Tel Adashim

Place in Northern, Israel

Tel Adashim 32°39′19″N 35°18′4″E / 32.65528°N 35.30111°E / 32.65528; 35.30111
Country	Israel
District	Northern
Council	Jezreel Valley
Affiliation	Moshavim Movement
Founded	1923
Founded by	Hashomer Members
Population (2022)^[1]	1,523

Tel Adashim (Hebrew: תֵּל עֲדָשִׁים, lit. 'Lentils Hill') is a moshav in northern Israel. Located between Nazareth and Afula, it falls under the jurisdiction of Jezreel Valley Regional Council.^[2] In 2022 it had a population of 1,523.^[1]

History

Arab and Jewish villages

Jewish settlement began in the area in 1913 when Hashomer established Tel Adash, a settlement whose purpose was to protect the oil pipeline from Iraq to Haifa. By 1918, only two families remained.^[3]

In 1921 Zionist activists completed a purchase of 22,000 dunams at Tell el-Adas from the Sursuk family of Beirut. At that time, there were 150 Muslim families living there.^[4]

In the 1922 census of Palestine, conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Tal Adas had a population of 118; 98 Muslims, 16 Jews and 4 Christians.^[5]

1923 moshav

In 1923, a moshav ovdim was established on the site and was named Tel Adashim.^[3]

Tel Adashim 1924
Tel Adashim 1930
Tel Adashim from Mizra with Mount Tabor in background 1947

Notable residents

Notable past and present residents include Rafael Eitan, Yigal Cohen, A. D. Gordon and Alexander Zaïd.^[3]

References

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^ ^a ^b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
^ Tel Adashim Moshavim of Israel
^ ^a ^b ^c About Tel Adashim (in Hebrew)
^ List of villages sold by Sursocks and their partners to the Zionists since British occupation of Palestine, evidence to the Shaw Commission, 1930
^ Barron, J. B., ed. (1923). Palestine: Report and General Abstracts of the Census of 1922. Government of Palestine. p. 38.