Mishmeret
{{Short description|Moshav in central Israel}}
{{Infobox Israel village
| name = Mishmeret
| image = PikiWiki Israel 9236 Mishmeret.jpg
| caption = Mishmeret circa 1951
| hebname = {{Script/Hebrew|מִשְׁמֶרֶת}}
| founded = 1946
| founded_by = Demobbed soldiers
| district = center
| council = Lev HaSharon
| affiliation = Moshavim Movement
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| population = {{Israel populations|Mishmeret}}
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| coordinates = {{coord|32|13|43|N|34|55|17|E|display=inline,title}}
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Mishmeret ({{langx|he|מִשְׁמֶרֶת||Position' or 'Post}}) is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the Sharon plain near Netanya and the HaSharon Junction and covering 3,800 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Lev HaSharon Regional Council. In {{Israel populations|Year}} it had a population of {{Israel populations|Mishmeret}}.{{Israel populations|reference}}
History
Before the 20th century the area formed part of the Forest of Sharon. It was an open woodland dominated by Mount Tabor Oak, which extended from Kfar Yona in the north to Ra'anana in the south. The local inhabitants traditionally used the area for pasture, firewood and intermittent cultivation. The intensification of settlement and agriculture in the coastal plain during the 19th century, under the Ottoman empire led to deforestation and subsequent environmental degradation.{{Cite journal |last=Marom |first=Roy |date=2022-12-01 |title=The Oak Forest of the Sharon (al-Ghaba) in the Ottoman Period: New Insights from Historical- Geographical Studies |url=https://www.academia.edu/93207554 |journal=Muse |volume=5 |pages=90–107}}
Mishmeret was founded in 1946 by demobilised soldiers from the British Army near the Arab village of Miska, which was depopulated in April 1948.{{Citation|title=All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948|first1=Walid|last1=Khalidi|authorlink=Walid Khalidi|year=1992|location=Washington D.C.|publisher=Institute for Palestine Studies|isbn=0-88728-224-5|page=558}} During the 1948 Arab–Israeli War the community moved to Herut, and was re-established after the war on its present site.
The layout of Mishmeret follows a pattern widespread at the time of its establishment: Homes were built along both sides of the village roads with fields and farmyards behind each one. The Hebrew term is "kfar magevet” (towel village), denoting its elongated shape.Christian Bittner & Michael Sofer (2013) b [https://www.geography.nat.fau.eu/files/2018/02/Bittner-Sofer-2013-Land-use-changes.pdf Land use changes in the rural–urban fringe: An Israeli case study] Land Use Policy, Vol. 33, pp11–19
In March 2019 a house in the moshav was hit by a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip.[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-47689684 Seven injured as Gaza rocket hits home in central Israel] BBC News, 25 March 2019
Economy
Today the moshav farms chickens, flowers,{{Citation needed|date=January 2011}} exports sweet potatoes and other vegetables.
In 2015 the Haaretz newspaper cited Mishmeret as an example of a "luxury" moshav.[https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/business/.premium-the-moshav-from-chicken-coops-to-mansions-1.5374110 The Transformation of the Moshav: From Chicken Coops to Mansions] Haaretz, 26 June 2015
References
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{{Lev HaSharon Regional Council}}
Category:Populated places established in 1946