Yesodot

Yesodot
Yesodot is located in Central Israel
Yesodot
Yesodot
Coordinates: 31°48′52″N 34°51′57″E / 31.81444°N 34.86583°E / 31.81444; 34.86583
CountryIsrael
DistrictCentral
CouncilNahal Sorek
AffiliationPoalei Agudat Yisrael
Founded1948
Founded byHungarian and Polish immigrants
Population
 (2022)[1]
1,052

Yesodot (Hebrew: יְסוֹדוֹת, lit.'Foundations') is a Haredi[2] 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

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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.[3][4] The community had been established two years earlier by immigrants from Hungary and Poland.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  2. ^ "לקום, להתפלל, לגדל ענבים: איך נראים החיים ביישוב הכי ייחודי בישראל". TheMarker.
  3. ^ Morris, Benny (2004). The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. xx. ISBN 978-0-521-00967-6.
  4. ^ 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