Mikhmoret
{{Short description|Moshav in central Israel}}
{{Infobox Kibbutz
| name = Mikhmoret
| hebname = מכמורת
| meaning = Fishing net
| image = File:Michmoret.JPG
| foundation = 1945
| founded_by = Demobbed British Army Jewish soldiers
| country = {{ISR}}
| district = center
| council = Hefer Valley
| popyear = {{Israel populations|Year}}
| population = {{Israel populations|Mikhmoret}}
| population_footnotes={{Israel populations|reference}}
| affiliation = Moshavim Movement
| pushpin_map=Israel center ta |pushpin_mapsize=250
| coordinates = {{coord|32|24|21|N|34|52|18|E|display=inline,title}}
| website =
}}
Mikhmoret ({{langx|he|מכמורת||Fishing net}}) is a moshav in central Israel. Located on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea around nine kilometres north of Netanya, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hefer Valley Regional Council. In {{Israel populations|Year}} it had a population of {{Israel populations|Mikhmoret}}.{{Israel populations|reference}}
History
The moshav was founded in 1945 by demobilised soldiers from the British Army, and was named Mikhmoret due to the profession of many of the founders being fishers.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}
The moshav expanded onto lands of the depopulated Palestinian village of 'Arab al-Nufay'at, whose inhabitants were expelled by an order issued by the Haganah from 10 April 1948.{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/25632612|title=All that remains : the Palestinian villages occupied and depopulated by Israel in 1948|date=1992|publisher=Institute for Palestine Studies|others=Khalidi, Walid.|isbn=0-88728-224-5|location=Washington, D.C.|oclc=25632612}}
In 2012 Mikhmoret Beach was listed as one of the best beaches in Israel.{{cite news |last=Geller |first=Liron Vardi |date=July 5, 2012 |title=Fun in the Sun: Israel's Best Family Beaches |url=https://www.haaretz.com/israels-best-family-beaches-1.5201218 |newspaper=Haaretz |access-date=May 7, 2019}}
The Israel Nature and Parks Authority established the Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Center in Moshav Mikhmoret.{{cite news |last=Udasin |first=Sharon |title=Peretz, Weinstein Help Set Free A Sea Turtle at Rehabilitation Center in Moshav Mikhmoret |date=August 8, 2013 |url=https://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/Peretz-Weinstein-help-set-free-a-sea-turtle-at-rehabilitation-center-in-Moshav-Mikhmoret-322403 |newspaper=The Jerusalem Post |access-date=May 7, 2019}}
File:WORLD WAR 2 VETERANS PUTTING UP THE FIRST HUTS AT MOSHAV MICHMORET. הקמת הצריפים הראשונים במושב מיכמורת בשרון.D841-055.jpg|Founding of Michmoret, 1945
File:מכמורת - בי"ס לדייג-JNF025579.jpeg|Mikhmoret 1947
File:מכמורת - מראה-JNF027276.jpeg|Mikhmoret 1947
Notable residents
- Amit Inbar (born 1972), Olympic competitive windsurfer, and kitesurfer
- Moti Kirschenbaum (born 1939), media personality
- Lee Korzits (born 1984), Olympic and 4-time world champion windsurfer
- Nimrod Mashiah (born 1988), windsurfer
- Avraham Tal (born 1976), Judge in the 4th season of The Voice ישראל.
References
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{{Hefer Valley Regional Council}}
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Category:Populated places established in 1945