Sde Trumot ( he, שְׂדֵי תְרוּמוֹת) 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 an ...
in northern
Israel. Located in the
Beit She'an Valley about south of
Beit She'an, it falls under the jurisdiction of
Valley of Springs Regional Council. In it had a population of .
The moshav is one of four moshavim in the "Bikurah" bloc. The others are
Revaya,
Rechov, and
Tel Teomim, which are all located nearby.
History
The village founded in 1951 by immigrants from the Jewish village of
Sandur in
Iraqi Kurdistan. The name "Sde Trumot" is based on the lamentation of
David for
Saul and
Jonathan
Jonathan may refer to:
*Jonathan (name), a masculine given name
Media
* ''Jonathan'' (1970 film), a German film directed by Hans W. Geißendörfer
* ''Jonathan'' (2016 film), a German film directed by Piotr J. Lewandowski
* ''Jonathan'' (2018 ...
who were killed in a war against the
Philistines on the nearby
Mount Gilboa. The lamentation is recorded in the first chapter of
Samuel II. The words "Sde Trumot", meaning "fields of offerings" (of grain), appear in Samuel II, chapter 1, verse 21. The new settlers wanted to restore these fruitful fields of grain offerings.
It is located on the land of the depopulated
Palestinian village of
Al-Samiriyya.
On 19 June 2003, a
suicide attack
A suicide attack is any violent Strike (attack), attack, usually entailing the attacker detonating an explosive, where the attacker has suicide, accepted their own death as a direct result of the attacking method used. Suicide attacks have oc ...
in the moshav killed the storekeeper, Avner Mordechai.
Road map efforts continue despite new attacks
The Guardian, 19 June 2003
In May 2017, the Jacob Sheep flock of Israel moved to Sdei Trumot after being imported from Canada. An educational/touristic venture is planned to preserve the animals.
Economy
The original inhabitants of the settlement worked in agriculture and cattle raising. Today some of them perform modern agriculture using greenhouses and other technology.
References
{{Valley of Springs Regional Council
Iraqi-Jewish culture in Israel
Kurdish-Jewish culture in Israel
Populated places established in 1951
Moshavim
Populated places in Northern District (Israel)
1951 establishments in Israel