Gizo, Israel
{{Infobox Israel village
| name = Gizo
| image = Gizo3.jpg
| imgsize = 250px
| founded = 1960
|hebname=גיזו
|arname=جيزو
| founded_by = Jewish Agency
| district = jerusalem
| council = Mateh Yehuda
| popyear = {{Israel populations|Year}}
| population = {{Israel populations|Gizo}}
| population_footnotes = {{Israel populations|reference}}
| affiliation =
| pushpin_map = Israel jerusalem
| pushpin_mapsize = 250
| coordinates = {{coord|31|48|20|N|34|56|22|E|display=inline,title}}
| website =
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Gizo ({{langx|he|גִּיזוֹ}}) is a community settlement in central Israel, northwest of Beit Shemesh, under the jurisdiction of the Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In {{Israel populations|Year}} it had a population of {{Israel populations|Gizo}}.{{Israel populations|reference}}
History
The village was established in 1960 by the Jewish Agency as a place of residence for teachers of the Gizo Regional Council school, and was named after the nearby biblical city of Gizo (1 Chronicles 11:34).Yoav Regev (2001) New Israel Guide, Vol. 10: The Shephelah, Keter, Yedioth Ahronoth and the Ministry of Defense It is on the former lands of the depopulated Palestinian village of Bayt Jiz,{{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=365}} whose name also possibly referred to Gizo.
References
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{{Mateh Yehuda Regional Council}}
Category:Community settlements
Category:Populated places established in 1960