Aviezer
Aviezer
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 Aviezer as viewed from the Elah Valley | |
  Aviezer  Aviezer | |
| Coordinates: 31°40′54″N 35°1′0″E / 31.68167°N 35.01667°E | |
| Country |  Israel |
| District | Jerusalem |
| Council | Mateh Yehuda |
| Affiliation | Hapoel HaMizrachi |
| Founded | 8 April 1958 |
| Founded by | Cochin Jews |
| Population (2024)[1] | 920 |
Aviezer (Hebrew: אֲבִיעֶזֶר) is a small religious moshav in central Israel. Located seven kilometres south of Beit Shemesh, at the east end of the Elah valley, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 920.[1]
History
[edit]The moshav was founded on 8 April 1958 by immigrants from Iran and by Cochin Jews from Kochi, being the chief ethnic constituent, and was initially named Adulam 9. It was later renamed after Aviezer Zigmond Gestetner, a former president of the Jewish National Fund in the United Kingdom. It was established on land belonging to the depopulated Palestinian village of Bayt Nattif.[2] Today, the site of Aviezer lies within the "green-line" of the 1949 Armistice Agreements.[3]
Gallery
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Moshav Aviezer, overlooking the Elah Valley
Moshav Aviezer as seen from ruin, Um Ra'us (southern site)
House in Moshav Aviezer
The Ruin of Um Ra'us (southern site), near Moshav Aviezer
Cistern at the Ruin of Um Ra'us, near Moshav Aviezer
Um Ra'us (southern site), dating back to Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine times
Mouth of hewn sepulchre at Um er-Rus (southern site), near Moshav Aviezer
Burial tomb carved from rock in Khirbet Malkat-ha near Aviezer
Olive press at Khirbet Malkat-ha
Pit with iron grating
Broken olive press near Aviezer (Khirbet Malkat-ha)
Foundations of old house, found at Kh. Beit-Ika ruin near Aviezer
Millstone of Olive Press in Kh. Beit Ika
References
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- 1 2 "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2026.
- ↑ Khalidi, Walid (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 212. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
- ↑ Har’el: Palmach brigade in Jerusalem, by Zvi Dror (ed. Nathan Shoḥam), Hakibbutz Hameuchad Publishers: Benei Barak 2005, p. 273