Gibton

{{Short description|Moshav in central Israel}} {{Infobox Kibbutz | name = Gibton | image = File:Gibton, with cactus in the foreground.jpg | hebname= {{Script/Hebrew|גִּבְּתוֹן}} | foundation = 1933 | founded_by = | district = center | council = Brenner | affiliation = Unaffiliated | popyear = {{Israel populations|Year}} | population = {{Israel populations|Gibbeton}} | population_footnotes = {{Israel populations|reference}} | pushpin_map = Israel center ta | pushpin_mapsize = 250 | pushpin_label_position = bottom |coordinates = {{coord|31|53|15|N|34|48|1|E|display=inline,title}} | website = }}

'''Gibton''' ({{langx|he|גִּבְּתוֹן||Finch}}) is a moshav in central Israel. Located near Rehovot, it falls under the jurisdiction of Brenner Regional Council. In {{Israel populations|Year}} it had a population of {{Israel populations|Gibbeton}}.{{Israel populations|reference}}

==History== 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<ref>Carta's Official Guide to Israel and Complete Gazetteer to all Sites in the Holy Land. (3rd edition 1993) Jerusalem, Carta, p. 167, {{ISBN|965-220-186-3}}</ref> after an ancient town in the territory of the Tribe of Dan which is mentioned in the Tanakh (Joshua 19:44) and is identified with Tel Malot<ref>Spivak, Polina: [https://www.jstor.org/stable/26693850 “Tel Malot: Final Report.”] Hadashot Arkheologiyot: Excavations and Surveys in Israel, vol. 129, 2017, p.1-11</ref> some kilometers south-east. Following Rehovot's expansion after the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, it became an enclave within the city's perimeter.<ref name=mapa>{{Cite book | publisher = Mapa Publishing | isbn = 965-7184-34-7 | pages = 109 | others = Yuval Elazari (ed.) | title = Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel | location = Tel-Aviv | year = 2005 |language=he}}</ref>

<gallery> File:ע"י רחובות - מראה כפר גיבתון.-JNF044588.jpeg|Gibton 1935 File:El Ramle 1945.jpg|Gibton (Gibberton) 1945 1:250,000 File:Rehovot 1948.jpg|Gibton (Kefar Gibton) 1948 1:20,000 </gallery>

==References== {{Commons category|Gibton}} {{Reflist}}

Category:Moshavim Category:Populated places established in 1933 Category:Populated places in Central District (Israel) Category:1933 establishments in Mandatory Palestine