Shtulim () is a

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in south-central

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. Located near

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, it falls under the jurisdiction of

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. In it had a population of .

History

The moshav was founded in 1950 by

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from

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, with the name taken from a passage in the Book of

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92:13: "They are planted in the house of the Lord, they flourish in the courts of our God." Shtulim was built the land of the

Palestinian Palestinians () are an Arab ethnonational group native to the Levantine region of Palestine. *: "Palestine was part of the first wave of conquest following Muhammad's death in 632 CE; Jerusalem fell to the Caliph Umar in 638. The indigenous p ...

village of

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, which was depopulated in 1948. It has been flooded multiple times due to its proximity to two rivers.

References

{{Authority control Moshavim Populated places established in 1950 Populated places in Southern District (Israel) Yemeni-Jewish culture in Israel 1950 establishments in Israel