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November 3, 2025Kokhav Michael is a moshav located in the southern part of occupied Palestine, situated between Kiryat Gat and Ashkelon. The moshav was established in 1950 by immigrants from Iraq on the land of the depopulated Palestinian village of Kawkaba. The moshav derived the first part of its name from the village, while the second part was taken from Michael Sobell, a British philanthropist. In 1962, immigrants from Argentina joined the community.
As of 2022, the settlement had a population of 1,122 settlers.
Sources:
Due to the limited availability of Arabic sources, Hebrew sources were used: the settlement’s official Hebrew website, the Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics.
Regarding the village of Kawkaba, the source used is “Palestine Remembered.”