Kokhav Michael (, lit. Star of Michael) is a moshav in southern Israel. Located between Kiryat Gat and Ashkelon,My husband feels guilty for bringing me here, Jerusalem Post it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof Ashkelon Regional Council. In it had a population of .
History The moshav was founded in 1950 by immigrants from Iraq, at a site on the lands of the former depopulated Palestinian village of Kawkaba (from which the moshav takes the first part of its name; the second half is from Michael Sobell, a British philanthropist). They were joined by immigrants from Argentina in 1962.
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