Editing Rehovot (section)

===State of Israel===
[[File:RehovotCamps_Ariovitch.jpg|thumb|250px|The Department of Agriculture of the [[Hebrew University of Jerusalem]] in Rehovot in 2008]]

On 29 February 1948, the [[Lehi (group)|Lehi]] [[Cairo–Haifa train bombings 1948|blew up the Cairo to Haifa train]] shortly after it left Rehovot, killing 29 British soldiers and injuring 35. Lehi said the bombing was in retaliation for the [[Ben Yehuda Street Bombing#1948 bombing|Ben Yehuda Street bombing]] a week earlier. ''[[The Scotsman]]'' reported that both Weizmann's home and the Agricultural Institute were damaged in the explosion, although the sites were {{convert|1|–|2|mi|km|disp=sqbr}} away. On 28 March 1948, Arabs attacked a Jewish convoy near Rehovot.<ref>Martin (2005). Routledge Atlas of the Arab-Israeli Conflict. Routledge. {{ISBN|978-0-415-35901-6}}.</ref> In 1950, Rehovot, which had a population of about 18,000, was declared a city.
[[File:Rehovot Police Station4.jpg|thumb|Rehovot Police Station]]
In the immediate years following the establishment of [[Israel]], the ''Zarnuqa'' [[Ma'abarot|ma'abara]] (now named ''Kiryat Moshe'') was established on the Southern side of Rehovot to house Jewish refugees from Eastern Europe and [[Jewish exodus from Arab and Muslim countries|Arab lands]].<ref>Belcove-Shalin, 1995, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=enXvYWgkW-kC&pg=PA75 75]</ref> On the Southwest, the neighborhood of ''Kfar Gevirol'' (now named ''Ibn Gevirol'', named after [[Solomon ibn Gabirol]], 11th Century Sephardi Jewish Philosopher) was founded on lands of the depopulated Palestinian village of [[Al-Qubayba, Ramle|Al-Qubayba]].<ref>Zochrot, Al-Qubayba, Ramle [http://www.zochrot.org/en/village/49456 Link]</ref> Over the years, ''Kiryat Moshe'' expanded over the lands of the depopulated Palestinian village of [[Zarnuqa]]. The mosque of the village, while abandoned, still stands.<ref>Zochrot, Zarnuqa [http://zochrot.org/en/village/49155 Link]</ref> On the Southeast the neighborhood of Ramat Aharon were established. The city has since then expanded in all directions, geographically surrounding but not including the Kibbutz of [[Kvutzat Shiller]] and the Moshav of [[Gibton]].