Komemiyut

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Komemiyut
קוֹמְמִיּוּת‎
Komemiyut
Coordinates: 31°39′43.19″N 34°43′50.16″E / 31.6619972°N 34.7306000°E / 31.6619972; 34.7306000Coordinates: 31°39′43.19″N 34°43′50.16″E / 31.6619972°N 34.7306000°E / 31.6619972; 34.7306000
District Southern
Council Shafir
Founded 1950
Founded by Demobilised soldiers
Population (2015)[1] 534

Komemiyut (Hebrew: קוֹמְמִיּוּת‎, eng. Erect) is an ultra-orthodox-Hasidic moshav in south-central Israel. Located in the southern Shephelah near Kiryat Gat, it falls under the jurisdiction of Shafir Regional Council. In 2015 it had a population of 534.[1]

History

The village was established in 1950 by demobilized soldiers from a religious unit that had fought in the area during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.[2] The name is take from a biblical passage, Leviticus 26:13:[3] I broke the bars of your yoke and enabled you to walk erect.

It is built on the land of the depopulated Palestinian village of Karatiyya.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "List of localities, in Alphabetical order" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  2. ↑ Carta's Official Guide to Israel and Complete Gazetteer to all Sites in the Holy Land. (3rd edition 1993) Jerusalem, Carta, pp.387–388, ISBN 965-220-186-3
  3. ↑ Carta, p.387
  4. ↑ Khalidi, Walid (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 119. ISBN 0-88728-224-5. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
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