Misgav Dov
Misgav Dov
משגב דב | |
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  Misgav Dov  Misgav Dov | |
| Coordinates: 31°49′12″N 34°44′25″E / 31.82000°N 34.74028°E / 31.82000; 34.74028 | |
| Country |  Israel |
| District | Central |
| Council | Gederot |
| Affiliation | Mishkei Herut Beitar |
| Founded | 1950 |
| Founded by | Herut members |
| Population (2022)[1] | 736 |
Misgav Dov (Hebrew: מִשְׂגַּב דֹּב, lit. Dov's Fortress) is a moshav in south-central Israel. Located near Gedera in the coastal plain, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gederot Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 736.
History
The moshav was founded though the Mishkei Herut Beitar settlement movement by Herut members from Haifa in 1950 on land that had belonged to the Ottoman-Palestine-Arab village of Bashshit.[2][3]
It was named after Dov Gruner, a member of the Irgun who was executed by the British authorities. The founders were later joined by new immigrants from Iraq, Poland and the Soviet Union.[2]
References
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- ^ "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ a b Misgav Dov Gederot Regional Council
- ^ 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.