Gefen

Gefen (Hebrew: גֶּפֶן‎, lit. Grapevine) is a moshav in central Israel. Located between Beit Shemesh and Kiryat Malakhi, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2018 it had a population of 405.[1]

Gefen
Gefen
Coordinates: 31°44′26.88″N 34°52′41.51″E
CountryIsrael
DistrictJerusalem
CouncilMateh Yehuda
AffiliationHapoel HaMizrachi
Founded1955
Founded byMoroccan Jews
Population
 (2018)[1]
405

History

The village was established in 1955 by Jewish immigrants from Morocco on land that had belonged to the depopulated Palestinian Arab village of Mughallis,[2] and was is named after Psalm 80:15: "God Almighty, look down from heaven and see; watch over this grapevine."[3]

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gollark: I suspect you're ridiculously overgeneralizing and/or, er, what's the word, patronising? a bunch of people.
gollark: "Benefit to society" is vague and seems to mostly just work as a bludgeon to complain about things which don't have some obvious and Morally Pure™ justification to exist.
gollark: I'm speaking (typing) in general, I mean.
gollark: I suppose you could say that the "negative contribution to society" outweighs the positive one, which is more likely to be true for illegal stuff than legal stuff, at least.

References
  1. "Population in the Localities 2018" (XLS). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. 25 August 2019. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  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. 220. ISBN 0-88728-224-5. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
  3. Yizhaqi, Arie (ed.): Madrich Israel (Israel Guide: An Encyclopedia for the Study of the Land), Vol.9: Judaea, Jerusalem 1980, Keter Press, p.379 (Hebrew)
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