Complex sentence: Prior to 1953, the area nearest to which Migdal Haemek was founded was the an Arab village named al-Mujaydil which had existed since as early as 1596 during the Ottoman era.
Split into simpler sentences: Prior to 1953, the area nearest to where Migdal Haemek was founded was an Arab village named al-Mujaydil. It had existed there since as early as 1596 during the Ottoman era.