Meitav,_Israel

Meitav, Israel

Meitav, Israel

Place in Northern, Israel

For other uses, see Meitav (disambiguation).

Meitav (Hebrew: מֵיטָב, lit. Utmost, best) is a moshav in north-eastern Israel. Located in the Ta'anakh region, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gilboa Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 456.[1]

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History

The moshav was established in 1954 by immigrants from Kurdistan and Iraq on the land of the depopulated Palestinian village of Al-Mazar.[2] The third settlement to be founded in the Ta'anakh, it was initially named Ta'anakh Gimel (lit. Ta'anakh 3). The name derives from Bereshit/Genesis 47,11: "Joseph ... gave them property in the best part of the land."[3][4]

References

  1. [1]
    "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  2. [2]
    Khalidi, W. (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 337. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
  3. [3]
    Carta's Official Guide to Israel and Complete Gazetteer to all Sites in the Holy Land. (3rd edition 1993) Jerusalem, Carta, p.324 ISBN 965-220-186-3
  4. [4]
    Bitan, Hanna: 1948-1998: Fifty Years of 'Hityashvut': Atlas of Names of Settlements in Israel, Jerusalem 1999, Carta, p.39 (in Hebrew) ISBN 965-220-423-4
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