Development Towns
Development towns (, ''Ayarat Pitu'ah'') were new settlements built in Israel during the 1950s in order to provide permanent housing for a large influx of Jewish exodus from Arab and Muslim countries, Jewish immigrants from Arab countries, Holocaust survivors from Europe and other new immigrants, who arrived to the newly established State of Israel. The towns were designed to expand the population of the country's peripheral areas while easing pressure on the crowded centre. Most of them were built in the Galilee in the north of Israel, and in the northern Negev desert in the south. In addition to the new towns, Jerusalem was also given development town status in the 1960s. In the context of the Arab–Israeli conflict, Jewish refugees from Arab states were initially resettled in refugee camps, known variously as Immigrant camps (Israel), immigrant camps, ''ma'abarot'' and development towns. Development towns were subsequently considered by some to be places of relegation and ma ...
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Mitzpe 1957
Mitzpe, a Hebrew language, Hebrew word meaning ''lookout'', may refer to the following places in Israel: *Mitzpe Aviv *Mitzpe Dani *Mitzpe Dona Gracia *Mitzpe Eshtemoa *Mitzpe Hagit *Mitzpe Hila *Mitzpe Ilan *Mitzpe Kramim *Mitzpe Netofa *Mitzpe Ramon *Mitzpe Shalem *Mitzpe Yair *Mitzpe Yeriho *Mitzpe Yosef {{geodis ...
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