{{Infobox Israel village | name = Eitanim | hebname = אֵיתָנִים |arname=إيتانيم | image = EitanimApr022023.jpg | imgsize = 250 | founded = 1950 | founded_by = | country = {{ISR}} | district = jerusalem | council = Mateh Yehuda | population = {{Israel populations|Etanim}} | population_footnotes={{Israel populations|reference}} | popyear = {{Israel populations|Year}} | pushpin_map=Israel jerusalem#Israel |pushpin_mapsize=250 |pushpin_label_position = left |coordinates = {{coord|31|46|44|N|35|5|43|E|display=inline,title}} | website = }}
'''Eitanim''' ({{langx|he|אֵיתָנִים|lit="steadfast"}}) is a psychiatric hospital in central Israel. Located near Jerusalem, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In {{Israel populations|Year}} it had a population of {{Israel populations|Etanim}}.{{Israel populations|reference}}
==Etymology== The name of the village is from a verse in the Bible, prophet {{bibleverse|Micah|6:2}}:<ref>Carta's Official Guide to Israel and Complete Gazetteer to all Sites in the Holy Land. (3rd edition 1993) Jerusalem, Carta, p.156, {{ISBN|965-220-186-3}} (English)<br>Bitan, Hanna: 1948-1998: Fifty Years of 'Hityashvut': Atlas of Names of Settlements in Israel, Jerusalem 1999, Carta, p.4, {{ISBN|965-220-423-4}} {{in lang|he}}</ref> "Listen, you ''enduring'' foundations of the earth".
==History== Until 1948, there was a village in the area by the name of Dayr 'Amr.<ref>{{Cite book |first=Walid |last=Khalidi|author-link=Walid Khalidi |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_By7AAAAIAAJ |title=All that Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948 |date=1992 |publisher=Institute for Palestine Studies |isbn=978-0-88728-224-9 |language=en}}</ref> In 1942 an agricultural school was established there for Arab orphans of the 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine. In 1950 a hospital for people with tuberculosis was founded on the site.
Today Eitanim is a psychiatric hospital that specializes in acute emergency cases. It operates as a branch of Kfar Shaul and the Jerusalem Mental Health Center. The compound has separate facilities for men and women.<ref>[https://www.jpost.com/magazine/inside-eitanim-psychiatric-hospital-569096 Inside Eitanim psychiatric hospital]</ref> Eitanim is the only psychiatric hospital in Israel with an entire ward dedicated to the treatment of severe autism in adults.<ref>[https://www.kkl-jnf.org/about-kkl-jnf/green-israel-news/september-2020/healing-gardens-planned-for-eitanim-psychiatric-hospital/ Healing Gardens Planned for Eitanim Psychiatric Hospital]</ref>
==Broadcasting station== On Etamin, there is also a broadcasting station with multiple towers. The tallest of them is 110 metres (360 ft) tall and additionally guyed. It is among other used for broadcasting the following radio programmes in the FM-range.
{| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Frequency !! Polarisation !! Station !! Power |- | 87.6 MHz || v || KAN 88 || 40 kW |- | 88.8 MHz || v || MaKan || 40 kW |- | 91.3 MHz || v || KAN Kol HaMusika || 40 kW |- | 91.8 MHz || v || Galgalatz || 40 kW |- | 92.5 MHz || v || KAN Reshet Moreshet || 40 kW |- | 93 MHz || v || Radio Kol Chai MHz || 3.2 kW |- | 95.5 MHz || v || KAN Bet || 40 kW |- | 96.6 MHz || v || Galei Zahal (Galatz) || 40 kW |- | 97.8 MHz || v || KAN Gimmel || 40 kW |- | 100.3 MHz || v || KAN Reka || 5 kW |- | 105.1 MHz || v || KAN Tarbut || 40 kW |}
==See also== *Health care in Israel
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Mateh Yehuda Regional Council}} {{Authority control}}
Category:Villages in Israel Category:Psychiatric hospitals in Israel Category:Populated places established in 1950 Category:Hospitals established in 1950 Category:1950 establishments in Israel Category:Buildings and structures in Jerusalem District