Yagel ( he, יָגֵל, lit=he will rejoice) 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 central Israel. Located near

Lod Lod ( he, לוד, or fully vocalized ; ar, اللد, al-Lidd or ), also known as Lydda ( grc, Λύδδα), is a city southeast of Tel Aviv and northwest of Jerusalem in the Central District of Israel. It is situated between the lower Shephe ...

and Ben Gurion International Airport, it falls under the jurisdiction of Sdot Dan Regional Council. In it had a population of .

History

Yagel was the site of the Mamluk and Ottoman village of Subtara. During the 16 century, Haseki sultan endowed Subtara to its Jerusalem soup kitchen. During the 18th and 19th centuries, the area around Yagel belonged to the Nahiyeh (sub-district) of

that encompassed the area of the present-day city of Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut in the south to the present-day city of El'ad in the north, and from the foothills in the east, through the Lod Valley to the outskirts of

Jaffa Jaffa, in Hebrew Yafo ( he, יָפוֹ, ) and in Arabic Yafa ( ar, يَافَا) and also called Japho or Joppa, the southern and oldest part of Tel Aviv-Yafo, is an ancient port city in Israel. Jaffa is known for its association with the b ...

in the west. This area was home to thousands of inhabitants in about 20 villages, who had at their disposal tens of thousands of hectares of prime agricultural land. The village was founded on 27 June 1950 by immigrants from Iraq, and was initially named Lod Bet, but was later renamed Yagel, a name taken from the Book of Psalms 14:7;

Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! When the LORD turneth the captivity of His people, let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad.

It is located on the land of the depopulated Palestinian village of Kafr 'Ana.

References

{{Sdot Dan Regional Council Moshavim Populated places established in 1950 Iraqi-Jewish culture in Israel Populated places in Central District (Israel) 1950 establishments in Israel