Ksalon
Ksalon (Hebrew: כְּסָלוֹן) is a moshav in central Israel. Located near Beit Shemesh, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2021 it had a population of 487.[1]
Ksalon
כְּסָלוֹן | |
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| Hebrew transcription(s) | |
| • official | Kesalon |
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  Ksalon | |
| Coordinates: 31°46′26″N 35°2′58″E | |
| Country | Israel |
| District | Jerusalem |
| Council | Mateh Yehuda |
| Affiliation | Agricultural Union |
| Founded | 1952 |
| Founded by | Yemenite Jews |
| Population (2021)[1] | 487 |
History
The first transit camp (ma'abara) for new Jewish immigrants was set up in 1950 on the lands of the depopulated Palestinian village of Kasla.[2][3] New immigrants from Yemen brought to Israel in Operation Magic Carpet were given farmland there, but abandoned the moshav a few years later to join members of the Yemenite community living in Rosh Ha'ayin. Their place was taken by Jewish immigrants from Morocco.[4]
The moshav was named for the biblical city of Ksalon mentioned in Joshua 15:10, which was probably situated on the tel[5] nearby[6] and preserved in the Palestinian name of the place.[7][8]
References
- "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
- Khalidi, Walid (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 299. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
- The Mass Migration of the 1950s Jewish Agency for Israel
- Bedraggled feathers Haaretz, 6 June 2002
- Tel Kesalon
- Carta's Official Guide to Israel and Complete Gazetteer to all Sites in the Holy Land. (3rd edition 1993) Jerusalem, Carta, p.268, ISBN 965-220-186-3
- Yizhaqi, Arie (ed.): Madrich Israel (Israel Guide: An Encyclopedia for the Study of the Land), Vol.9: Judaea, Jerusalem 1980, Keter Press, p.383 (in Hebrew)
- Bitan, Hanna: 1948-1998: Fifty Years of 'Hityashvut': Atlas of Names of Settlements in Israel, Jerusalem 1999, Carta, p.31, ISBN 965-220-423-4 (in Hebrew)