Sde Eliezer
Sde Eliezer (Hebrew: שְׂדֵה אֱלִיעֶזֶר, lit. Eliezer's Field) is a moshav in northern Israel. Located in the Hula Valley, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mevo'ot HaHermon Regional Council. In 2019 it had a population of 809.[1]
Sde Eliezer
שְׂדֵה אֱלִיעֶזֶר | |
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  Sde Eliezer | |
| Coordinates: 33°2′42.72″N 35°33′50.4″E | |
| Country | Israel |
| District | Northern |
| Council | Mevo'ot HaHermon |
| Affiliation | HaOved HaTzioni |
| Founded | 1950 |
| Population (2019)[1] | 809 |
History
Sde Eliezer was founded in 1950 by residents of Yesod HaMa'ala and Kiryat Shmona. Jewish immigrants from Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Poland and Romania also settled there. The moshav was named for Robert (Eliezer) Rothschild, grandson of Edmond de Rothschild, founder of the Palestine Jewish Colonization Association (PICA).[2]
According to some sources the village was built on land which had been bought by PICA,[3][4] while according to Walid Khalidi, it was established on land that had belonged to the depopulated Palestinian village of al-Husayniyya.[5]
Notable residents
References
- "Population in the Localities 2019" (XLS). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
- About Moshav Sde Eliezer
- Avi Har-Shagai (1990) The Encyclopedia of Local Government in Israel: Regional Councils, p243
- Mordechai, Assaf (11 October 2009). "מושב שדה אליעזר, גליל עליון" [Moshav Sde Eliyahu, Upper Galilee]. Globes (in Hebrew). Retrieved 1 May 2019.
- Khalidi, Walid (1992). All That Remains:The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 457. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.