Meishar

{{Short description|Moshav in central Israel}}

{{Infobox Israel village

| name = Meishar

| image = File:Meyshar.jpg

| hebname = {{Script/Hebrew|מֵישָׁר}}

| meaning = Flatland

| founded = 1950

| founded_by = Immigrants from Europe

| country = {{ISR}}

| district= center

| council = Gederot

| affiliation = Agricultural Union

| popyear = {{Israel populations|Year}}

| population = {{Israel populations|Meshar}}

| population_footnotes = {{Israel populations|reference}}

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| pushpin_mapsize = 250

| pushpin_label_position =top

| coordinates = {{coord|31|49|6|N|34|45|15|E|display=inline,title}}

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Meishar ({{langx|he|מֵישָׁר}}) is a moshav in south-central Israel. Located in the coastal plain near Gedera, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gederot Regional Council. In {{Israel populations|Year}} it had a population of {{Israel populations|Meshar}}.{{Israel populations|reference}}

History

The moshav was founded in 1950, by immigrants from Poland and Germany, on land that had belonged to the depopulated Palestinian village of Bashshit.{{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=363}}

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