Avigdor () a small

moshav A moshav (, plural ', "settlement, village") is a type of Israeli village or town or Jewish settlement, in particular a type of cooperative agricultural community of individual farms pioneered by the Labour Zionists between 1904 and 1 ...

in southern

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. Located south of

Kiryat Malakhi Kiryat Malakhi () also spelled Kiryat Malahi, Kiryat Malachi, or Qiryat Mal'akhi, is a city in the Southern District of Israel, northeast of Ashkelon. In it had a population of . Its jurisdiction is 4,632 dunams (~4.6 km2). History Q ...

and 11 km north of

Kiryat Gat Kiryat Gat () also spelled Qiryat Gat, is a city in the Southern District of Israel. It lies south of Tel Aviv, north of Beersheba, and west southwest of Jerusalem. In it had a population of . The city hosts one of the most advanced semicondu ...

and covering 3.75 km², it falls under the jurisdiction of

Be'er Tuvia Regional Council Be'er Tuvia Regional Council (, ''Mo'atza Azorit Be'er Tovia''), is a regional council in the Southern District of Israel. It borders Yoav and Nahal Sorek regional councils in the east; Hof Ashkelon regional council, the Mediterranean Sea, t ...

. In its population was .

History

It was founded in 1950 by veterans of the

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and was initially named Yaʿel, the initials of Hebrew Units for Transportation, the unit that the veterans belonged to during the war. The commander of the unit was

Henry d'Avigdor-Goldsmid Major Sir Henry Joseph d'Avigdor-Goldsmid, 2nd Baronet, (10 June 1909 – 11 December 1976), sometimes known as Harry d'Avigdor-Goldsmid, was a British Army officer, company director and politician. Early life, education and military career Th ...

, the son of Sir Osmond Elim d’Avigdor-Goldsmid. Later the name was changed and now it derives its name from the Zionist Sir Osmond Elim d’Avigdor-Goldsmid, an Englishman, president of the

Palestine Jewish Colonization Association The Palestine Jewish Colonization Association (), commonly known by its Yiddish acronym PICA (), was established in 1924. It played a major role in purchasing land and building Jewish settlement in Palestine and later the State of Israel until t ...

between the years 1934–1939 that donated to the moshav the municipality. It was founded on the land belonging to the depopulated

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village of

Qastina Qastina () was a Palestinian village, located 38 kilometers northeast of Gaza City. It was ethnically cleansed during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. Location Qastina was situated on an elevated spot in a generally flat area on the coastal plain, on ...

. The population is partly agriculturist, and their main occupations are dairy farming, turkeys and chicken and various field crops and partly free profession (lawyer, accountant, engineer, etc.) In the last years there is a development and building momentum.

References

External links

Village website
{{Authority control Moshavim Populated places established in 1950 Be'er Tuvia Regional Council Populated places in Southern District (Israel) 1950 establishments in Israel British-Jewish culture in Israel