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Batzra

Coordinates: 32°12′46.08″N 34°52′40.43″E / 32.2128000°N 34.8778972°E / 32.2128000; 34.8778972
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Batzra
Batzra is located in Central Israel
Batzra
Batzra
Coordinates: 32°12′46.08″N 34°52′40.43″E / 32.2128000°N 34.8778972°E / 32.2128000; 34.8778972
CountryIsrael
DistrictCentral
CouncilHof HaSharon
AffiliationAgricultural Union
Founded1946
Founded byDemobbed soldiers
Population
 (2022)[1]
1,178

Batzra (Template:Lang-he-n) is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the Sharon plain near Ra'anana, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof HaSharon Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 1,178.[1]

History

The moshav was established in 1946 by demobilised soldiers who had received technical training in the British Army. It was named after Basra in Iraq, where the unit was stationed for some time during World War II.[2] By 1947 it had a population of 80.[2] It was redeemed by South African Jewry.[2]

Batzra was built on the land of the Palestinian village of Tabsur, which was depopulated in April 1948.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  2. ^ a b c Jewish National Fund (1949). Jewish Villages in Israel. Jerusalem: Hamadpis Liphshitz Press. p. 12.
  3. ^ Khalidi, Walid (1992), All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948, Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies, p. 562, ISBN 0-88728-224-5