Moshav is a type of Israeli settlement, in particular a type of cooperative agricultural community of individual farms settlered by the Labor Zionisms during the second aliyah .... in northern Israel
Israel
Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area.... . Located near Kiryat Tiv'on, it falls under the jurisdiction of Jezreel Valley Regional Council
Jezreel Valley Regional Council
Jezreel Valley Regional Council is a regional council in northern Israel that encompasses most of the settlements in the Jezreel Valley. It includes 15 kibbutzim, 15 moshavim, 6 communal settlement and two Bedouin villages.... . In 2006 it had a population of 744.
Settlement began in the area in 1913 when Hashomer
Hashomer
Hashomer was a Jewish defense organization in Palestine founded out of Bar-Giora in April 1909. It ceased to operate after the founding of the Haganah in 1920.... established Tel Adash, a settlement whose purpose was to defend the oil pipeline from Iraq
Iraq
Iraq , officially the Republic of Iraq , is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros Mountains, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert.... to Haifa
Haifa
Haifa is the largest city in North District Israel, and the List of Israeli cities in the country, with a population of over 264,900. Haifa has a mixed population of Jews and Arabs.... , though by 1918 only two families remained. In 1923 a moshav was established on the site and was named Tel Adashim.
Notable past and present residents include Rafael Eitan
Rafael Eitan
Rafael "Raful" Eitan was an Israeli general, former Ramatkal of the Israel Defense Forces and later a politician, a Knesset member Cabinet of Israel.... , Gonen Segev
Gonen Segev
Gonen Segev in Kiryat Motzkin is a former Israeli member of Knesset and Cabinet of Israel and pediatrician who was convicted for drug dealer and forgery.... , Yigal Cohen, A. D. Gordon
A. D. Gordon
Aaron David Gordon , more commonly known as A. D. Gordon, was a Zionism ideologue and the spiritual force behind practical Zionism. He founded Hapoel Hatzair, a movement that set the tone for the Zionist movement for many years to come.... and Alexander Zaïd
Alexander Zaïd
Alexander Zaid was one of the founders of the Jewish defense organizations Bar Giora and Hashomer, and a prominent figure of the Second Aliyah.... .
