Misgav Dov

Misgav Dov
  • משגב דב (Hebrew)
Misgav Dov is located in Central Israel
Misgav Dov
Misgav Dov
Location within Central Israel
Misgav Dov is located in Israel
Misgav Dov
Misgav Dov
Location within Israel
Coordinates: 31°49′12″N 34°44′25″E / 31.82000°N 34.74028°E / 31.82000; 34.74028
Country Israel
DistrictCentral
SubdistrictRehovot
CouncilGederot
AffiliationMishkei Herut Beitar
Founded1950
Founded byHerut members
Population
 (2024)[1]
768

Misgav Dov (Hebrew: מִשְׂגַּב דֹּב, lit. Dov's Fortress) is a moshav in south-central Israel. Located near Gedera in the coastal plain, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gederot Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 768.

History

The moshav was founded though the Mishkei Herut Beitar settlement movement by Herut members from Haifa in 1950 on land near the Ottoman-Palestine-Arab village of Bashshit.[2][3]

It was named after Dov Gruner, a member of the Irgun who was executed by the British authorities. The founders were later joined by new immigrants from Iraq, Poland and the Soviet Union.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2026.
  2. 1 2 Misgav Dov Gederot Regional Council
  3. ↑ Khalidi, Walid (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 363. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.