Gan Sorek Explained

Gan Sorek
Foundation:1950
District:center
Council:Gan Raveh
Affiliation:Moshavim Movement
Pushpin Map:Israel center ta
Pushpin Mapsize:250
Coordinates:31.9442°N 34.76°W

Gan Sorek (Hebrew: גַּן שׂוֹרֵק||[[Nahal Sorek|Sorek]] Garden) is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the coastal plain around four kilometres south-west of Rishon LeZion and covering 700 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gan Raveh Regional Council. In it had a population of .

History

The moshav was founded in 1950 by Jewish immigrants from Poland and Romania on the land of the depopulated Palestinian village of Nabi Rubin, and was named after the nearby Nahal Sorek.[1] [2]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Walid Khalidi

    . 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. 403.

  2. Book: Mapa Publishing. 965-7184-34-7. 118. Yuval Elʻazari. Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel. Tel-Aviv. 2005. he.