Petah Tiqwa, founded in 1878, is the…
1878 CE
Petah Tiqwa, founded in 1878, is the first village in the modern Jewish settlement of Palestine and is known as Em ha-Moshavot (Hebrew: ”Mother of Villages”).
Because the village has been founded in a swampy, malarial area, the first years of settlement will be unstable and dangerous.
Settlers first plant eucalyptus trees for drainage, then turn to truck and citrus farming; the first orange groves in modern Palestine are also planted in the village.