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Beit Yehoshua (, ''lit.'' House of Yehoshua) is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the coastal plain near Netanya, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof HaSharon Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 784. The village was established as a kibbutz on 17 August 1938 by garin of the Bnei Akiva and HaNoar HaTzioni movements as part of the tower and stockade settlement programme. According to the Jewish National Fund, the original settlers were orthodox and were engaged in intensive farming and citrus. It was named after Yehoshua Tahon (or Joshua Thon), a Galician Zionist leader.〔 In 1947 it had a population of about 150.〔 In 1950 it became a ''moshav shitufi'', and later a ''moshav ovdim'' (a more common form of ''moshav''.) The Beit Yehoshua Railway Station is adjacent to the moshav. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Beit Yehoshua」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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