Kokhav Michael
{{Short description|Moshav in southern Israel}}
{{Infobox Kibbutz
| name = Kokhav Michael
| hebname = כוכב מיכאל
| arname = كوخاف ميخائيل
| foundation = 1950
| founded_by = Iraqi immigrants
| district = south
| image = מושב כוכב.JPG
| caption = Entrance to Kokhav Michael
| council = Hof Ashkelon
| affiliation = Moshavim Movement
| popyear = {{Israel populations|Year}}
| population = {{Israel populations|Kokhav Mikha'el}}
| population_footnotes = {{Israel populations|reference}}
| pushpin_map = Israel ashkelon
| pushpin_mapsize = 250
| pushpin_label_position = top
| coordinates = {{coord|31|37|44|N|34|40|10|E|display=inline,title}}
}}
Kokhav Michael ({{langx|he|כּוֹכַב מִיכָאֵל}}, lit. Star of Michael) is a moshav in southern Israel. Located between Kiryat Gat and Ashkelon,[https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/my-husband-feels-guilty-for-bringing-me-here-588783 My husband feels guilty for bringing me here], Jerusalem Post it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof Ashkelon Regional Council. In {{Israel populations|Year}} it had a population of {{Israel populations|Kokhav Mikha'el}}.{{Israel populations|reference}}
History
The moshav was founded in 1950 by immigrants from Iraq on the land of the depopulated Palestinian village of Kawkaba*{{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|page=122|isbn=0-88728-224-5}} (from which the moshav takes the first part of its name; the second half is from Michael Sobell, a British philanthropist). They were joined by immigrants from Argentina in 1962.{{cite book |last1=Krupnik |first1=Adrián |title=Between Two Homelands: Argentine Migration to and from Israel |date=2023 |publisher=University of Alabama Press |isbn=9780817394691 |page=53}})
References
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{{Hof Ashkelon Regional Council}}
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Category:Populated places established in 1950
Category:Iraqi emigrants to Israel
Category:Iraqi-Jewish culture in Israel