Shafir

Shafir
Shafir
Founded 1949
Council Shafir
Region Western Negev
Affiliation Hapoel HaMizrachi
Coordinates 31°41′48″N 34°43′43″E / 31.69667°N 34.72861°E / 31.69667; 34.72861Coordinates: 31°41′48″N 34°43′43″E / 31.69667°N 34.72861°E / 31.69667; 34.72861
Shafir is located in Israel
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Shafir

Shafir (Hebrew: שָׁפִיר‎‎) is a moshav in southern Israel. Located in the Shephelah near Kiryat Malakhi, it falls under the jurisdiction of Shafir Regional Council. In 2006, it had a population of 499.

Shafir was founded on August 15, 1949 by immigrants from Hungary and Czechoslovakia. It was named after the Biblical city of Shafir that is mentioned in the Book of Micah 1:11, which also means "good and beautiful".[1] It is built on the land of the depopulated Palestinian village Al-Sawafir al-Shamaliyya.[2]

In 1954, during the Shafir shooting attack, a fedayeen "opened fire on a synagogue full of children and teenagers, in the farming community of Shafir. Three children and a youth worker were killed on the spot, and five were wounded, including three seriously".[3]

References

  1. ^ Vilnai, Ze'ev (1980). "Shafir (b)". Ariel Encyclopedia. Volume 8. Israel: Am Oved. pp. p. 7996.  (Hebrew)
  2. ^ Morris (2004), p. xxi, settlement #64
  3. ^ "Which Came First- Terrorism or Occupation - Major Arab Terrorist Attacks against Israelis Prior to the 1967 Six-Day War". Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 31 March 2002. http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Terrorism-+Obstacle+to+Peace/Palestinian+terror+before+2000/Which+Came+First-+Terrorism+or+Occupation+-+Major.htm. 

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