Meitav, Israel

Meitav
Meitav
	Village office
	Meitav
	Coordinates: 32°32′48″N 35°18′2″E / 32.54667°N 35.30056°E
Country	Israel
District	Northern
Council	Gilboa
Affiliation	Moshavim Movement
Founded	1954
Founded by	Kurdish and Iranian immigrants
Population (2022)	456

Meitav (Hebrew: מֵיטָב, lit. Utmost, best) is a moshav in north-eastern Israel. Located in the Ta'anakh region, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gilboa Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 456.^[1]

History

The moshav was established in 1954 by immigrants from Kurdistan and Iraq on the land of the depopulated Palestinian village of Al-Mazar.^[2] The third settlement to be founded in the Ta'anakh, it was initially named Ta'anakh Gimel (lit. Ta'anakh 3). The name derives from Bereshit/Genesis 47,11: "Joseph ... gave them property in the best part of the land."^[3]^[4]

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