Magshimim ( he, מַגְשִׁימִים, ''lit.'' Dream fulfillers) is a

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

in central

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. Located near

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, it falls under the jurisdiction of

Drom HaSharon Regional Council The Drom HaSharon Regional Council ( he, מוֹעָצָה אֲזוֹרִית דְּרוֹם הַשָׁרוֹן, translit. ''Mo'atza Azorit Drom HaSharon'', ''lit.'' Southern Sharon Regional Council) is a regional council in the Sharon region in c ...

. In it had a population of .

History

During the 18th and 19th centuries, the area of Magshimim belonged to the Nahiyeh (sub-district) of

Lod Lod ( he, לוד, or fully vocalized ; ar, اللد, al-Lidd or ), also known as Lydda ( grc, Λύδδα), is a city southeast of Tel Aviv and northwest of Jerusalem in the Central District of Israel. It is situated between the lower Shephe ...

that encompassed the area of the present-day city of

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in the south to the present-day city of

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in the north, and from the foothills in the east, through the Lod Valley to the outskirts of Jaffa in the west. This area was home to thousands of inhabitants in about 20 villages, who had at their disposal tens of thousands of hectares of prime agricultural land. The moshav was founded in 1949 by

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IDF soldiers on land that had previously belonged to the

Palestinian Palestinians ( ar, الفلسطينيون, ; he, פָלַסְטִינִים, ) or Palestinian people ( ar, الشعب الفلسطيني, label=none, ), also referred to as Palestinian Arabs ( ar, الفلسطينيين العرب, label=non ...

village of

Al-'Abbasiyya Al-'Abbasiyya ( ar, العبْاسِيّة), also known as al-Yahudiya ( ar, اليهودية), was a Palestinian Arab village in the Jaffa Subdistrict. It was attacked under Operation Hametz during the 1948 Palestine War, and finally depopul ...

, which was depopulated in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. They were later joined by

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from

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and

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Economy

Amongst other things, the moshav's economy is built on flower exports and manufacturing printers.Kornit Introduces Mid-Level Direct-to-Garment Printer, Water-Based Inks
Business Exchange, 18 August 2006

Notable residents

* Ben Zhairi, footballer * Liroy Zhairi, footballer

References

{{Drom HaSharon Regional Council Moshavim Populated places established in 1949 Agricultural Union Populated places in Central District (Israel) 1949 establishments in Israel Iraqi-Jewish culture in Israel German-Jewish culture in Israel Polish-Jewish culture in Israel