Tzofit ( he, צוֹפִית) 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 central
Israel. Located near
Kfar Saba
Kfar Saba ( he, כְּפַר סָבָא), officially Kefar Sava, is a city in the Sharon region, of the Central District of Israel. In 2019 it had a population of 110,456, making it the 16th-largest city in Israel. The population of Kfar Saba i ...
, it falls under the jurisdiction of
Drom HaSharon Regional Council. In it had a population of .
History
Before the
20th century the area formed part of the Forest of Sharon. It was an open
woodland dominated by
Mount Tabor Oak, which extended from
Kfar Yona in the north to
Ra'anana in the south. The local Arab inhabitants traditionally used the area for pasture, firewood and intermittent cultivation. The intensification of settlement and agriculture in the
coastal plain during the
19th century led to deforestation and subsequent environmental degradation.
The moshav was founded on land bought by the
Jewish National Fund
Jewish National Fund ( he, קֶרֶן קַיֶּימֶת לְיִשְׂרָאֵל, ''Keren Kayemet LeYisrael'', previously , ''Ha Fund HaLeumi'') was founded in 1901 to buy and develop land in Ottoman Syria (later Mandatory Palestine, and subseq ...
in 1933 on formerly Arab owned lands purchased from residents of
Qalqiliya by a 50-strong agricultural
gar'in
Gar'in (, ''lit.'' kernel) is a Hebrew term used for groups of people who moved together to Ottoman Palestine, British Palestine, and since 1948, Israel.Joel Beinin The Dispersion of Egyptian Jewry- 2005 9774248902 "arrived in Israel while the mi ...
.
File:PikiWiki Israel 9306 Tsofit founders.jpg, Founders of Tsofit, c. 1932 –1934
File:צופית - מראה.-JNF045558.jpeg, Tsofit 1940
File:Tsofit 1942.jpg, Tsofit 1942 1:20,000
File:Qalqilya 1945.jpg, Tsofit 1945 1:250,000
File:PikiWiki_Israel_11678_Residents_of_Moshav_Tsofit_2009.jpg, Residents of Tsofit, 2009
References
External links
Official website
{{Authority control
1933 establishments in Mandatory Palestine
Moshavim
Populated places established in 1933
Populated places in Central District (Israel)