Elishama, Israel

Elishama
אֱלִישָׁמָע‬
Elishama
Coordinates: 32°9′4″N 34°55′35″E / 32.15111°N 34.92639°E / 32.15111; 34.92639Coordinates: 32°9′4″N 34°55′35″E / 32.15111°N 34.92639°E / 32.15111; 34.92639
District Central
Council Drom HaSharon
Affiliation Moshavim Movement
Founded 1950
Founded by Libyan Jewish refugees
Population (2017)[1] 1,210

Elishama (Hebrew: אֱלִישָׁמָע‬) is a moshav in central Israel.[2] Located in the Sharon plain near Hod HaSharon and Kfar Saba, it falls under the jurisdiction of Drom HaSharon Regional Council. In 2017 it had a population of 1,210.[1]

History

The moshav was founded in 1950 by Jewish Jewish refugees from Tripoli (in modern Libya) on land that had belonged to the depopulated Palestinian Arab village of Biyar 'Adas.[3] It was named after the Biblical character Elishama ben Ammihud, a leader of the Tribe of Ephraim (Numbers 10:22).[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "List of localities, in Alphabetical order" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved August 26, 2018.
  2. ↑ Photo of invasive species takes contest's first prize Haaretz,
  3. ↑ Khalidi, Walid (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 239. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
  4. ↑ Place Names in Israel: A Compendium of Place Names in Israel, Israel Program for Scientific Translations, 1962, p197
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