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 2022 it had a population of 897.[1]

Aviezer
אביעזר
افيعيزر
Aviezer as viewed from the Elah Valley
Aviezer as viewed from the Elah Valley
Aviezer is located in Jerusalem
Aviezer
Aviezer
Aviezer is located in Israel
Aviezer
Aviezer
Coordinates: 31°40′54″N 35°1′0″E / 31.68167°N 35.01667°E / 31.68167; 35.01667
Country Israel
DistrictJerusalem
CouncilMateh Yehuda
AffiliationHapoel HaMizrachi
Founded8 April 1958
Founded byCochin Jews
Population
 (2022)[1]
897

History

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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]

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Har’el: Palmach brigade in Jerusalem, by Zvi Dror (ed. Nathan Shoḥam), Hakibbutz Hameuchad Publishers: Benei Barak 2005, p. 273