Gefen
| Gefen | |
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  Gefen | |
| Coordinates: 31°44′26.88″N 34°52′41.51″E / 31.7408000°N 34.8781972°ECoordinates: 31°44′26.88″N 34°52′41.51″E / 31.7408000°N 34.8781972°E | |
| District | Jerusalem |
| Council | Mateh Yehuda |
| Affiliation | Hapoel HaMizrachi |
| Founded | 1955 |
| Founded by | Moroccan Jews |
| Population (2017)[1] | 420 |
Gefen (Hebrew: גֶּפֶן, lit. Grapevine) is a moshav in central Israel. Located between Beit Shemesh and Kiryat Malakhi, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2017 it had a population of 420.[1]
History
The village was established in 1955 by Jewish immigrants from Morocco on land that had belonged to the depopulated Palestinian Arab village of Mughallis,[2] and was is named after Psalm 80:15: "God Almighty, look down from heaven and see; watch over this grapevine."[3]
References
- 1 2 "List of localities, in Alphabetical order" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved August 26, 2018.
- ↑ Khalidi, Walid (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 220. ISBN 0-88728-224-5. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
- ↑ Yizhaqi, Arie (ed.): Madrich Israel (Israel Guide: An Encyclopedia for the Study of the Land), Vol.9: Judaea, Jerusalem 1980, Keter Press, p.379 (Hebrew)
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