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 .
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]
. 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.