Gibton

Gibton גִּבְּתוֹן
Gibton
Coordinates: 31°53′14.74″N 34°48′0.54″E / 31.8874278°N 34.8001500°ECoordinates: 31°53′14.74″N 34°48′0.54″E / 31.8874278°N 34.8001500°E
Council	Brenner
Region	Central Israel
Affiliation	Unaffiliated
Founded	1933

Gibton (Hebrew: גִּבְּתוֹן, lit. Finch) is a moshav in central Israel. Located near Rehovot, it falls under the jurisdiction of Brenner Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 299.

It was founded in 1933 as part of the Settlement of the Thousand plan. The plan aimed to establish small agricultural settlements around the larger towns and help defend them against Arab rioters. It was named after an ancient town in the territory of the Tribe of Dan which is mentioned in the Tanakh: Joshua 19:44. Following Rehovot's expansion after the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, it became an enclave within the city's perimeter.^[1]

References

1. Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel (in Hebrew). Yuval Elazari (ed.). Tel-Aviv: Mapa Publishing. 2005. p. 109. ISBN 965-7184-34-7.