Dor is a moshav

Moshav

Moshav is a type of Israeli town or settlement, in particular a type of cooperative agricultural community of individual farms pioneered by the Labour Zionists during the second aliyah...

 in northern Israel

Israel

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. Located near Zikhron Ya'akov, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof HaCarmel Regional Council

Hof HaCarmel Regional Council

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. In 2006 it had a population of 343. The moshav was established on the land of the depopulated Palestinian

Palestinian people

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  village named Tantura, east of the old village site, in 1949.

The moshav was established by immigrants

Aliyah

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 from Greece

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, who were later joined by immigrants from Iraq

Iraq

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. It was named after the ancient Phoenicia

Phoenicia

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n city of Dor

Dor

Tel Dor , is an archeological site located on Israel's Mediterranean coast, about 30 km south of Haifa. Lying on a small headland at the north side of a protected inlet, it is identified with D-jr of Egyptian sources, Biblical Dor, and with Dor/Dora of Greek and Roman sources...

, which inhabited by the tribe of Manasseh

Manasseh

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 in the Israelite period. The city is mentioned in the Bible

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, in the Book of Joshua

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 17:11 and 1 Chronicles

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 7:29). It was renamed Tantura after the Arab conquest. The ancient city of Dor was situated on the excavated tell

Tell

A tell or tel, is a type of archaeological mound created by human occupation and abandonment of a geographical site over many centuries. A classic tell looks like a low, truncated cone with a flat top and sloping sides.-Archaeology:A tell is a hill created by different civilizations living and...

 north of today's moshav, overlooking Kibbutz Nahsholim

Nahsholim

Nahsholim is a kibbutz and beach resort in northern Israel. Located near Zikhron Ya'akov, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof HaCarmel Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 399....

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