Netanya

Netanya was named in honor of Nathan Straus, who was a co-owner of Macy's department store.

Netanya is home to the world's largest population of iris atropurpurea.

In 2001, 99.9% of Netanya's population were Jewish and other non-Arabs.

Kiryat Eliezer was established in 1950 to support the surrounding orchards.

Netanya hosted the World Lacrosse Championship tournament in 2018, making Israel the first country to host it where English is not the primary spoken language.