Avigdor Explained

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Avigdor
Founded:1950
Founded By:Jewish British Army veterans
Arname:أفيغدور
Altoffsp:Avigedor
District:south
Council:Be'er Tuvia
Affiliation:Moshavim Movement
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Coordinates:31.7094°N 34.7439°W

Avigdor (Hebrew: אֲבִיגְדוֹר) a small moshav in southern Israel. Located south of Kiryat Malakhi and 11 km north of Kiryat Gat and covering 3.75 km², it falls under the jurisdiction of Be'er Tuvia Regional Council. In its population was .

History

It was founded in 1950 by veterans of the British Army and was initially named Yaʿel, the initials of Hebrew Units for Transportation, the unit that the veterans belonged to during the war. The commander of the unit was Henry d'Avigdor-Goldsmid, the son of Sir Osmond Elim d’Avigdor-Goldsmid. Later the name was changed and now it derives its name from the Zionist Sir Osmond Elim d’Avigdor-Goldsmid, an Englishman, president of the Palestine Jewish Colonization Association between the years 1934–1939 that donated to the moshav the municipality.[1] It was founded on the land belonging to the depopulated Palestinian village of Qastina.[2]

The population is partly agriculturist, and their main occupations are dairy farming, turkeys and chicken and various field crops and partly free profession (lawyer, accountant, engineer, etc.) In the last years there is a development and building momentum.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Mapa Publishing. 965-7184-34-7. 14. Yuval Elʿazari (ed.). Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel. Tel-Aviv. 2005. he.
  2. Book: All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Walid. Khalidi. Walid Khalidi. 1992. Washington D.C.. Institute for Palestine Studies. 0-88728-224-5. 131 .