Matzuva
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Matzuva (Template:Langx), also known as Metzuba, is a kibbutz in the Western Galilee in northern Israel. Located to the south of the development town of Shlomi, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Asher Regional Council. In Template:Israel populations it had a population of Template:Israel populations.Template:Israel populations
Etymology
The settlement was named after the nearby Byzantine-period town of Pi-ha-Masuba, a place mentioned in the Tosefta (Shevi'it 4:8-ff.) and in the 3rd-century Mosaic of Rehob.[1] The ancient Christian town was thoroughly destroyed in 613 or 614, never to regain its former size and wealth, but the name survived throughout the Early Muslim, Crusader, and into the Mamluk period. The remains of Byzantine-era Pi Metzuba, whose location was known from previous surveys, were actually discovered in 2020 along the road connecting Shlomi and Hanita,[2] a short distance north of Matzuva.
The name is believed to have been derived from mṣwbh, a Semitic root, meaning 'pyramid' or 'pyramidal pile'.[3]
History
The village was established in 1940 by immigrants from Germany, members of the Maccabi HaTzair youth movement.[1] After the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, it expanded onto land that had belonged to the Arab village of al-Bassa, which was depopulated in the war.[4]
Economy
Due to economic problems, the kibbutz textile factory closed down in 2003.[5]
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Matzuva 1942
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Matzuva 1943 JNF photograph
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Kibbutz Matzuva, 1946
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Matzuva 1947
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Matzuva water tanks & fortress 1947
See also
- Matzuva attack, a 2002 cross-border terrorist attack
References
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- ↑ Christian Town Destroyed by Persians 1,400 Years Ago Found in Northern Israel, Ariel David for Haaretz, 17 June 2020. Re-accessed 6 April 2023.
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- ↑ Employees petition to liquidate Kibbutz Matzuva
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