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
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
. Located near
Rehovot
Rehovot ( he, רְחוֹבוֹת ''Rəḥōvōt'', ar, رحوڤوت ''Reḥūfūt'') is a city in the Central District of Israel, about south of Tel Aviv. In it had a population of .
Etymology
Israel Belkind, founder of the Bilu movement, ...
, it falls under the jurisdiction of
Brenner Regional Council
Brenner Regional Council ( he, מועצה אזורית ברנר, ''Mo'atza Azorit Brenner''; ar, المجلس الإقليمي برنر), is a regional council in the Central District of Israel. It is located in the westernmost portion of the She ...
. In it had a population of .
History
It was founded in 1933 as part of the
Settlement of the Thousand
The Settlement of the Thousand ( he, התיישבות האלף, ''Hityashvut HaElef'') refers to two separate Zionist plans to settle Jewish families on farms in Mandate Palestine. The first started in September 1926,Arab rioters. It was named after an ancient town in the territory of the
Tribe of Dan
The Tribe of Dan (, "Judge") was one of the twelve tribes of Israel, according to the Torah. They were allocated a coastal portion of land when the people of Israel entered the Promised Land, later moving northwards.
Biblical narrative
In th ...
“Tel Malot: Final Report.” Hadashot Arkheologiyot: Excavations and Surveys in Israel, vol. 129, 2017, p.1-11 some kilometers south-east. Following Rehovot's expansion after the
1948 Arab–Israeli War
The 1948 (or First) Arab–Israeli War was the second and final stage of the 1948 Palestine war. It formally began following the end of the British Mandate for Palestine at midnight on 14 May 1948; the Israeli Declaration of Independence had ...
, it became an enclave within the city's perimeter.
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File:Rehovot 1948.jpg, Gibton (Kefar Gibton) 1948 1:20,000