Aviezer

Aviezer אביעזר افيعيزر
Aviezer as viewed from the Elah Valley
31°40′54″N 35°1′0″E / 31.68167°N 35.01667°E / 31.68167; 35.01667
Country	Israel
District	Jerusalem
Council	Mateh Yehuda
Affiliation	Hapoel HaMizrachi
Founded	8 April 1958
Founded by	Cochin Jews
Population  (2022)[1]	897

Aviezer (Hebrew: אֲבִיעֶזֶר) is a small religious moshav in central Israel. Located seven kilometres south of Beit Shemesh, at the east end of the Elah valley, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 897.^[1]

History

The moshav was founded on 8 April 1958 by immigrants from Iran and by Cochin Jews from Kochi, being the chief ethnic constituent, and was initially named Adulam 9. It was later renamed after Aviezer Zigmond Gestetner, a former president of the Jewish National Fund in the United Kingdom. It was established on land belonging to the depopulated Palestinian village of Bayt Nattif.^[2] Today, the site of Aviezer lies within the "green-line" of the 1949 Armistice Agreements.^[3]

Gallery

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  Moshav Aviezer, overlooking the Elah Valley
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  Moshav Aviezer as seen from ruin, Um Ra'us (southern site)
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  House in Moshav Aviezer
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  The Ruin of Um Ra'us (southern site), near Moshav Aviezer
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  Cistern at the Ruin of Um Ra'us, near Moshav Aviezer
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  Um Ra'us (southern site), dating back to Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine times
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  Mouth of hewn sepulchre at Um er-Rus (southern site), near Moshav Aviezer
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  Burial tomb carved from rock in Khirbet Malkat-ha near Aviezer
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  Olive press at Khirbet Malkat-ha
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  Pit with iron grating
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  Broken olive press near Aviezer (Khirbet Malkat-ha)
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  Foundations of old house, found at Kh. Beit-Ika ruin near Aviezer
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  Millstone of Olive Press in Kh. Beit Ika

References

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