Hemed Settlement

Hemed is a religious Zionist moshav located in the central region of occupied Palestine, near the settlement of Or Yehuda. During the 18th and 19th centuries, the area belonged to the Lydda subdistrict, whose boundaries extended from present-day Modi'in–Maccabim–Re'ut in the south to El'ad in the north, and from the eastern foothills across the Lydda plain to the outskirts of Jaffa in the west.

The moshav was established in 1950 on the lands of the depopulated Palestinian village of Beit Dajan, by discharged soldiers of the Israeli army who had immigrated from Czechoslovakia, Poland, and Romania. The name "Hemed" is an abbreviation of a Hebrew phrase meaning "religious soldiers discharged from service."

In its early years, the moshav relied on agricultural activity, though a large portion of its land is used today by leasing it to warehouses and industrial facilities. Hemed's population in 2022 was about 1,360 settlers.

Sources:Due to the limited availability of Arabic sources, the following Hebrew sources were relied upon:

• The moshav's official Hebrew website

• Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics

• Information on the village of Beit Dajan from the website.