Motza Illit
{{Infobox Kibbutz
| name = Motza Illit
| image = MotzaIllitNov042021.jpg
| foundation = 1933
| hebname = מוצא עילית
| founded_by = Motza residents
| district = jerusalem
| council = Mateh Yehuda
| affiliation =
| popyear = {{Israel populations|Year}}
| population = {{Israel populations|Moza Illit}}
| population_footnotes = {{Israel populations|reference}}
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| coordinates = {{coord|31|47|35|N|35|9|28|E|display = inline,title}}
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Motza Illit ({{langx|he|מוֹצָא עִלִּית, מוצא עילית||Upper Motza}}) is a community settlement in central Israel. Located on a slope overlooking the Jerusalem Mountains, Ein Karem, the Motza Valley and Jerusalem, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In {{Israel populations|Year}} it had a population of {{Israel populations|Moza Illit}}.{{Israel populations|reference}}
History
Settlement in the area goes back to ancient times, with thousands of year old terraces and archaeological remains in the area. In 1929, old Motza was attacked by Arab rioters and some residents were murdered.Segev, Tom (1999). [https://archive.org/details/onepalestinecomp00sege One Palestine, Complete] Metropolitan Books. {{ISBN|978-0-8050-6587-9}} Four years later in 1933 a new moshav, Motza Ilit, was established at a higher location on the same slope.[http://www.jewishmag.com/76mag/tubsvat/tubsvat.htm Planting from the Remains]
In January 1934 a house-warming party was held by twenty Jewish families who had built homes in Motza Illit with the aid of the Jewish National Council ("Va'ad Leumi") and emergency funds.[http://archive.jta.org/article/1934/01/18/2812188/upper-motza-families-celebrate-settlement-of-new-jewish-workers Upper Motza Families Celebrate Settlement of New Jewish Workers]
Motza Illit overlooks the Judaean Mountains, the churches and monasteries of Ein Karem, the Beit Zayit water reservoir and the Jerusalem Forest.
It has three secular kindergartens. Elementary school children study at the Ein Harim Elementary School near the Beit Zayit water reservoir. For secondary school, Motza Illit's children study at a range of local secondary schools (Ein Karem Secondary School) and in Jerusalem (University Secondary School, Boyer, Science and Arts Secondary School, Academy for Music and Dance and more).
Notable residents
- David Kaminsky (born 1938), basketball player and coach
- Ehud Olmert
- Anna Ticho
Gallery
File:7 sisters.jpg|Seven Sisters Road in 1948
File:Seven Sisters Road Moza Illit.jpg|Seven Sisters Road to Motza Illit in 2010
File:Moza Illit.jpg|Street in Motza Illit
References
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{{Mateh Yehuda Regional Council}}
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Category:Community settlements
Category:Populated places established in 1933