moshav
A moshav ( he, מוֹשָׁב, plural ', lit. ''settlement, village'') is a type of Israeli town or settlement, in particular a type of cooperative agricultural community of individual farms pioneered by the Labour Zionists between 1904 an ...
in central Israel. Located seven kilometres south of
Beit Shemesh
Beit Shemesh ( he, בֵּית שֶׁמֶשׁ ) is a city located approximately west of Jerusalem in Israel's Jerusalem District, with a population of in .
History Tel Beit Shemesh
The small archaeological tell northeast of the modern city wa ...
, at the east end of the Elah valley, it falls under the jurisdiction of
Mateh Yehuda Regional Council
Mateh Yehuda Regional Council ( he, מועצה אזורית מטה יהודה, ''Mo'atza Azorit Mateh Yehuda'', ar, مجلس إقليمي ماتيه يهودا ) is a regional council in the Jerusalem District of Israel. In 2008 it was home to 3 ...
. In it had a population of .
History
The moshav was founded on 8 April 1958 by immigrants from Iran and by Cochin Jews from Kochi, being the chief ethnic constituent, and was initially named Adulam 9. It was later renamed after Aviezer Zigmond Gestetner, a former president of the
Jewish National Fund
Jewish National Fund ( he, קֶרֶן קַיֶּימֶת לְיִשְׂרָאֵל, ''Keren Kayemet LeYisrael'', previously , ''Ha Fund HaLeumi'') was founded in 1901 to buy and develop land in Ottoman Syria (later Mandatory Palestine, and subseq ...
in the United Kingdom. It was established on land belonging to the depopulated Palestinian village of
Bayt Nattif
Bayt Nattif or Beit Nattif ( ar, بيت نتّيف, and alternatively) was a Palestinian Arab village, located some 20 kilometers (straight line distance) southwest of Jerusalem, midway on the ancient Roman road between Beit Guvrin and Jerusal ...
. Today, the site of Aviezer lies within the "green-line" of the
1949 Armistice Agreements
The 1949 Armistice Agreements were signed between Israel and Egypt,Olive press at ''Khirbet Malkat-ha''
File:Covered pit - cistern.jpg, Pit with iron grating
File:Broken millstone.jpg, Broken olive press near Aviezer (''Khirbet Malkat-ha'')
File:Foundations of old house with niche carved in wall, Kh. Beit Ika.jpg, Foundations of old house, found at Kh. Beit-Ika ruin near Aviezer
File:Ancient millstone of olive press at Kh. Beit Ika.jpg, Millstone of Olive Press in Kh. Beit Ika