Shafir
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| Coordinates: 31°41′48″N 34°43′43″E / 31.69667°N 34.72861°ECoordinates: 31°41′48″N 34°43′43″E / 31.69667°N 34.72861°E | |
| Council | Shafir |
| Region | Western Negev |
| Affiliation | Hapoel HaMizrachi |
| Founded | 1949 |
Shafir (Hebrew: שָׁפִיר) is a moshav in southern Israel. Located in the Shephelah near Kiryat Malakhi, it falls under the jurisdiction of Shafir Regional Council. In 2006, it had a population of 499.
Shafir was founded on August 15, 1949 by immigrants from Hungary and Czechoslovakia. It was named after the Biblical city of Shafir that is mentioned in the Book of Micah 1:11, which also means "good and beautiful".[1] Today Shafir is made up of a mixture of Czechoslovakian/ Hungarians, and Persians. For the past 20 years the Ayube tribe has been prominent.
References
- ↑ Vilnai, Ze'ev (1980). "Shafir (b)". Ariel Encyclopedia (in Hebrew). Volume 8. Israel: Am Oved. p. 7996.
Bibliography
- 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
- Morris, Benny (2004), The Birth Of The Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-00967-7
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