Yesodot

Yesodot
Yesodot is located in Central Israel
Yesodot
Yesodot
Location within Central Israel
Coordinates: 31°48′52″N 34°51′57″E / 31.81444°N 34.86583°E / 31.81444; 34.86583
Country Israel
DistrictCentral
SubdistrictRehovot
CouncilNahal Sorek
AffiliationPoalei Agudat Yisrael
Founded1948
FounderHungarian and Polish immigrants
Population
 (2024)
1,179

Yesodot (Hebrew: יְסוֹדוֹת, lit. 'Foundations') is a Haredi moshav shitufi in central Israel. Located in the Shephelah, it falls under the jurisdiction of Nahal Sorek Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 1,179.

History

The village was established at a control point on the Burma Road in 1948 during the Arab–Israeli War on land near the depopulated Palestinian village of Umm Kalkha. The community had been established two years earlier by immigrants from Hungary and Poland.[citation needed]

References

  1. 1 2 "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2026.
  2. ↑ "לקום, להתפלל, לגדל ענבים: איך נראים החיים ביישוב הכי ייחודי בישראל". TheMarker.
  3. ↑ Morris, Benny (2004). The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. xx. ISBN 978-0-521-00967-6.
  4. ↑ Khalidi, Walid (1992), All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948, Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies, p. 419, ISBN 0-88728-224-5