Kidron (Hebrew: קִדְרוֹן) is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the Shephelah just east of Gedera, and near the Tel Nof Airbase, it falls under the jurisdiction of Brenner Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 1,626.[1]

Kidron
קִדְרוֹן
Kidron is located in Central Israel
Kidron
Kidron
Coordinates: 31°48′48″N 34°47′50″E / 31.81333°N 34.79722°E / 31.81333; 34.79722
CountryIsrael
DistrictCentral
CouncilBrenner
AffiliationMoshavim Movement
Founded1949
Founded byYugoslavian Jewish immigrants
Population
 (2022)[1]
1,626
Websitewww.kidron.org.il

History edit

The moshav was established in 1949 by a group of Jewish immigrants from Yugoslavia. It was named for the Kidron Valley.[2] They were later joined by Jewish immigrants from Romania.

It was established on the land of the depopulated Palestinian village of Qatra, which became depopulated in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.[3][4]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  2. ^ Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel (in Hebrew). Yuval Elʻazari (ed.). Tel-Aviv: Mapa Publishing. 2005. p. 471. ISBN 965-7184-34-7.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  3. ^ Khalidi, Walid (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. pp. 404–5. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
  4. ^ Morris, Benny (2004). The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. xxi, settlement #76. ISBN 0-521-00967-7.