Misgav Dov ( he, מִשְׂגַּב דֹּב, ''lit.'' Dov's Fortress) is a
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 south-central
Israel. Located near
Gedera
Gedera, or less commonly known as Gdera ( he, גְּדֵרָה), is a town in the southern part of the Shfela region in the Central District of Israel founded in 1884. It is south of Rehovot.
In , it had a population of .
History
Gedera ...
in the
coastal plain, it falls under the jurisdiction of
Gederot Regional Council
Gederot Regional Council ( he, מועצה אזורית גדרות, ''Mo'atza Azorit Gderot'') is a regional council (Israel), regional council in the Central District (Israel), Central District of Israel. It is located between Ashdod, Yavne and Ged ...
. In it had a population of .
History
The moshav was founded though the
Mishkei Herut Beitar settlement movement by
Herut members from
Haifa in 1950 on land that had belonged to the depopulated
Palestinian village of
Bashshit
Bashshayt ( ar, بشيت), also Beshshayt, was a Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict, located southwest of Ramla about half a mile from wadi Bashshit. Archaeological artifacts from the village attest to habitation in the Early Is ...
.
[Misgav Dov]
Gederot Regional Council
It was named after
Dov Gruner, a member of the
Irgun who was executed by the British authorities. The founders were later joined by new immigrants from Iraq, Poland and the Soviet Union.
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References
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Moshavim
Populated places in Central District (Israel)
Populated places established in 1950
1950 establishments in Israel