Bnei Dror ( he, בְּנֵי דְּרוֹר, ''lit.'' Sons of Liberty) is a

moshav shitufi A moshav shitufi ( he, מושב שיתופי, lit. ''collective moshav'', pl. ''moshavim shitufiim'') is a type of cooperative Israeli village, whose organizational principles place it between the kibbutz and the moshav on the scale of cooperation ...

in central

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. Located near Netanya and covering 3,200 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of

Lev HaSharon Regional Council Lev HaSharon Regional Council ( he, מועצה אזורית לב השרון, ''Mo'atza Azorit Lev HaSharon'', ''lit.'' Heart of the Sharon Regional Council) is a regional council in the Central District of Israel. The council was established in 1 ...

. In it had a population of .

History

The village was founded on 12 May 1946 by

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Jewish soldiers from the

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who had fought in

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and

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during

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and had first had the idea of establishing a moshav in 1941. Its name symbolises the founders' desire to live a free life. Residents work in agriculture and factories for furniture, sunglasses and packaging, as well as a shopping centre, regional school and pensioners' home.

References

External links

Village website
* {{Lev HaSharon Regional Council Moshavim Populated places established in 1946 Jewish villages in Mandatory Palestine Populated places in Central District (Israel) 1946 establishments in Mandatory Palestine