Sdot Micha | |
Arname: | سدوت ميخا |
Hebname: | שדות מיכה |
Foundation: | 1955 |
Founded By: | Moroccan Jews |
District: | jerusalem |
Council: | Mateh Yehuda |
Affiliation: | Moshavim Movement |
Pushpin Map: | Israel jerusalem#Israel |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
Coordinates: | 31.7214°N 34.9208°W |
Sdot Micha or Sedot Mikha (lit. Micha Fields) is a moshav (agricultural settlement) in central Israel. Located to the west of Beit Shemesh, it is under the jurisdiction of the Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In it had a population of .
The village was established in 1955 by immigrants from Morocco on the land of the depopulated Palestinian Arab village of Al-Burayj.[1] It was named after Micha Josef Berdyczewski.
It is near Sdot Micha Airbase, which, according to unofficial sources, houses nuclear weapons and mobile missiles to fire them.[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. 282.