Shtulim ( he, שְׁתוּלִים, lit. ''Planted'') 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 south-central
Israel. Located near
Ashdod
Ashdod ( he, ''ʾašdōḏ''; ar, أسدود or إسدود ''ʾisdūd'' or '' ʾasdūd'' ; Philistine: 𐤀𐤔𐤃𐤃 *''ʾašdūd'') is the sixth-largest city in Israel. Located in the country's Southern District, it lies on the Mediterran ...
, it falls under the jurisdiction of
Be'er Tuvia Regional Council. In it had a population of .
History
The moshav was founded in 1950 by
Jewish refugees from
Yemen, with the name taken from a passage in the Book of
Psalms 92:13: "They are planted in the house of the Lord, they flourish in the courts of our God."
Shtulim was built the land of the
Palestinian village of
Isdud, which was depopulated in 1948.
It has been flooded multiple times due to its proximity to two rivers.
References
{{Be'er Tuvia Regional Council
Moshavim
Populated places established in 1950
Populated places in Southern District (Israel)
Yemeni-Jewish culture in Israel
1950 establishments in Israel