Sdot Micha or Sedot Mikha (Hebrew: שְׂדוֹת מִיכָה, lit. Micah Fields) is a moshav (agricultural settlement) in central Israel. Located to the west of Beit Shemesh, it is under the jurisdiction of the Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 348.[1]
History
The village was established in 1955 by immigrants from Morocco on the land of the depopulated Palestinian Arab village of Al-Burayj.[2] It was named after Micha Josef Berdyczewski.[3]
It is near Sdot Micha Airbase, which, according to unofficial sources, houses nuclear weapons and mobile missiles to fire them.[4]
References
- ^ a b “Regional Statistics”. Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2026.
- ^ Khalidi, Walid (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 282. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
- ^ Hareouveni, Emanouel (1974). The Settlements of Israel and Their Archaeological sites (in Hebrew). Israel: Hakibbutz Hameuchad. p. 315
- ^ Pike, John. “Zachariah – Israel – Special Weapons Facilities”. www.globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
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