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Sitria (Template:Lang-he) is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the Shephelah near Rehovot, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gezer Regional Council. In 2007 it had a population of 999.

The moshav was founded on Lag BaOmer in 1949 by 95 families from Poland and Rumania who had been interned in a detention camp in Cyprus. Before 1948, the Sitriya (السطرية) Bedouin tribe lived in the area.

According to Walid Khalidi, the moshav is built on the lands of Abu al-Fadl, a village depopulated in 1948.

Economy

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

References

1. Sitriya, Jerusalem Media and Communications Center
2. Morris, 2004, p. xxi, Settlement #87, established 1949.
3. The Davids of Sitriya
4. Khalidi, 1992, p.357
5. Domaine Herzberg
6. Susey Adama Riding Stable

Bibliography

• Khalidi, Walid (1992), All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948, Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies, ISBN 0-88728-224-5
• Morris, Benny (2004), The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0521009677, 9780521009676 {{citation}}: Check |isbn= value: invalid character (help)

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• Gezer Regional Council
• Moshavim
• Populated places established in 1949