Mikhmoret () is a
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 central
Israel
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. Located on the coast of the
Mediterranean Sea
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around nine kilometres north of
Netanya
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, it falls under the jurisdiction of
Hefer Valley Regional Council
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The co ...
. In it had a population of .
History
The moshav was founded in 1945 by
demobilised
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soldiers from the
British Army
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, and was named Mikhmoret due to the profession of many of the founders being fishers.
The moshav expanded onto lands of the depopulated
Palestinian
Palestinians () are an Arab ethnonational group native to the Levantine region of Palestine.
*: "Palestine was part of the first wave of conquest following Muhammad's death in 632 CE; Jerusalem fell to the Caliph Umar in 638. The indigenous p ...
village of
'Arab al-Nufay'at, whose inhabitants were expelled by an order issued by the
Haganah
Haganah ( , ) was the main Zionist political violence, Zionist paramilitary organization that operated for the Yishuv in the Mandatory Palestine, British Mandate for Palestine. It was founded in 1920 to defend the Yishuv's presence in the reg ...
from 10 April 1948.
In 2012 Mikhmoret Beach was listed as one of the best beaches in Israel.
The
Israel Nature and Parks Authority
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established the Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Center in Moshav Mikhmoret.
Notable residents
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Amit Inbar (born 1972), Olympic competitive windsurfer, and kitesurfer
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Moti Kirschenbaum (born 1939), media personality
*
Lee Korzits (born 1984), Olympic and 4-time world champion windsurfer
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Nimrod Mashiah (born 1988), windsurfer
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Avraham Tal (born 1976), Judge in the 4th season of The Voice ישראל.
References
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Moshavim
Populated places established in 1945
Populated places in Central District (Israel)
1945 establishments in Mandatory Palestine