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Place in Northern, Israel
Kfar Kisch כְּפַר קִישׁ‎
Kfar Kisch is located in Northeast IsraelKfar KischKfar Kisch
Coordinates: 32°40′2″N 35°26′55″E / 32.66722°N 35.44861°E / 32.66722; 35.44861
CountryIsrael
DistrictNorthern
CouncilLower Galilee
AffiliationMoshavim Movement
Founded1946
Founded byDemobilised soldiers
Population686

Kfar Kisch (Hebrew: כְּפַר קִישׁ) is a moshav in northern Israel. Located adjacent to Mount Tabor, it falls under the jurisdiction of Lower Galilee Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 686.

History

It was established in 1946 by Jewish soldiers demobilised from the British Army after World War II having served under Frederick Kisch, after whom the village was named. However political fractures led many of the founders to leave within the first year. A water shortage which forced the residents to transport water from the Tabor stream without proper equipment added to the problems, and until 1953 a steady stream of founding residents left the village. In that year conditions improved and Kfar Kisch began to absorb Jewish immigrants from Poland, Hungary, and the Soviet Union. Part of the village's land formerly belonged to the depopulated Palestinian village of Ma'dhar, south of the old village site.

  • Kfar Kisch founding ceremony 18 July 1946 Kfar Kisch founding ceremony 18 July 1946
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  • Kfar Kisch first barracks Kfar Kisch first barracks
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References

  1. ^ "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  2. Frederick Kisch Izkor (in Hebrew)
  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. 529. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
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