Kfar Daniel
| Kfar Daniel כְּפַר דָּנִיֵּאל | |
|---|---|
  Kfar Daniel | |
| Coordinates: 31°55′58.79″N 34°56′1.67″E / 31.9329972°N 34.9337972°ECoordinates: 31°55′58.79″N 34°56′1.67″E / 31.9329972°N 34.9337972°E | |
| District | Central |
| Council | Hevel Modi'in |
| Affiliation | Kibbutz Movement |
| Founded | 9 October 1949 |
| Founded by | Mahalniks |
| Population (2015)[1] | 726 |
Kfar Daniel (Hebrew: כְּפַר דָּנִיֵּאל, lit. Daniel Village) is a moshav shitufi in central Israel. Located around four kilometres south-east of Lod and covering 2,900 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hevel Modi'in Regional Council. In 2015 it had a population of 726.
History
Kfar Daniel was established on 9 October 1949 by Mahalniks (Jewish World War II veterans) from English-speaking countries on the lands of the depopulated Arab village of Daniyal.[2] The moshav was initially called Irgun Beit Hever after the organisation which the founders were members of, but was later renamed in honour of Daniel Frish, a president of the Zionist Organization of America who died in the year the village was established.
The nearby Daniel Interchange connecting Highway 1 and Highway 6 is named after the village.
References
- ↑ "List of localities, in Alphabetical order" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
- ↑ Khalidi, Walid (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 374. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.