The moshav was founded on Lag BaOmer in 1949 on the land that had belonged to the depopulated Palestinian village of Abu al-Fadl,[2][3] by 95 families from Poland and Romania who had been interned in a detention camp in Cyprus. Prior to 1948, the Sitriya Bedouin tribe lived in the area.[4]
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Domaine Herzberg, a boutique winery, is located in Sitria.[5] The moshav also operates a riding stable, Susey Adama.[6]
sitria, hebrew, moshav, central, israel, located, shfela, near, rehovot, falls, under, jurisdiction, gezer, regional, council, 2022, population, education, centercoordinates, 88833, 84583, 88833, 84583country, israeldistrictcentralcouncilgezeraffiliationmoshav. Sitria Hebrew ס ת ר י ה is a moshav in central Israel Located in the Shfela near Rehovot it falls under the jurisdiction of Gezer Regional Council In 2022 it had a population of 1 061 1 Sitria ס ת ר י ה Sitria Education CenterSitriaCoordinates 31 53 18 N 34 50 45 E 31 88833 N 34 84583 E 31 88833 34 84583Country IsraelDistrictCentralCouncilGezerAffiliationMoshavim MovementFounded1949Founded byPolish and Romanian immigrantsPopulation 2022 1 1 061 Contents 1 History 2 Economy 3 Notable residents 4 ReferencesHistory editThe moshav was founded on Lag BaOmer in 1949 on the land that had belonged to the depopulated Palestinian village of Abu al Fadl 2 3 by 95 families from Poland and Romania who had been interned in a detention camp in Cyprus Prior to 1948 the Sitriya Bedouin tribe lived in the area 4 Economy editDomaine Herzberg a boutique winery is located in Sitria 5 The moshav also operates a riding stable Susey Adama 6 Notable residents editOri Gordin born 1969 IDF Major GeneralReferences edit a b Regional Statistics Israel Central Bureau of Statistics Retrieved 21 March 2024 Morris Benny 2004 The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited Cambridge University Press p xxi ISBN 9780521009676 Khalidi Walid 1992 All That Remains The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948 Washington D C Institute for Palestine Studies p 357 ISBN 0 88728 224 5 The Davids of Sitriya Haaretz Domaine Herzberg Archived 2011 09 26 at the Wayback Machine Susey Adama Riding Stable Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sitria amp oldid 1220637797, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,