Ramot Meir Explained

Ramot Meir
Foundation:1949
Founded By:Demobilised soldiers
District:center
Council:Gezer
Affiliation:Moshavim Movement
Pushpin Map:Israel center ta
Pushpin Mapsize:250
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Coordinates:31.8742°N 34.8553°W
Website:ramotmeir.co.il

Ramot Meir (Hebrew: רָמוֹת מֵאִיר, lit. Meir Heights) is a moshav ovdim in central Israel. Located in the Shephelah around four kilometres south of Rehovot, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gezer Regional Council. In it had a population of .

History

The moshav was founded in 1949 by demobilised soldiers, and was named after the American philanthropist Meyer Rosoff. Rosoff had bought the land around the Palestinian village of al-Na'ani in the 1930s for his company, Rosoff Group Plantations.[1] After the 1948 war, it expanded on part of the remaining al-Na'ani land.[2]

It collapsed in 1965, but was re-established in 1969 by a group of immigrants from France (who had originally moved there from North Africa)

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Notes and References

  1. Glass, J.B. (2002) From New Zion to Old Zion: American Jewish Immigration and Settlement Wayne State University Press, pp238-239,
  2. Book: Khalidi, W.. Walid Khalidi

    . All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Walid Khalidi. 1992. Washington D.C.. Institute for Palestine Studies. 0-88728-224-5. 400.