The Settlement of the Thousand ( he, התיישבות האלף, ''Hityashvut HaElef'') refers to two separate

Zionist Zionism ( he, צִיּוֹנוּת ''Tsiyyonut'' after ''Zion'') is a nationalist movement that espouses the establishment of, and support for a homeland for the Jewish people centered in the area roughly corresponding to what is known in Je ...

plans to settle

Jew Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""Th ...

ish families on farms in

Mandate Palestine Mandatory Palestine ( ar, فلسطين الانتدابية '; he, פָּלֶשְׂתִּינָה (א״י) ', where "E.Y." indicates ''’Eretz Yiśrā’ēl'', the Land of Israel) was a geopolitical entity established between 1920 and 1948 i ...

. The first started in September 1926,Zionism: The first 100 years 1882-2002
Jewish Agency for Israel the second in 1932.Settlement of the Thousand
Kibbutz Shiller The aim of both plans was to settle 1,000 families on agricultural lots.

1932 scheme

The 1932 plan was a response to the

1929 Palestine riots The 1929 Palestine riots, Buraq Uprising ( ar, ثورة البراق, ) or the Events of 1929 ( he, מאורעות תרפ"ט, , ''lit.'' Events of 5689 Anno Mundi), was a series of demonstrations and riots in late August 1929 in which a longst ...

, and aimed to establish small agricultural settlements around the larger Jewish towns and moshavot and help defend them against Arab rioters. The first takers of the deal generally received a modest home and around 15

dunam A dunam ( Ottoman Turkish, Arabic: ; tr, dönüm; he, דונם), also known as a donum or dunum and as the old, Turkish, or Ottoman stremma, was the Ottoman unit of area equivalent to the Greek stremma or English acre, representing the amount ...

s of land. Although only 437 families were settled in the end, it resulted in the creation of several

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 ...

im, including

Avihayil Avihayil (, lit. ''Father of strength'') is a moshav in central Israel. Located to the north-east of Netanya, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hefer Valley Regional Council. In it had a population of . Name The moshav was named after the bio ...

, Beit Oved,

Gibton Gibton ( he, גִּבְּתוֹן, ''lit.'' Finch) is a moshav in central Israel. Located near Rehovot, it falls under the jurisdiction of Brenner Regional Council. In it had a population of . History It was founded in 1933 as part of the Sett ...

Givat Hen Givat Hen ( he, גִּבְעַת חֵ"ן, ''lit.'' HN Hill) is a moshav in central Israel. Located near Ra'anana, it falls under the jurisdiction of Drom HaSharon Regional Council. In it had a population of . History Givat Hen was founded in 1 ...

Kfar Bilu Kfar Bilu ( he, כְּפַר בִּיל"וּ, ''lit.'' Bilu Village) is a moshav in central Israel. Located between Rehovot and Kiryat Ekron, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gezer Regional Council. In it had a population of . History The m ...

Kfar Hess Kfar Hess ( he, כְּפַר הֶס, , Hess Village) is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the Sharon plain to the south-east of Tel Mond and covering 3,800 dunams, located 262.5 feet (80 meters) above sea level and it falls under the jurisdi ...

and

Neta'im Neta'im ( he, נְטָעִים, ''lit.'' Plantations), is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the coastal plain around 4 kilometres south of Rishon LeZion and covering 1,100 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gan Raveh Regional Coun ...

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1926 in Mandatory Palestine 1932 in Mandatory Palestine Settlement schemes {{Mandatory Palestine-stub

1932 scheme

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