Azaria
{{Short description|Moshav in central Israel}}
{{for|the surname|Azaria (surname)}}
{{distinguish|text=Azariea in ancient Sicily}}
{{Infobox Israel village
| name = Azaria
| hebname = {{Script/Hebrew|עֲזַרְיָה}}
| founded = 30 October 1949
| founded_by = Jerusalemites
| country = {{ISR}}
| district = center
| council = Gezer
| population = {{Israel populations|Azarya}}
| popyear = {{Israel populations|Year}}
| population_footnotes = {{Israel populations|reference}}
| affiliation = Moshavim Movement
| pushpin_map=Israel center ta#Israel |pushpin_mapsize=250 |pushpin_label_position=bottom
| coordinates = {{coord|31|53|21|N|34|54|35|E|display=inline,title}}
| website = [http://www.azarya.org/ www.azarya.org]
}}
Azaria ({{langx|he|עֲזַרְיָה}}) or Azarya is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the Shephelah around five kilometres south-east of Ramle, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gezer Regional Council. In {{Israel populations|Year}} it had a population of {{Israel populations|Azarya}}.{{Israel populations|reference}}
Etymology
Its name is symbolic, though there is a theory that it was named after Azariah of Judah. The symbolic meaning is an acronym from the Hebrew religious sentence 'עולי זאכו ראו ישועת ה (Oleh zakho ra'u yeshuat HaShem, lit. "Immigrants of Zakho (village in Kurdistan) saw the salvation of the Lord").Carta's Official Guide to Israel and Complete Gazetteer to all Sites in the Holy Land. (3rd edition 1993) Jerusalem, Carta, p.91, {{ISBN|965-220-186-3}} (English)
History
The moshav was established on the land of the depopulated Palestinian village of Al-Barriyya on 30 October 1949 by 25 families from Jerusalem as part of the "From the city to the village" plan.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uM_kFX6edX8C|first=Benny |last=Morris |authorlink=Benny Morris |year=2004 |title=The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited|isbn=978-0-521-00967-6 |publisher=Cambridge University Press|page= [https://books.google.com/books?id=uM_kFX6edX8C&pg=PR21 xxi]}}{{cite book|title=All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_By7AAAAIAAJ |first1=Walid|last1=Khalidi|authorlink=Walid Khalidi|year=1992|location=Washington D.C.|publisher=Institute for Palestine Studies|ISBN=0-88728-224-5|page=362}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.azarya.org/ Official website] {{in lang|he}}
{{Gezer Regional Council}}
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