{{Short description|Moshav in southern Israel}} {{For|the Israeli company|Gilat Satellite Networks}} {{Infobox Israel village | name = Gilat | hebname = גילת | meaning = Joy | image = חדש בגילת.jpg | foundation = 1949 | founded_by = Tunisian Jews | country = {{ISR}} | district = south | council = Merhavim | affiliation = Moshavim Movement | popyear = {{Israel populations|Year}} | population = {{Israel populations|Gilat}} | population_footnotes = {{Israel populations|reference}} | pushpin_map = Israel northwest negev#Israel | pushpin_mapsize = 250 | coordinates = {{coord|31|19|43|N|34|39|0|E|display=inline,title}} | website = }}
'''Gilat''' ({{langx|he|גילת||Joy}}) is a moshav in southern Israel. Located in the western Negev desert between Beersheba and Ofakim, it falls under the jurisdiction of Merhavim Regional Council. In {{Israel populations|Year}} it had a population of {{Israel populations|Gilat}}.{{Israel populations|reference}}
==History== The moshav was founded in 1949 by Jewish refugees from an Arab country, Tunisia. Like the names of two other moshavim (Tifrah, Ranen) in the area its name was taken<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> from the Book of Isaiah 35:2: <blockquote>(The desert,) it shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with '''joy''' and singing.</blockquote>
==Notable people== * Aharon Uzan (1924–2007), government minister * Pini Badash (born 1952), Knesset member
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{{Merhavim Regional Council}} {{Authority control}}
Category:Moshavim Category:Populated places established in 1949 Category:Populated places in Southern District (Israel) Category:Tunisian-Jewish culture in Israel Category:1949 establishments in Israel