Ramot Meir ( he, רָמוֹת מֵאִיר, ''lit.'' Meir Heights) is a moshav ovdim 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 in the

Shephelah The Shephelah or Shfela, lit. "lowlands" ( hbo, הַשְּפֵלָה ''hašŠǝfēlā'', also Modern Hebrew: , ''Šǝfēlat Yəhūda'', the "Judaean foothills"), is a transitional region of soft-sloping rolling hills in south-central Israel str ...

around four kilometres south of Rehovot, it falls under the jurisdiction of

Gezer Regional Council Gezer Regional Council ( he, מועצה אזורית גזר, ''Mo'atza Azorit Gezer'') is a regional council in the Central District of Israel. Established in 1949, it had a population of 20,700 in 2006. List of settlements The council covers fiv ...

. In it had a population of .

History

The moshav was founded in 1949 by

demobilised Demobilization or demobilisation (see spelling differences) is the process of standing down a nation's armed forces from combat-ready status. This may be as a result of victory in war, or because a crisis has been peacefully resolved and milita ...

soldiers, and was named after the

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philanthropist Meyer Rosoff. Rosoff had bought the land around the

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village of

al-Na'ani Al-Na'ani, also called Al-Ni'ana, was a Palestinian people, Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict, Mandatory Palestine, Ramle Subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War on May 14, 1948, by ...

in the 1930s for his company, Rosoff Group Plantations. After the 1948 war, it expanded on part of the remaining al-Na'ani land. It collapsed in 1965, but was re-established in 1969 by a group of

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from

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(who had originally moved there from

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)

References

External links

Official website
{{Gezer Regional Council Moshavim Populated places established in 1949 Populated places in Central District (Israel) 1949 establishments in Israel French-Jewish culture in Israel North African-Jewish culture in Israel