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Misgav Dov

Coordinates: 31°49′12″N 34°44′25″E / 31.82000°N 34.74028°E / 31.82000; 34.74028
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Misgav Dov
משגב דב
Misgav Dov is located in Central Israel
Misgav Dov
Misgav Dov
Misgav Dov is located in Israel
Misgav Dov
Misgav Dov
Coordinates: 31°49′12″N 34°44′25″E / 31.82000°N 34.74028°E / 31.82000; 34.74028
Country Israel
DistrictCentral
CouncilGederot
AffiliationMishkei Herut Beitar
Founded1950
Founded byHerut members
Population
 (2022)[1]
736

Misgav Dov (Hebrew: מִשְׂגַּב דֹּב, lit. Dov's Fortress) is a moshav in south-central Israel. Located near Gedera in the coastal plain, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gederot Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 736.

History

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The moshav was founded though the Mishkei Herut Beitar settlement movement by Herut members from Haifa in 1950 on land that had belonged to the Ottoman-Palestine-Arab village of Bashshit.[2][3]

It was named after Dov Gruner, a member of the Irgun who was executed by the British authorities. The founders were later joined by new immigrants from Iraq, Poland and the Soviet Union.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  2. ^ a b Misgav Dov Gederot Regional Council
  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. 363. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.