Tirosh
{{Infobox Israel village
| name = Tirosh
| hebname = תירוש
| image = File:Tirosh2011.jpg
| foundation = 1955
| founded_by = North African Jews
| district = jerusalem
| council = Mateh Yehuda
| affiliation = Hapoel HaMizrachi
| popyear = {{Israel populations|Year}}
| population = {{Israel populations|Tirosh}}
| population_footnotes={{Israel populations|reference}}
| pushpin_map=Israel jerusalem |pushpin_mapsize=250 | pushpin_label_position = top
| coordinates = {{coord|31|44|59|N|34|53|11|E|display=inline,title}}
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Tirosh ({{langx|he|תִּירוֹשׁ||Grape juice}}) is a moshav in central Israel. Located between Beit Shemesh and Kiryat Malakhi, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In {{Israel populations|Year}} it had a population of {{Israel populations|Tirosh}}.{{Israel populations|reference}}
History
The village was established in 1955 by Jewish immigrants and refugees from North Africa on land that had belonged to the depopulated Palestinian village of 'Ajjur.{{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=207}}
Its name is derived from the fact that there are many vineyards in the area.
Just outside the village is the reported location of a storage facility for nuclear weapons.{{cite web|url=http://virtualglobetrotting.com/ll/31.7496,34.8865/?d=25 |title=Nearby Maps: 31.7496 34.8865: Page 1 |publisher=Virtual Globetrotting |date= |accessdate=2016-01-13}}
References
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{{Mateh Yehuda Regional Council}}
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Category:Populated places established in 1955
Category:Israeli nuclear development
Category:Populated places in Jerusalem District