Komemiyut
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Komemiyut קוֹמְמִיּוּת |
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 Komemiyut
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| Coordinates: 31°39′43.19″N 34°43′50.16″E / 31.6619972°N 34.7306000°ECoordinates: 31°39′43.19″N 34°43′50.16″E / 31.6619972°N 34.7306000°E | |
| District | Southern |
| Council | Shafir |
| Founded | 1950 |
| Founded by | Demobilised soldiers |
| Population (2015) | 534 |
Komemiyut (Hebrew: קוֹמְמִיּוּת, eng. Erect) is an ultra-orthodox-Hasidic moshav in south-central Israel. Located in the southern Shephelah near Kiryat Gat, it falls under the jurisdiction of Shafir Regional Council. In 2015 it had a population of 534.
The village was established in 1950 by demobilized soldiers from a religious unit that had fought in the area during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. The name is take from a biblical passage, Leviticus 26:13: I broke the bars of your yoke and enabled you to walk erect.
It is built on the land of the depopulated Palestinian village of Karatiyya.
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