Beit Yosef () is a

moshav A moshav (, plural ', "settlement, village") is a type of Israeli village or town or Jewish settlement, in particular a type of cooperative agricultural community of individual farms pioneered by the Labour Zionists between 1904 and 1 ...

in northern

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. Located in the Beit She'an Valley about eight kilometres north of

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, adjacent to Yardena, it falls under the jurisdiction of

Valley of Springs Regional Council Emek HaMa'ayanot Regional Council (, ''Mo'atza Azorit Emek HaMa'ayanot'', lit. ''Valley of the Springs Regional Council'') is a regional council (Israel), regional council in the Northern District (Israel), Northern District of Israel that encompas ...

. As of it had a population of .

History

Beit Yosef was founded in 1937 as a tower and stockade settlement, a series of settlements erected during the

1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine A popular uprising by Palestinian Arabs in Mandatory Palestine against the British administration, later known as the Great Revolt, the Great Palestinian Revolt, or the Palestinian Revolution, lasted from 1936 until 1939. The movement sought i ...

. It was named for Yosef Aharonovitch, an influential figure in the Labor Party and a journalist. By 1947 it had a population of over 200. Although it was abandoned during the

1948 Arab–Israeli War The 1948 Arab–Israeli War, also known as the First Arab–Israeli War, followed the 1947–1948 civil war in Mandatory Palestine, civil war in Mandatory Palestine as the second and final stage of the 1948 Palestine war. The civil war becam ...

after it was severely attacked by the

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ian

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and

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, it was re-established in 1951 by

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from

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and

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. File:בית יוסף - הבונים בחומה --JNF044820.jpeg, Construction of stockade wall, 1 April 1937 File:בית יוסף - מגדל הצופים הביאו אותו מוכן ומיד התחילו עוסקים בהקמתו.-JNF044818.jpeg, Pre-constructed watch tower installed, 1 April 1937 File:בית יוסף - הבקור הראשון של הבדוואים מהכפר הסמוך אצל שכניהם היהודים.-JNF044824.jpeg, Local villagers visit construction site, 1 April 1937 File:מראה בית יוסף באמק בית שאן-JNF034466.jpeg, Beit Yosef 1937 File:Tower and Stockade settlement, aerial view 1938.jpg, Aerial view of Beit Yosef, 1938 File:A FARM YARD AT MOSHAV BEIT YOSSEF. מושב בית יוסף.D403-063.jpg, Farm on Moshav Beit Yosef, 1939 File:AERIAL VIEW OF MOSHAV BEIT YOSSEF. צילום אוויר של מושב בית יוסף בעמק בית שאן.D27-045.jpg, Beit Yosef 1946

References

{{Authority control Moshavim Populated places established in 1937 Jewish villages in Mandatory Palestine Populated places in Northern District (Israel) 1937 establishments in Mandatory Palestine