Ksalon
כְּסָלוֹן‎
Hebrew transcription(s)
 • officialKesalon
Ksalon is located in Jerusalem
Ksalon
Ksalon
Coordinates: 31°46′26″N 35°2′58″E / 31.77389°N 35.04944°E / 31.77389; 35.04944
CountryIsrael
DistrictJerusalem
CouncilMateh Yehuda
AffiliationAgricultural Union
Founded1952
Founded byYemenite Jews
Population
 (2021)[1]
487

Ksalon (Hebrew: כְּסָלוֹן) is a moshav in central Israel. Located near Beit Shemesh, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2021 it had a population of 487.[1]

History

The first transit camp (ma'abara) for new Jewish immigrants was set up in 1950 on the lands of the depopulated Palestinian village of Kasla.[2][3] New immigrants from Yemen brought to Israel in Operation Magic Carpet were given farmland there, but abandoned the moshav a few years later to join members of the Yemenite community living in Rosh Ha'ayin. Their place was taken by Jewish immigrants from Morocco.[4]

The moshav was named for the biblical city of Ksalon mentioned in Joshua 15:10, which was probably situated on the tel[5] nearby[6] and preserved in the Palestinian name of the place.[7][8]

References

  1. 1 2 "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  2. ↑ Khalidi, Walid (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 299. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
  3. ↑ The Mass Migration of the 1950s Jewish Agency for Israel
  4. ↑ Bedraggled feathers Haaretz, 6 June 2002
  5. ↑ Tel Kesalon
  6. ↑ Carta's Official Guide to Israel and Complete Gazetteer to all Sites in the Holy Land. (3rd edition 1993) Jerusalem, Carta, p.268, ISBN 965-220-186-3
  7. ↑ Yizhaqi, Arie (ed.): Madrich Israel (Israel Guide: An Encyclopedia for the Study of the Land), Vol.9: Judaea, Jerusalem 1980, Keter Press, p.383 (in Hebrew)
  8. ↑ Bitan, Hanna: 1948-1998: Fifty Years of 'Hityashvut': Atlas of Names of Settlements in Israel, Jerusalem 1999, Carta, p.31, ISBN 965-220-423-4 (in Hebrew)
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