Sitria

Sitria סִתְרִיָה‎
Sitria Education Center
Sitria
Coordinates: 31°53′18″N 34°50′45″E
Country	Israel
District	Central
Council	Gezer
Affiliation	Moshavim Movement
Founded	1949
Founded by	Polish and Romanian immigrants
Population  (2022)[1]	1,061

Sitria (Hebrew: סִתְרִיָה) is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the Shfela near Rehovot, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gezer Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 1,061.[1]

History

The moshav was founded on Lag BaOmer in 1949 on the land that had belonged to the depopulated Palestinian village of Abu al-Fadl,[2][3] by 95 families from Poland and Romania who had been interned in a detention camp in Cyprus. Prior to 1948, the Sitriya Bedouin tribe lived in the area.[4]

Economy

Domaine Herzberg, a boutique winery, is located in Sitria.[5] The moshav also operates a riding stable, Susey Adama.[6]

Notable people

• Ori Gordin (born 1969), IDF Major General

References

1. "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
2. Morris, Benny (2004), The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited, Cambridge University Press, p. xxi, ISBN 9780521009676
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. 357, ISBN 0-88728-224-5
4. The Davids of Sitriya Haaretz
5. Domaine Herzberg Archived 2011-09-26 at the Wayback Machine
6. Susey Adama Riding Stable