Beit Elazari
Beit Elazari (Hebrew: בֵּית אֶלְעָזָרִי, lit. House of Elazari; Arabic: بيت إلعزاري) is a moshav in central Israel. Located three miles south of the city of Rehovot, it falls under the jurisdiction of Brenner Regional Council. In 2019 it had a population of 1,568.[1]
Beit Elazari
בֵּית אֶלְעָזָרִי | |
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| Coordinates: 31°50′36.95″N 34°48′15.47″E | |
| Country |  Israel |
| District | Central |
| Council | Brenner |
| Affiliation | Moshavim Movement |
| Founded | 1948 |
| Founded by | Eastern European immigrants |
| Population (2019)[1] | 1,568 |
| Name meaning | House of Elazari |
| Website | www |
History
It was founded in 1948 by Jewish immigrants from eastern Europe, on the site of the depopulated Palestinian village of al-Maghar.[2] Initially named Arugot (Hebrew: ערוגות), it was later renamed Ekron HaHadasha (Hebrew: עקרון החדשה, lit. New Ekron), and finally Beit Elazari in memory of the agronomist Yitzhak Elazari-Volcani, founder of modern agriculture in Israel.[3]
References
- "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. 395. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
- Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel (in Hebrew). Yuval El'azari (ed.). Tel-Aviv: Mapa Publishing. 2005. p. 64. ISBN 965-7184-34-7.CS1 maint: others (link)
- Avraham Zilberberg: Public Activities Knesset website
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