Amatzia, Israel

Amatzia (Hebrew: אֲמַצְיָה) is a moshav in south-central Israel.

The population is a mix of religious and secular Israelis, and was 203 in 2022.

[1] The moshav was founded in 1955, on the ruins of the Palestinian town al-Dawayima.

[3] In the past the community was a moshav shitufi but it has undergone a process of privatization and abandoned its collective nature.

[citation needed] In 2006, temporary housing was built in the area of the moshav to absorb evacuees from Katif who lived in Gush Katif until they were evacuated under Israel's unilateral disengagement plan.

Caravan village near Amatzia where evacuees of Katif have been living since 2005. The permanent settlement will be located nearby.