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Bitzaron

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “neighborhood in south tel aviv”. Today it says “moshav in southern israel”.
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Bitzaron is also a neighborhood in south Tel Aviv . Stronghold) is a moshav in the South District of Israel and part of the Be'er Tuvia Regional Council .1 It is located on local road 3811, between Gan Yavne and Bnei Ayish . The moshav's population is approximately 1,000, and its area is about 5,000 dunams (5 km ). Bitzaron was founded in 1935, by Soviet refuseniks , on JNF lands, with the help of Keren Hayesod . In a book about Jewish villages in Palestine , the JNF says that Bitzaron was founded in 1939 by the Tel Hai group , and that it 1947 the population was 175. Its name was taken from the Book of Zechariah 9:12: "Return to your stronghold, you prisoners of hope." During the 1948 Arab–Israeli War , Bitzaron was on the front lines in the battle against the Egyptian army, and was bombarded by the Egyptian air force. The women and children of the village were evacuated to Rishon LeZion and Ness Ziona , while the men stayed to fight.2 Israel Central Bureau of Statistics . 2007-09-30 .3 Jewish Villages in Israel . Lexicon of the Land of Israel (in Hebrew). A Compendium of Place Names in Israel compiled from various sources.4

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neighborhood in south tel aviv

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moshav in southern israel

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