Ramot Meir
Moshav in central Israel
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Ramot Meir (Hebrew: רָמוֹת מֵאִיר, lit. Meir Heights) is a moshav ovdim in central Israel. Located in the Shephelah around four kilometres south of Rehovot, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gezer Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 674.[1] Near the entrance of the Moshav there is a small nature reserve with natural wild tulips.
Ramot Meir
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  Ramot Meir | |
| Coordinates: 31°52′27″N 34°51′19″E | |
| Country | Israel |
| District | Central |
| Council | Gezer |
| Affiliation | Moshavim Movement |
| Founded | 1949 |
| Founded by | Demobilised soldiers |
| Population (2024)[1] | 674 |
| Website | ramotmeir.co.il |
History
The moshav was founded in 1949 by demobilised soldiers, and was named after the American philanthropist and dentist Meyer Rosoff.[2] Rosoff had bought the land around the Palestinian village of al-Na'ani in the 1930s for his company, Rosoff Group Plantations.[3] After the 1948 war, it expanded on part of the remaining al-Na'ani land.[4]
It collapsed in 1965, but was re-established in 1969 by a group of immigrants from France (who had originally moved there from North Africa)
