Mishmar Ayalon

Mishmar Ayalon
מִשְׁמַר אַיָּלוֹן‬
Mishmar Ayalon
Coordinates: 31°52′28.2″N 34°56′45.59″E / 31.874500°N 34.9459972°E / 31.874500; 34.9459972Coordinates: 31°52′28.2″N 34°56′45.59″E / 31.874500°N 34.9459972°E / 31.874500; 34.9459972
District Central
Council Gezer
Affiliation Moshavim Movement
Founded 1949
Founded by Czechoslovakian immigrants
Population (2017)[1] 562

Mishmar Ayalon (Hebrew: מִשְׁמַר אַיָּלוֹן‬, lit. Ayalon Guard) is a moshav in central Israel. Located between Latrun and Ramla on the old Jerusalem-Tel Aviv road, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gezer Regional Council. In 2017 it had a population of 562.[1]

Etymology

The moshav overlooks the Biblical valley of Ayalon (Joshua 10:12), after which it is named.[2]

History

The moshav was founded in 1949 by a gar'in of Holocaust survivors from Czechoslovakia. The Lehi forest is located in the moshav, probably because three Lehi veterans (Shimshoni, Vered and Even-Tseva) settled in the moshav in its early days.

Mishear Ayalon is located on the land of the depopulated Palestinian village of Al-Qubab.[3]

Its main industry is agriculture, particularly focussing on fruit, vegetables and dairy farming known for their high quality cheese. Artist Jonathan Kis-Lev, born in the moshav, portrayed its picturesque landscape in many of his paintings.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "List of localities, in Alphabetical order" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved August 26, 2018.
  2. ↑ Carta's Official Guide to Israel and Complete Gazetteer to all Sites in the Holy Land. (3rd edition 1993) Jerusalem, Carta, p.333, ISBN 965-220-186-3
  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. 407. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
  4. ↑ Spring of Artists in Gezer (PDF) (in Hebrew), Gezer Municipality, 31 March 2011, archived from the original (PDF) on 26 September 2013, retrieved 5 December 2011 ; See also Thrope, Samuel (21 March 2011), "The Metamorphosis: Jonathan Kis-Lev's Jerusalems", Zeek, a Jewish Journal of Thought and Culture, retrieved 5 December 2011
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