Aviezer

Aviezer (Hebrew: אֲבִיעֶזֶר‎) is a small religious moshav in central Israel. Located nine kilometres south-west of Beit Shemesh, at the east end of the Elah valley, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2019 it had a population of 875.[1]

Aviezer אביעזר افيعيزر
Aviezer as viewed from the Elah Valley
Aviezer Aviezer
Coordinates: 31°40′54″N 35°1′0″E
Country	Israel
District	Jerusalem
Council	Mateh Yehuda
Affiliation	Hapoel HaMizrachi
Founded	8 April 1958
Founded by	Iranian immigrants
Population  (2019)[1]	875

History

The moshav was founded on 8 April 1958 by immigrants from Iran and by Cochin Jews from Kochi, being the chief ethnic constituent, and was initially named Adulam 9. It was later renamed after Aviezer Zigmond Gestetner, a former president of the Jewish National Fund in the United Kingdom. It was established on land belonging to the depopulated Palestinian village of Bayt Nattif.[2] Today, the site of Aviezer lies within the "green-line" of the 1949 Armistice Agreements.[3]

Gallery

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  Moshav Aviezer, overlooking the Elah Valley
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  Moshav Aviezer as seen from ruin, Um Ra'us
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  House in Moshav Aviezer
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  The Ruin of Um Ra'us, near Moshav Aviezer
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  Cistern at the Ruin of Um Ra'us, near Moshav Aviezer
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  Um Ra'us, dating back to Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine times
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  Mouth of hewn sepulchre at Um er-Rus, near Moshav Aviezer
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  Burial tomb carved from rock in Khirbet Malkat-ha near Aviezer
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  Olive press at Khirbet Malkat-ha
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  Pit with iron grating
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  Broken olive press near Aviezer

References

1. "Population in the Localities 2019" (XLS). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
2. Khalidi, Walid (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 212. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
3. Har’el: Palmach brigade in Jerusalem, by Zvi Dror (ed. Nathan Shoḥam), Hakibbutz Hameuchad Publishers: Benei Barak 2005, p. 273