Meishar
Moshav in central Israel
Place in Central, Israel
Meishar 31°49′6″N 34°45′15″E / 31.81833°N 34.75417°E / 31.81833; 34.75417 | |
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Country | Israel |
District | Central |
Council | Gederot |
Affiliation | Agricultural Union |
Founded | 1950 |
Founded by | Immigrants from Europe |
Population (2022)[1] | 835 |
Meishar (Hebrew: מֵישָׁר) is a moshav in south-central Israel. Located in the coastal plain near Gedera, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gederot Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 835.[1]
History
The moshav was founded in 1950, by immigrants from Poland and Germany, on land that had belonged to the depopulated Palestinian village of Bashshit.[2]
References
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- ^ a b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ Khalidi, Walid (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 363. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
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Gederot Regional Council
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