Prazon is a moshav

Moshav

Moshav is a type of Israeli town or settlement, in particular a type of cooperative agricultural community of individual farms pioneered by the Labour Zionists during the second aliyah...

 in the Ta'anakh region in northern Israel

Israel

The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

. It belongs to the Gilboa Regional Council

Gilboa Regional Council

Gilboa Regional Council is a regional council in northern Israel, located on the slopes of the Gilboa mountain range. There are more than 22,000 residents in 38 settlements as of 2007...

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It was founded in 1953 by immigrants to Israel from Kurdistan as the second settlement in the Ta'anakh region after Avital

Avital

Avital is a small moshav in Gilboa, Israel that is ten kilometers south of Afula. It was founded in 1953 by immigrants from Iran, Turkey and Kurdistan who were part of the Moshavim Movement. In 2006, its population was 440....

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The name "Prazon" ("rural population") is taken from a verse in chapter 5, verse 7 of the Book of Judges

Book of Judges

The Book of Judges is the seventh book of the Hebrew bible and the Christian Old Testament. Its title describes its contents: it contains the history of Biblical judges, divinely inspired prophets whose direct knowledge of Yahweh allows them to act as decision-makers for the Israelites, as...

: "The rural population in Israel ceased, until I, Deborah, arose." The story described in Judges took place in the surrounding region.

The local football club, Hapoel Asi Gilboa

Hapoel Asi Gilboa F.C.

Hapoel Asi Gilboa is an Israeli football club based in Prazon on Mount Gilboa. The club currently plays in the northern division of Liga Alef. Their main rivals are Hapoel Afula....

, is based in Prazon.