Rakefet

Rakefet is a community settlement in northern Israel. Located in the Lower Galilee near Sakhnin, it falls under the jurisdiction of Misgav [Regional Council]. In it had a population of.

History

The village was established in 1981 as a moshav shitufi; its name means "Cyclamen". In August 1989 it was converted to a community settlement.
The underground Rakefet prison was opened in 1980 to house organised crime figures, but was closed in 1985 as its conditions were considered inhumane. It was re-opened in 2023 on the orders of Israel's security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir to house Palestinian prisoners following the 7 October attacks.
In September 2011 a High Court of Justice ordered the Israel [Lands Administration] to allocate a plot of state land to an Arab couple, Fatina and Ahmed Zabeidat. The ruling came after the Arab couple was first denied a membership in the community.