Ksalon


Ksalon is a moshav in central Israel. Located near Beit Shemesh, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In it had a population of .

History

The first transit camp for new immigrants was set up on the lands of what became Ksalon in 1950. New immigrants from Yemen brought to Israel in Operation Magic Carpet were given farmland there, but abandoned the moshav a few years later to join members of the Yemenite community living in Rosh Ha'ayin. Their place was taken by immigrants from Morocco.
The moshav was named for the biblical city of Ksalon mentioned in, and is located on land that had belonged to the depopulated Palestinian village of Kasla.