Kfar Mordechai is a village

Village

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 in central Israel

Israel

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, located about 30 kilometers south of Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv

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, between Ashdod, Gedera

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 and Yavne

Yavne

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. The village was established in 1950 by British

British Jews

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 and South African Jews

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 and by some ex-kibbutz

Kibbutz

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 members, near the ruins of a Palestinian Arab

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 village called Bashshit

Bashshit

Bashshit was a Palestinian Arab village located southwest of Ramla about half a mile from Wadi Bashshit. Archaeological artifacts from the village attest to habitation in the Early Islamic period and 12th and 13th centuries CE...

. It is named after Mordechai Eliash, Israel's first ambassador to the United Kingdom

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Kfar Mordechai is part of Gederot Regional Council

Gederot Regional Council

Gederot Regional Council is a regional council in the Center District of Israel. It is located between Ashdod, Yavne and Gedera and covers an area of 13,000 dunams...

, which also includes the villages of Asseret, Meishar, Shdema, Misgav Dov, Kfar Aviv and Gan Hadarom.

External links

• Satellite view of Kfar Mordechai