District of Al-Ramla - colonies

Mazor is a moshav located in the central occupied Palestinian territories, about three kilometers southeast of Petah Tikva, covering an area of about 2,300 dunams. The moshav was established in 1949 by Zionist immigrants from Czechoslovakia and Hungary alongside Israeli settlers, on the lands of the depopulated Palestinian village of al-Muzayri'a in the Ramla district. In its early days, the settlement was called "Mazra Har," a name derived from a neighboring depopulated Arab

Hadid is a moshav located near the Modiin settlement. It was established in 1949 on the lands of the depopulated modern village in the Ramla district. It was founded as a kibbutz by Yemeni Zionist immigrants, later joined by immigrants from Romania. In 1950, it was reorganized to become a moshav affiliated with the Hapoel Hatzair movement. The site is approximately 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) west of the former Palestinian village site, on the lands of Modern. As of 2021, its

Palmachim is a kibbutz located in the center of Mandatory Palestine. It was established on April 11, 1949, by former members of the Yiftach Brigade affiliated with the Irgun (Etzel). The kibbutz was founded on the lands of the depopulated Palestinian village of Nabi Rubin, in the Ramla district. It is approximately 10 kilometers south of the Tel Aviv metropolitan area, along the Mediterranean coast, situated among sand dunes. As of 2004, its population was 500 settlers. Sourc

Sha'alvim is a religious kibbutz located in the center of Mandatory Palestine, near the Modiin Maccabim Reut settlement. The kibbutz was founded on August 13, 1951, by a group from Nahal affiliated with the Ezra Movement. It was established on the land of the depopulated Palestinian village of Sulpit, in the Ramla district. The hill situated between the kibbutz and Nof Ayalon is known as Tel Sha'alvim. Until the Six-Day War, it was targeted by numerous militant attacks from t

Mishmar David is a communal settlement located near the Mitzpeh Ramon settlement. It was established in 1948 by Holocaust survivors from Romania and former soldiers. The settlement was named after David Marcus, a Jewish-Romanian American colonel in the U.S. Army who assisted Israel during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War and thereafter, becoming the country's first general. The settlement was established on the land of the depopulated Arab village of Khalda, in the Ramla district.