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]
Meitav | |
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 Village office | |
  Meitav | |
| Coordinates: 32°32′48″N 35°18′2″E / 32.54667°N 35.30056°E | |
| Country | Israel |
| District | Northern |
| Council | Gilboa |
| Affiliation | Moshavim Movement |
| Founded | 1954 |
| Founded by | Kurdish and Iranian immigrants |
| Population (2022)[1] | 456 |
History
editThe 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
edit- ^ a b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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
- ^ 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