Kidron, Israel

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 2019 it had a population of 1,607.[1]

Kidron

קִדְרוֹן‎
Kidron
Coordinates: 31°48′44.28″N 34°48′1.08″E
CountryIsrael
DistrictCentral
CouncilBrenner
AffiliationMoshavim Movement
Founded1949
Founded byYugoslavian Jewish immigrants
Population
 (2019)[1]
1,607
Websitewww.kidron.org.il

History

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
  1. "Population in the Localities 2019" (XLS). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  2. Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel (in Hebrew). Yuval Elʻazari (ed.). Tel-Aviv: Mapa Publishing. 2005. p. 471. ISBN 965-7184-34-7.CS1 maint: others (link)
  3. 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.
  4. 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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