Kfar Kisch (Hebrew: כְּפַר קִישׁ) is a moshav in northern Israel. Located adjacent to Mount Tabor, it falls under the jurisdiction of Lower Galilee Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 686.[1]
Kfar Kisch
כְּפַר קִישׁ | |
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  Kfar Kisch | |
| Coordinates: 32°40′2″N 35°26′55″E / 32.66722°N 35.44861°E | |
| Country | Israel |
| District | Northern |
| Council | Lower Galilee |
| Affiliation | Moshavim Movement |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Founded by | Demobilised soldiers |
| Population (2022)[1] | 686 |
History
editIt was established in 1946 by Jewish soldiers demobilised from the British Army after World War II having served under Frederick Kisch, after whom the village was named.[2] However political fractures led many of the founders to leave within the first year. A water shortage which forced the residents to transport water from the Tabor stream without proper equipment added to the problems, and until 1953 a steady stream of founding residents left the village. In that year conditions improved and Kfar Kisch began to absorb Jewish immigrants from Poland, Hungary, and the Soviet Union.[citation needed] Part of the village's land formerly belonged to the depopulated Palestinian village of Ma'dhar, south of the old village site.[3]
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Kfar Kisch founding ceremony 18 July 1946
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Kfar Kisch
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Kfar Kisch first barracks
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Kfar Kisch
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Kfar Kisch
References
edit- ^ a b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ Frederick Kisch Izkor (in Hebrew)
- ^ Khalidi, Walid (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 529. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
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