# Matan, Israel

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**Matan** (Hebrew: מתן) is a [community settlement](/source/Community_settlement_(Israel)) in central [Israel](/source/Israel). Located near [Yarhiv](/source/Yarhiv) and [Nirit](/source/Nirit), it falls under the jurisdiction of [Drom HaSharon Regional Council](/source/Drom_HaSharon_Regional_Council). In it had a population of .

## History

The community was founded in 1993, and took its name from[1] the [Bible](/source/Bible), specifically [Proverbs](/source/Book_of_Proverbs) 18:16:

A man's **gift** maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men.[2]

Its establishment was part of Minister of Housing and Construction [Ariel Sharon](/source/Ariel_Sharon)'s 'seven stars' plan to increase Jewish communities along the [Green Line](/source/Green_Line_(Israel)).[3]

## Notable residents

- [Yuval Diskin](/source/Yuval_Diskin)

## References

1. Bitan, Hanna: 1948–1998: Fifty Years of 'Hityashvut': Atlas of Names of Settlements in Israel, Jerusalem 1999, Carta, p.44, ISBN 965-220-423-4 (Hebrew)

1. [Proverbs Chapter 18](https://mechon-mamre.org/i/t/t28.htm) Mechon Mamre

1. Gabriel Schwake (2020) [Supply-side territoriality: reshaping a geopolitical project according to economic means](https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/13562576.2020.1788930) *Space and Polity*

## External links

- [Official website](http://www.matan.muni.il/) (in Hebrew)

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