Meishar

Meishar

מֵישָׁר‎
Meishar מֵישָׁר‎
	Etymology: Flatland
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	Coordinates: 31°49′5.52″N 34°45′14.76″E / 31.8182000°N 34.7541000°ECoordinates: 31°49′5.52″N 34°45′14.76″E / 31.8182000°N 34.7541000°E
Country	Israel
District	Central
Council	Gederot
Affiliation	Agricultural Union
Founded	1950
Founded by	Immigrants from Europe
Population (2019)	795

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 2019 it had a population of 795.^[1]

History[]

The moshav was founded by immigrants to Israel from Germany and Poland in 1950 on land that had belonged to the depopulated Palestinian village of Bashshit.^[2]

References[]

^ ^a ^b "Population in the Localities 2019" (XLS). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
^ 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.

[Israelpopulations-1] "Population in the Localities 2019" (XLS). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 August 2020.

[2] 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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v t Gederot Regional Council
Moshavim	Gan HaDarom Kfar Aviv Kfar Mordechai Meishar Misgav Dov Shdema
Community settlement	Aseret

Meishar מֵישָׁר‎

Etymology: Flatland
Meishar Meishar Show map of Central IsraelShow map of IsraelShow all
Coordinates: 31°49′5.52″N 34°45′14.76″E / 31.8182000°N 34.7541000°E / 31.8182000; 34.7541000Coordinates: 31°49′5.52″N 34°45′14.76″E / 31.8182000°N 34.7541000°E / 31.8182000; 34.7541000
Country	Israel
District	Central
Council	Gederot
Affiliation	Agricultural Union
Founded	1950
Founded by	Immigrants from Europe
Population (2019)^[1]	795