Ramot Meir
{{Short description|Moshav in central Israel}}
{{Infobox Kibbutz
| name = Ramot Meir
| hebname = {{Script/Hebrew|רָמוֹת מֵאִיר}}
| image = Ramot Meir 3.JPG
| foundation = 1949
| founded_by = Demobilised soldiers
| district = center
| council = Gezer
| affiliation = Moshavim Movement
| popyear = {{Israel populations|Year}}
| population = {{Israel populations|Ramot Me'ir}}
| population_footnotes={{Israel populations|reference}}
| pushpin_map=Israel center ta |pushpin_mapsize=250 | pushpin_label_position = bottom
| coordinates = {{coord|31|52|27|N|34|51|19|E|display=inline,title}}
| website = [http://ramotmeir.co.il/ ramotmeir.co.il]
}}
Ramot Meir ({{langx|he|רָמוֹת מֵאִיר}}, lit. Meir Heights) is a moshav ovdim in central Israel. Located in the Shephelah around four kilometres south of Rehovot, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gezer Regional Council. In {{Israel populations|Year}} it had a population of {{Israel populations|Ramot Me'ir}}.{{Israel populations|reference}}
History
The moshav was founded in 1949 by demobilised soldiers, and was named after the American philanthropist Meyer Rosoff.Hareouveni, Emanouel (1974). The Settlements of Israel and Their Archaeological sites (in Hebrew). Israel: Hakibbutz Hameuchad. p. 302 Rosoff had bought the land around the Palestinian village of al-Na'ani in the 1930s for his company, Rosoff Group Plantations.Glass, J.B. (2002) [https://books.google.com/books?id=dgqj1Ox8StsC&pg=PA238 From New Zion to Old Zion: American Jewish Immigration and Settlement] Wayne State University Press, pp238-239, {{ISBN|0-8143-2842-3}} After the 1948 war, it expanded on part of the remaining al-Na'ani land.{{cite book|title=All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_By7AAAAIAAJ |first=W.|last=Khalidi|authorlink=Walid Khalidi|year=1992|location=Washington D.C.|publisher=Institute for Palestine Studies|isbn=0-88728-224-5|page=400}}
It collapsed in 1965, but was re-established in 1969 by a group of immigrants from France (who had originally moved there from North Africa)
References
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External links
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- [http://ramotmeir.co.il/ Official website] {{in lang|he}}
{{Gezer Regional Council}}
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Category:Populated places established in 1949
Category:Populated places in Central District (Israel)
Category:1949 establishments in Israel