| Hebname | קִדְרוֹן |
|---|---|
| Foundation | 1949 |
| Founded by | Yugoslavian immigrants |
| District | center |
| Council | Brenner |
| Affiliation | Moshavim Movement |
| Coordinates | 31°48′48″N 34°47′50″E |
| Website | www.kidron.org.il |
Kidron (Hebrew: קִדְרוֹן) is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the Shephelah just east of Gedera, and near the Tel Nof Airbase, it falls under the jurisdiction of Brenner Regional Council. In it had a population of .
History
The moshav was established in 1949 by a group of Jewish immigrants from Yugoslavia. It was named for the Kidron Valley.[1] They were later joined by Jewish immigrants from Romania.
It was established on the land of the depopulated Palestinian village of Qatra, which became depopulated in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.[2][3]
References
- ^ Yuval Elʻazari (ed.) (2005). Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel (in Hebrew). Tel-Aviv: Mapa Publishing. p. 471. ISBN 965-7184-34-7.
- ^ Khalidi, Walid (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. pp. 404–5. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
- ^ Morris, Benny (2004). The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. xxi, settlement #76. ISBN 0-521-00967-7.