Tzippori
Sign in to saveTzippori () is a moshav in northern Israel, in the Lower Galilee. The moshav is within the jurisdiction of the Jezreel Valley Regional Council. The moshav was founded just south of the depopulated Palestinian village of Saffuriya, which was located on the site of the ancient Jewish settlement of Sepphoris.
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Tzippori () is a moshav in northern Israel, in the Lower Galilee. The moshav is within the jurisdiction of the Jezreel Valley Regional Council. The moshav was founded just south of the depopulated Palestinian village of Saffuriya, which was located on the site of the ancient Jewish settlement of Sepphoris.
==History== thumb|left|1940s Survey of Palestine map showing the location of Tzippori, south of the former Palestinian village of Saffuriya. The moshav was established in 1949 on the land of the Palestinian village of Saffuriya, that was depopulated during the 1948 war.. It was named after the ancient settlement of Sepphoris which occupied the same site as Saffuriya and is now an archaeological park.
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