Dor () 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 near

Zikhron Ya'akov Zikhron Ya'akov () often shortened to just Zikhron, is a local council (Israel), town in northern Israel, south of the city of Haifa, and part of the Haifa District. It is located at the southern end of the Mount Carmel, Carmel mountain range over ...

, it falls under the jurisdiction of

Hof HaCarmel Regional Council Hof HaCarmel Regional Council (, ''Mo'atza Azorit Hof ha-Karmel'', ''lit.'' Carmel Coast Regional Council) is a regional council located in the northern Israeli coastal plain. The council serves a large area, stretching from Tirat HaCarmel in the ...

. In it had a population of . Named after the ancient

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n city of Dor, the moshav was established in June 1948 on land of the recently depopulated

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village of

al-Tantura Tantura (, ''al-Tantura'', lit. ''The Peak''; Hebrew language, Hebrew and Phoenician language, Phoenician: דור, ''Dor'') was a Palestinian Arab fishing village located northwest of Zikhron Ya'akov on the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean coas ...

in the wake of the

Tantura massacre The Tantura massacre took place on the 22–23 May 1948 during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, when Palestinian villagers were massacred by Israel's Haganah, namely the Alexandroni Brigade. The massacre occurred after the surrender of the village ...

History

Tel Dor

The earliest remains at the Tel Dor site date back to the Canaanite period ending about 1200 BCE. Later, the Shkil tribe of sea raiders inhabited Tel Dor, as described in the letters of the Egyptian traveler Wen-Amon. The Phoenicians settled at Dor approximately 1100 BCE, and subsequently it became King Solomon's main port on the Mediterranean. Modern Dor was named after the ancient

n city of Dor, which was inhabited by the

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in the Israelite period. The city is mentioned in the

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, in the

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17:11 and 1

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7:29). The ancient city of Dor was situated on the excavated tell north of today's moshav, overlooking Kibbutz

Nahsholim Nahsholim () is a kibbutz and beach resort in northern Israel. Located near Zikhron Ya'akov, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof HaCarmel Regional Council. In it had a population of . History The kibbutz was established in June 1948 by a g ...

. Archaeologists have excavated Roman temples and mosaic floors, as well as stone-walled houses from the Hellenistic period, when the site was known as Dora. Artifacts of beautiful Roman and Greek bowls, plates, jugs and jewelry are displayed at the nearby museum. From the 4th to the 7th century CE, Dor served as a Bishopric, but the Byzantine church was later abandoned. The village of

Tantura Tantura (, ''al-Tantura'', lit. ''The Peak''; Hebrew and Phoenician: דור, ''Dor'') was a Palestinian Arab fishing village located northwest of Zikhron Ya'akov on the Mediterranean coast of Israel. Near the village lie the ruins of the anci ...

was established in the area during the Arab period.Life with Neanderthal Man and Napoleon too at the Mt. Carmel caves and the beach at Tel Dor
Sightseeing in Israel

Moshav site

The modern moshav was established in 1949 by Jewish immigrants from

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, who were later joined by

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from

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on land of the forcibly depopulated

village of

, east of the old village site. Today, according to a report in the newspaper

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, a car park for the beaches of Dor and neighboring

contains a mass grave from the 1948

References

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