Meitav, Israel


Meitav is a moshav in north-eastern Israel. Located in the Ta'anakh region, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gilboa Regional Council. In it had a population of.

History

The moshav was established in 1954 by immigrants from Kurdistan and Iraq on the land of the depopulated Palestinian village of Al-Mazar. The third settlement to be founded in the Ta'anakh, it was initially named Ta'anakh Gimel. The name derives from Bereshit/Genesis 47,11: "Joseph... gave them property in the best part of the land."