Beit Yosef ( he, בֵּית יוֹסֵף) is a moshav in the northern

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. Located about eight kilometres north of

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, adjacent to

Yardena Yardena ( he, יַרְדֵּנָה) is a moshav in northern Israel. Located on route 90, 13 kilometers north of Beit She'an, it falls under the jurisdiction of Valley of Springs Regional Council. In it had a population of . History Yardena was ...

, it falls under the jurisdiction of

Valley of Springs Regional Council Emek HaMa'ayanot Regional Council ( he, מועצה אזורית עמק המעיינות, ''Mo'atza Azorit Emek HaMa'ayanot'', lit. ''Valley of the Springs Regional Council'') is a regional council in the Northern District of Israel that encompas ...

. As of it had a population of .

History

Beit Yosef was founded in 1937 as a tower and stockade settlement, a series of settlements erected during the 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine. It was named for Yosef Aharonovitch, an influential figure in the Labor Party and a journalist. By 1947 it had a population of over 200. Although it was abandoned during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War after it was severely attacked by the

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ian

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and Iraqi Army, it was re-established in 1951 by

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from

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and

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. File:בית יוסף - הבונים בחומה --JNF044820.jpeg, Construction of stockade wall, 1 April 1937 File:בית יוסף - מגדל הצופים הביאו אותו מוכן ומיד התחילו עוסקים בהקמתו.-JNF044818.jpeg, Pre-constructed watch tower installed, 1 April 1937 File:בית יוסף - הבקור הראשון של הבדוואים מהכפר הסמוך אצל שכניהם היהודים.-JNF044824.jpeg, Local villagers visit construction site, 1 April 1937 File:מראה בית יוסף באמק בית שאן-JNF034466.jpeg, Beit Yosef 1937 File:Tower and Stockade settlement, aerial view 1938.jpg, Aerial view of Beit Yosef, 1938 File:A FARM YARD AT MOSHAV BEIT YOSSEF. מושב בית יוסף.D403-063.jpg, Farm on Moshav Beit Yosef, 1939 File:AERIAL VIEW OF MOSHAV BEIT YOSSEF. צילום אוויר של מושב בית יוסף בעמק בית שאן.D27-045.jpg, Beit Yosef 1946

References

{{Authority control Moshavim Populated places established in 1937 Jewish villages in Mandatory Palestine Populated places in Northern District (Israel) 1937 establishments in Mandatory Palestine