Kidron, Israel
Kidron
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  Kidron | |
| Coordinates: 31°48′48″N 34°47′50″E / 31.81333°N 34.79722°E | |
| Country | Israel |
| District | Central |
| Council | Brenner |
| Affiliation | Moshavim Movement |
| Founded | 1949 |
| Founded by | Yugoslavian immigrants |
| Population (2022)[1] | 1,626 |
| Website | www.kidron.org.il |
Kidron (Hebrew: קִדְרוֹן) is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the Shephelah just east of Gedera, and near the Tel Nof Airbase, it falls under the jurisdiction of Brenner Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 1,626.[1]
History
[edit]The moshav was established in 1949 by a group of Jewish immigrants from Yugoslavia. It was named for the Kidron Valley.[2] They were later joined by Jewish immigrants from Romania.
It was established on the land of the depopulated Palestinian village of Qatra, which became depopulated in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.[3][4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ Yuval Elʻazari, ed. (2005). Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel (in Hebrew). Tel-Aviv: Mapa Publishing. p. 471. ISBN 965-7184-34-7.
- ^ Khalidi, Walid (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. pp. 404–5. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
- ^ Morris, Benny (2004). The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. xxi, settlement #76. ISBN 0-521-00967-7.
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