TikvaPetah TikvaShow map of Central IsraelPetah Tikva is located in IsraelPetah TikvaPetah TikvaShow map of Israel
Coordinates: 32°05′20″N 34°53′11″E / 32.08889°N 34.88639°E / 32.08889; 34.88639
Grid position139/166 PAL
Country Israel
DistrictCentral
Founded1878; 147 years ago (1878)
Government
 • MayorRami Greenberg (Likud)
Area
 • Total35,868 dunams (35.868 km or 13.849 sq mi)
Population
 • Total255,387
 • Density7,100/km (18,000/sq mi)
Ethnicity
 • Jews and others99.8%
 • Arabs0.2%
Name meaningOpening of hope
Websitewww.petah-tikva.muni.il

Petah Tikva (Hebrew: פתח תקווה‎ [ˈpetaχ ˈtikva], lit. 'Opening of Hope'), also known as Em HaMoshavot (lit. 'Mother of the Moshavot'), is a city in the Central District of Israel, 10.6 km (6.6 mi) east of Tel Aviv. It was founded in 1878, mainly by Haredi Jews of the Old Yishuv, and became a permanent settlement in 1883 with the financial help of Baron Edmond de Rothschild.

In 2022, the city had a population of 255,387, being so the fifth-largest city in Israel. Its population density is approximately 6,277 inhabitants per square kilometre (16,260/sq mi). Its jurisdiction covers 35,868 dunams (~35.9 km or 15 sq mi). Petah Tikva is part of the Tel Aviv Metropolitan Area.

Etymology

Petah Tikva takes its name (meaning "Door of Hope") from the biblical allusion in Hosea 2:15: "... and make the valley of Achor a door of hope." The Achor Valley, near Jericho, was the original proposed location for the town.

History

Petah Tikva in 1911

Tell Mulabbis, an archaeological mound in modern Petah Tikva, is an important archaeological site from the Yarkon River basin, with habitation remains from the Roman, Byzantine, Early Islamic, Crusader, Mamluk and Late Ottoman periods. The place was inhabited sporadically, and was known in Arabic as Mulabbis, and was the site of a Egyptian village of the same name, inhabited by the Abu Hamed al-Masri clan.

Petah Tikva in the 1920s

Petah Tikva was founded in 1878 by Jewish settlers from Europe, among them Yehoshua Stampfer, Moshe Shmuel Raab, Yoel Moshe Salomon, Zerach Barnett, and David Gutmann, as well as Lithuanian Rabbi Aryeh Leib Frumkin who built the first house. It was the first modern Jewish agricultural settlement in Ottoman Southern Syria (hence its nickname as "Mother of the Moshavot").

Petah Tikva in 1936
Petah Tikva in 1936

Originally intending to establish a new settlement in the Achor Valley, near Jericho, the settlers purchased land in that area. However, Abdülhamid II cancelled the purchase and forbade them from settling there, but they retained the name Petah Tikva as a symbol of their aspirations.

In 1878, the founders of Petah Tikva learned of the availability of land northeast of Jaffa near the village of Mulabes (or Umlabes). The land was owned by two Christian businessmen from Jaffa, Antoine Bishara Tayan and Selim Qassar, and was worked by some thirty tenant farmers. Tayan's property was the larger, some 8,500 dunams, but much of it was in the malarial swamp of the Yarkon Valley. Qassar's property, approximately 3,500 dunams, lay a few kilometers to the south of the Yarkon, away from the swampland. It was Qassar's that was purchased on July 30, 1878. Tayan's holdings were purchased when a second group of settlers, known as the Yarkonim, arrived in Petah Tikva the following year. Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid II allowed the purchase because of the poor quality of the land.

In a microhistorical anecdote of Petah Tikva, Yehuda Raab, one of the Hungarian settlers, recalls in his memoirs meeting a Baghdadi Jew, Daud abu Yusuf, who despite appearing as a Bedouin, announced “ana Israʾili,” I am Jewish, and recited the shema by way of proof. Yusuf, along with a Moroccan Jew from Jaffo, Yaʿqub bin Maymun Zirmati, was hired as a guard for colony; it was customary for European Jewish colonies to hire local Arab guards or in some cases Yemenite Jews. Both were Ottoman imperial subjects and were important cultural and linguistic go-betweens, for example in the horse and camel trade, from the world of the Ashkenazi Jewish colonists and that of the Eastern or Maghribi Jews, today called Mizrahi Jews.

A malaria epidemic broke out in 1880, forcing the abandonment of the settlements on both holdings by 1881 or 1882. Those who remained in the area moved south to Yehud. After Petah Tikva was reoccupied by Bilu immigrants in 1883, some of the original families returned. With funding for swamp drainage provided by Baron Edmond de Rothschild, the colony became more stable.

In March 1886, Arab peasants from Yahudiya attacked the Jewish colony, injuring 5, with one dying later, possibly due to aggravation of her preexisting condition. This was called the first violent clash in the Yishuv by Moshe Smilansky.

Upon learning that the Austrian post office in Jaffa wanted to open a branch in Petah Tikva, Yitzchak Goldenhirsch, an early resident, offered his assistance on condition that the Austrian consulate issued a Hebrew stamp and a special postmark for Petah Tikva. The stamp was designed by an unknown artist featuring a plow, green fields and a blossoming orange tree. The price was 14 paras (a Turkish coin) and displayed the name 'Petah Tikva' in Hebrew letters.

David Ben Gurion lived in Petah Tikva for a few months on his arrival in Palestine in 1906. It had a population of around 1000, half of them farmers. He found occasional work in the orange groves. But, he soon caught malaria and his doctor recommended he return to Europe. The following year, after moving to Jaffa, he set up a Jewish workers organisation in Petah Tikva.

During the Sinai and Palestine Campaign of World War I, Petah Tikva served as a refugee town for residents of Tel Aviv and Jaffa, following their exile by the Ottoman authorities. The town suffered heavily as it lay between the Ottoman and British fronts during the war.

British Mandate

Petah Tikva peace treaty, 1927
Aerial view of Petah Tikva, late 1930s

In the early 1920s, industry began to develop in the Petah Tikva region. In 1921, Petah Tikva was granted local council status by the British authorities. In May 1921, Petah Tikva was the target of an Arab attack, which left four of its Jewish inhabitants dead–an extension of the Jaffa riots of 1921. In 1927, Petah Tikva concluded a local peace treaty with the Arabs living nearby; subsequently, Petah Tikva was untouched by the 1929 Palestine riots.

According to the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Petah Tikva had a total population of 3,032: 3,008 Jews, 22 Muslims and 2 Orthodox Christians.

Petah Tikva Council in 1928

By the time the 1931 census was taken, the population had increased to 6,880 inhabitants in 1,688 houses. In 1937, it was recognized as a city. Its first mayor, Shlomo Stampfer, was the son of one of its founders, Yehoshua Stampfer.

Petah Tikva, a center of citrus farming, was considered by both the British government and the Jaffa Electric Company as a potentially important consumer of electricity for irrigation. The Auja Concession, which was granted to the Jaffa Electric Company on 1921, specifically referred to the relatively large Jewish settlement of Petah-Tikva. But, it was only in late 1929 that the company submitted an irrigation scheme for Petah-Tikva, and it was yet to be approved by the government in 1930.

In 1931, Ben Gurion wrote that Petah Tikva had 5000 inhabitants and employed 3000 Arab labourers.

In the 1930s, the pioneering founders of Kibbutz Yavneh from the Religious Zionist movement immigrated to the British Mandate of Palestine, settling near Petah Tikva on land purchased by a Jewish-owned German company. Refining the agricultural skills they learned in Germany, these pioneers began in 1941 to build their kibbutz in its intended location in the south of Israel, operating from Petah Tikva as a base.

State of Israel

After the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, Petah Tikva annexed all of the lands of the newly depopulated Palestinian village of Fajja. The city has suffered a series of terror attacks as a result of the ongoing regional conflict, including the bombing of a vegetable market in 1977, and three attacks during the Second Intifada: On May 27, 2002, a suicide bomber blew himself up at a small cafe outside a shopping mall, leaving two dead, including a baby; on December 25, 2003, a suicide bomber blew himself up at a bus stop near the Geha bridge, killing 4 civilians, and on February 5, 2006, a Palestinian got into a shuttle taxi, pulled out a knife, and began stabbing passengers killing two of them, but a worker from a nearby factory hit him with a log, subduing him.

Residential high-rises in Petah Tikva
Grand Mall

After the creation of the State of Israel in 1948, several adjoining villages–Amishav and Ein Ganim to the east (named after the biblical village (Joshua 15:34)), Kiryat Matalon to the west, towards Bnei Brak, Kfar Ganim and Mahaneh Yehuda to the south and Kfar Avraham on the north–were merged into the municipal boundaries of Petah Tikva, boosting its population to 22,000.

As of 2018, with a population of over 240,000 inhabitants, Petah Tikva is the third most populous city in the Tel Aviv Metropolitan Area ("Gush Dan").

Petah Tikva is divided into 33 neighborhoods for municipal purposes.

Economy

Azorim high-tech park
The IBM building in Petah Tikva

Petah Tikva is the second-largest industrial sector in Israel after the northern city of Haifa. The industry is divided into three zones—Kiryat Aryeh (named after Arie Shenkar, founder and first president of the Manufacturers Association of Israel and a pioneer in the Israeli textile industry), Kiryat Matalon (named after Moshe Yitzhak Matalon), and Segula, and includes textiles, metalwork, carpentry, plastics, processed foods, tires and other rubber products, and soap.

Numerous high-tech companies and start-ups have moved into the industrial zones of Petah Tikva, which now house the Israeli headquarters for the Oracle Corporation, IBM, Intel, Alcatel-Lucent, ECI Telecom, and GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals. The largest data center in Israel, operated by the company TripleC, is also located in Petah Tikva. Furthermore, the Israeli Teva company, the world's largest generic drug manufacturer, is headquartered in Petah Tikva. One of Israel's leading food processing corporations, Osem opened in Petah Tikva in 1976 and has since been joined by the company's administrative offices, distribution center and sauce factory. Strauss is also based in Petach Tikva.

Over time, the extensive citrus groves that once ringed Petah Tikva have disappeared as real-estate developers acquired the land for construction projects. Many new neighborhoods are going up in and around Petah Tikva. A quarry for building stone is located east of Petah Tikva. As well as general hi-tech firms, Petah Tikva has developed a position as a base for many communications firms. As such, the headquarters of the Bezeq International international phone company is located in the Kiryat Matalon industrial zone as are those of the 012 Smile Internet Service Provider. The headquarters of Tadiran Telecom are in the Ramat Siv industrial zone. Arutz Sheva, the right wing Religious Zionist Israeli media network, operates an internet radio studio in Petah Tikva, where Arutz Sheva internet TV is located as well as the printing press for its B'Sheva newspaper.

The Israeli secret service, Shin Bet, has an interrogation facility in Petah Tikva.

Transportation

Main article: Transportation in Petah Tikva

Bus

Petah Tikva is served by a large number of buses. A large number of intercity Egged buses stop there, and the city has a network of local buses operated by the Kavim company. The Dan bus company operates lines to Ramat Gan, Bnei Brak and Tel Aviv. Petah Tikva's largest bus terminal is the Petah Tikva Central Bus Station (Tahana Merkazit), while other major stations are located near Beilinson Hospital and Beit Rivka.

Mainline rail

Israel Railways maintains two suburban railroad stations in Segula and Kiryat Aryeh, in the northern part of the city. A central train station near the main bus station is envisioned as part of Israel Railways's long-term expansion plan.

Road transport

There are eight taxi fleets based in Petah Tikva, and the city is bordered by three of the major vehicle arteries in Israel: Geha Highway (Highway 4) on the west, the Trans-Samaria Highway (Highway 5) on the north, and the Trans-Israel Highway (Highway 6) on the east.

Santiago Calatrava designed bridge

Bridge designed by Santiago Calatrava

Santiago Calatrava's bridge, a 50 metres (160 ft) long span Y-shaped cable-stayed pedestrian three-way bridge connecting Rabin Hospital to a shopping mall, a residential development and a public park. The structure is supported from a 29-metre (95 ft) high inclined steel pylon, which is situated where the three spans intersect. Light in construction, the bridge is built principally of steel with a glass-paved deck.

Light rail

The Red Line of the Greater Tel Aviv rapid transit/light rail system connects Petah Tikva to Bnei Brak, Ramat Gan, Tel Aviv and Bat Yam. The Red Line of the Tel Aviv Light Rail system is split into 2 branches upon entrance to Petah Tikva. One branch travels to an underground terminal at the Kiryat Aryeh railway station, while the other continues east to the Petach Tikva Central Bus Station. The Light Rail's train depot is also located at Kiryat Aryeh. It was opened to service on August 18, 2023.

Local government

Petah Tikva City Hall

Petah Tikva's history of government goes back to 1880, when the pioneers elected a council of seven members to run the new colony. From 1880 to 1921, members of the council were David Meir Guttman, Yehoshua Stampfer, Ze'ev Wolf Branda, Abraham Ze'ev Lipkis, Yitzhak Goldenhirsch, Chaim Cohen-Rice, Moshe Gissin, Shlomo Zalman Gissin and Akiva Librecht. This governing body was declared a local council in 1921, and Petah Tikva became a city in 1937. Kadima, the political party founded by former Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon, had its headquarters in Petah Tikva.

Yehoshua Stampfer

Council heads and mayors

  • Shlomo Zalman Gissin (1921)
  • Pinchas Meiri (1922–1928)
  • Shlomo Stampfer (1928–1937)
  • Shlomo Stampfer (1938–1940)
  • Yosef Sapir (1940–1950)
  • Mordechai Krausman (1951)
  • Pinchas Rashish (1951–1966)
  • Yisrael Feinberg (1966–1978)
  • Dov Tavori (1978–1989)
  • Giora Lev (1989–1999)
  • Yitzhak Ohayon (1999–2013)
  • Uri Ohad (2013)
  • Itzik Braverman (2013–2018)
  • Rami Greenberg (2018–)

Schools and religious institutions

Great Synagogue, Petah Tikva

Petah Tikva is home to 300 educational institutions from kindergarten through high school, catering to the secular, religious and Haredi populations. There are over 43,000 students enrolled in these schools, which are staffed by some 2,400 teachers. Petah Tikva has seventeen public libraries, the main one located in the city hall building.

Some 70,000 Orthodox Jews live in Petah Tikva. The community of Petah Tikva is served by 300 synagogues, including the 120-year-old Great Synagogue, eight mikvaot (ritual baths) and two major Haredi yeshivot, Lomzhe Yeshiva and Or-Yisrael (founded by the Chazon Ish, Rabbi Avraham Yeshayahu Karelitz). Yeshivat Hesder Petah Tikva, a Modern Orthodox Hesder Yeshiva affiliated with the Religious Zionist movement, directed by Rabbi Yuval Cherlow, is also located in Petah Tikva. Additionally, Rav Michael Laitman, PhD in Philosophy and Kabbalah (see Bnei Baruch), daily leads 200-300 students and hundreds of thousands virtually (some estimates of up to 2 million) in the method of Kabbalah learned from his teacher Rav Baruch Ashlag, known as the RABASH.

Petah Tikva has two cemeteries: Segula Cemetery, east of the city, and Yarkon Cemetery, to the northeast.

Health care

Rabin Medical Center (Belinson)

Six hospitals are located in the city. The Rabin Medical Center Beilinson complex includes the Beilinson Medical Center, the Davidoff Oncologic Center, the Geha Psychiatric Hospital, the Schneider Pediatric Hospital and Tel Aviv University's Faculty of Medical Research. Other medical facilities in Petah Tikva are HaSharon Hospital, the Beit Rivka Geriatric Center, the Kupat Holim Medical Research Center and a private hospital, Ramat Marpeh, affiliated with Assuta Hospital. The Schneider Pediatric Center is one of the largest and most modern children's hospitals in the Middle East. In addition, there are many family health clinics in Petah Tikva as well as Kupat Holim clinics operated by Israel's health maintenance organizations. The city is also served by Mayanei Hayeshua Medical Center, a Haredi hospital in nearby Bnei Brak.

Landmarks and cultural institutions

Founders' Square

Petah Tikva's Independence Park includes a zoo at its northeastern edge, the Museum of Man and Nature, a memorial to the victims of the 1921 Arab riots, an archaeological display, Yad Labanim soldiers' memorial, a local history museum, a Holocaust museum and the Petah Tikva Museum of Art.

Sports

HaMoshava Stadium

The main stadium in Petah Tikva is the 11,500-seat HaMoshava Stadium. Petah Tikva has two football teams – Hapoel Petah Tikva and Maccabi Petah Tikva. The local baseball team, the Petach Tikva Pioneers, played in the inaugural 2007 season of the Israel Baseball League. The league folded the following year. In 2014, Hapoel Petah Tikva's women's football team recruited five Arab-Israeli women to play on the team. One of them is now a team captain.

Archaeology

In November–December 2006 and May 2007, a salvage excavation was conducted at Khirbat Mulabbis, east of Moshe Sneh Street in Petah Tikva on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority. Four main strata (I–IV) were identified, dating to the Byzantine period (fourth–seventh centuries CE; Stratum IV), Early Islamic period (eighth–tenth centuries CE; Stratum III), Crusader period (twelfth–thirteenth centuries CE; Stratum II) and Ottoman period (Stratum I).

Notable people

Gila Almagor
Yehuda Amichai
Gal Gadot
Avram Grant

In popular culture

Petah Tikva is referenced in the Tony Award-winning 2016 musical The Band's Visit as the main plot derives from a mix-up between the city and the fictional town of "Bet Hatikva" in the Negev Desert of southern Israel.

Petah Tikva is known for being a part of a satirical conspiracy theory which claims that it does not exist, much like the German Bielefeld conspiracy. "Free Petah Tikvah" became a meme during 2023.

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Israel

Petah Tikva is twinned with:

See also

References

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