Tzur Natan | |
Foundation: | 1966 |
Founded By: | Nahal |
District: | center |
Council: | Drom HaSharon |
Affiliation: | Mishkei Herut Beitar |
Pushpin Map: | Israel center ta |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Coordinates: | 32.2403°N 35.0117°W |
Tzur Natan (Hebrew: צוּר נָתָן, lit. Rock of Nathan) is a Moshav shitufi in central Israel. Located in western Samaria on a hilltop, 170 m above sea level, on a ridge in the foothills of the Samaritan Hills and to the south of Tayibe,[1] [2] it falls under the jurisdiction of Drom HaSharon Regional Council. In it had a population of .
The moshav was founded in 1966 as a Nahal settlement by Hashomer Hatzair members, and was named after Nathan Simons. It was civilianised a year later by former members of the Beitar youth group.
In 2017, a minority of Tzur Natan families agreed to sell their land to a natural gas and diesel power station to be constructed by Edeltech only meters from the Arab Israeli city of Tira.
In 2019, a 5th-century mosaic with Greek inscription found at an ancient wine press. The inscription reads, “Only God help the beautiful property of Master Adios, amen.” Adios was a wealthy Samaritan landowner.[3]