Yesodot

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Yesodot
Yesodot is located in Central Israel
Yesodot
Yesodot
Coordinates: 31°48′51.83″N 34°51′56.51″E / 31.8143972°N 34.8656972°E / 31.8143972; 34.8656972Coordinates: 31°48′51.83″N 34°51′56.51″E / 31.8143972°N 34.8656972°E / 31.8143972; 34.8656972
CountryIsrael
DistrictCentral
CouncilNahal Sorek
AffiliationPoalei Agudat Yisrael
Founded1948
Founded byHungarian and Polish immigrants
Population
 (2019)[1]
924

Yesodot (Hebrew: יְסוֹדוֹת‎, 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 2019 it had a population of 924.[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[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Population in the Localities 2019" (XLS). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  2. ^ Morris, Benny (2004). The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. xx. ISBN 978-0-521-00967-6.
  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. 419, ISBN 0-88728-224-5
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