Meitav, Israel

Utmost, best) is a moshav in north-eastern Israel.

Located in the Ta'anakh region, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gilboa Regional Council.

[1] The moshav was established in 1954 by immigrants from Kurdistan and Iraq on the land of the depopulated Palestinian village of Al-Mazar.

[2] The third settlement to be founded in the Ta'anakh, it was initially named Ta'anakh Gimel (lit.

The name derives from Bereshit/Genesis 47,11: "Joseph ... gave them property in the best part of the land.