Yesodot
Yesodot | |
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  Yesodot | |
| Coordinates: 31°48′51.83″N 34°51′56.51″E / 31.8143972°N 34.8656972°E | |
| Country | Israel |
| District | Central |
| Council | Nahal Sorek |
| Affiliation | Poalei Agudat Yisrael |
| Founded | 1948 |
| Founded by | Hungarian and Polish immigrants |
| Population (2022)[1] | 1,052 |
Yesodot (Template:Lang-he-n, lit. Foundations) is a religious moshav shitufi in central Israel. Located in the Shephelah, it falls under the jurisdiction of Nahal Sorek Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 1,052.[1]
History
The village was established at a control point on the Burma Road in 1948 during the Arab–Israeli War on land that had belonged to the depopulated Palestinian village of Umm Kalkha.[2][3] The community had been established two years earlier by immigrants from Hungary and Poland.[citation needed]
References
- ^ a b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ Morris, Benny (2004). The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. xx. ISBN 978-0-521-00967-6.
- ^ Khalidi, Walid (1992), All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948, Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies, p. 419, ISBN 0-88728-224-5