Elkosh

Elkosh
Elkosh
Coordinates: 33°1′59.62″N 35°19′21.82″E / 33.0332278°N 35.3227278°E / 33.0332278; 35.3227278Coordinates: 33°1′59.62″N 35°19′21.82″E / 33.0332278°N 35.3227278°E / 33.0332278; 35.3227278
Council	Ma'ale Yosef
Region	Galilee
Affiliation	Moshavim Movement
Founded	1949
Founded by	Yemenite Jews

Elkosh (Hebrew: אֶלְקוֹשׁ) is a moshav in northern Israel. Located near Ma'alot-Tarshiha and the Lebanese border, it falls under the jurisdiction of Ma'ale Yosef Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 348.

The village was established in 1949 by immigrants from Yemen, and was named after the biblical city of Elkosh, birth-town of prophet Nahum (Nahum 1:1), which was located in the area. The founders were later joined by more immigrants from Kurdistan. The village is founded on the land of the Palestinian village of Dayr al-Qassi,^[1] which was depopulated in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.

References

↑ Khalidi (1992), p.13

Bibliography

Khalidi, Walid (1992), All That Remains, Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies, ISBN 0-88728-224-5
Eliot Braun (2004): Elqosh Archive Report- Final Report Hadashot Arkheologiyot – Excavations and Surveys in Israel, No. 116.

Ma'ale Yosef Regional Council

Moshavim	Avdon Ein Ya'akov Elkosh Even Menachem Goren Hosen Lapidot Manot Me'ona Netu'a Peki'in HaHadasha Shomera Shtula Tzuriel Ya'ara Zar'it

Community settlements	Abirim Gita Gornot HaGalil Mattat Mitzpe Hila Neve Ziv

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