Beit Dagan

Beit Dagan is a colony located in the central region of occupied Palestine. During the Ottoman period, the area of Beit Dajan was part of the Nahiya of Lydda, which extended from the present-day area of Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut in the south to El'ad in the north, and from the eastern foothills across the Lydda Valley to the outskirts of Jaffa in the west. Modern-day Beit Dagan was established in 1948 on the site of the depopulated Palestinian village of Bayt Dajan by Zionist Mizrahi immigrants from Yemen and North Africa. It is believed to be located near the area of the biblical Beit Dagan. "Dagan" or "Dagon" was also the name of an early Semitic deity, whose primary role was to ensure a plentiful grain harvest. Beit Dagan was granted local council status in 1958. As of 2021, the settler population in Beit Dagan was approximately 7,823. Sources: Due to the limited availability of Arabic-language sources, the following “Hebrew” sources were used:

• The colony’s official Hebrew website

• The “Israeli” Central Bureau of Statistics

• Information on the village of Bayt Dajan from the website