Kannot Explained

Kannot
Meaning:	Seedlings
Founded:	1952
Founded By:	Histadrut Workers' Council
District:	south
Council:	Be'er Tuvia
Pushpin Map:	Israel ashkelon
Pushpin Mapsize:	250
Pushpin Label Position:	bottom
Coordinates:	31.8022°N 34.7525°W
Website:	kannot.org.il

Kannot (he|כַּנּוֹת||Seedlings) is an educational institution and youth village in central Israel. Located near Gedera, it falls under the jurisdiction of Be'er Tuvia Regional Council. In it had a population of .

Etymology

It is named after an occasional word, just mentioned once: in the Bible in Psalm 80:16:^[1] ^[2] (God, watch over) "the seedling your right hand has planted".

History

The village was founded in 1952 by the Workers' Council of the Histadrut, on the lands of the depopulated Palestinian village of Bashshit.^[3]

External links

Official website

Notes and References

Place Names in Israel. A Compendium of Place Names in Israel compiled from various sources, Israeli Program for Scientific Translations, 1962, p.211
Bitan, Hanna (1999) 1948-1998: Fifty Years of 'Hityashvut': Atlas of Names of Settlements in Israel, Carta, p.31, (Hebrew)
Book: Walid Khalidi
. All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Walid. Khalidi. Walid Khalidi. 1992. Washington D.C.. Institute for Palestine Studies. 0-88728-224-5. 363.