Sde Eliezer שְׂדֵה אֱלִיעֶזֶר |
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Coordinates: 33°2′42.72″N 35°33′50.4″E / 33.0452000°N 35.564000°ECoordinates: 33°2′42.72″N 35°33′50.4″E / 33.0452000°N 35.564000°E | |
District | Northern |
Council | Mevo'ot HaHermon |
Affiliation | HaOved HaTzioni |
Founded | 1950 |
Population (2015) | 811 |
Sde Eliezer (Hebrew: שְׂדֵה אֱלִיעֶזֶר, lit. Eliezer's Field) is a moshav in northern Israel. Locted in the Hula Valley, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mevo'ot HaHermon Regional Council. In 2015 it had a population of 811.
Sde Eliezer was founded in 1950 by residents of Yesod HaMa'ala and Kiryat Shmona. Immigrants from Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Poland and Romania also settled there. The moshav was named for Robert (Eliezer) Rothschild, grandson of Edmond de Rothschild, founder of the Palestine Jewish Colonization Association (PICA), which purchased the land from Arab landowners.