Gizo, Israel

Gizo is a Community [settlement (Israel)|community settlement] in central Israel, northwest of Beit Shemesh, under the jurisdiction of the Mateh [Yehuda Regional Council]. In it had a population of.

History

The village was established in 1960 by the Jewish [Agency for Israel|Jewish Agency] as a place of residence for teachers of the Gizo Regional Council school, and was named after the nearby biblical city of Gizo. It is on the former lands of the List of [villages depopulated during the Arab-Israeli conflict|depopulated] Palestinian village of Bayt Jiz, whose name also possibly referred to Gizo.