Zekharia

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Zekharia
Zehkaria community center
Zekharia
Coordinates: 31°42′35.28″N 34°56′42.35″E / 31.7098000°N 34.9450972°E / 31.7098000; 34.9450972Coordinates: 31°42′35.28″N 34°56′42.35″E / 31.7098000°N 34.9450972°E / 31.7098000; 34.9450972
Council	Mateh Yehuda
Region	Shephelah
Affiliation	Moshavim Movement
Founded	1950
Founded by	Kurdish Jews

Zekharia (Hebrew: זְכַרְיָה) is a moshav in central Israel. Located near Beit Shemesh, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 715.^{[citation needed]}

The village was established in 1950 by immigrants from Kurdistan on land formerly part of the village of Az-Zakariyya.^[1] Both were named after the Hebrew prophet Zechariah.

References

Khalidi, Walid (1992), All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948, Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies, ISBN 0-88728-224-5

v t e Mateh Yehuda Regional Council

Kibbutzim	Harel Kiryat Anavim Ma'ale HaHamisha Nahshon Netiv HaLamed-Heh Ramat Rachel Tzora Tzova

Moshavim	Aderet Agur Aminadav Aviezer Bar Giora Beit Zayit Beit Meir Beit Nekofa Bekoa Eshtaol Even Sapir Gefen Giv'at Ye'arim Givat Yeshayahu Kfar Uria Ksalon Luzit Mevo Beitar Mata Mahsia Mesilat Zion Naham Nehusha Nes Harim Neve Ilan Neve Michael Ora Ramat Raziel Sdot Micha Sho'eva Shoresh Ta'oz Tal Shahar Tarum Tirosh Tzafririm Tzelafon Yad HaShmona Yish'i Zanoah Zekharia

Communal settlements	Nataf Srigim Tzur Hadassah

Jewish villages	Gizo Motza Illit

Arab villages	Ein Naqquba Ein Rafa

Other villages	Deir Rafat Ein Kerem Agricultural School Eitanim Givat Shemesh Kfar Zoharim Kiryat Ye'arim Youth Village Neve Shalom Yedida

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