Aviel
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Aviel is a small and pastoral moshav
in northern Israel
. It is located south of Haifa
within Alona Regional Council
and next to Binyamina-Giv'at Ada
. It had a population of 511 in 2006.
The moshav was established by the Herut
party in 1949 and was named after its name from Israel "Aviel" Epstein, an Irgun
messenger to Rome, who was killed in Italy on 28 December 1946. Its original name was Yad HaYod-Daled, after the fourteen Irgun members who died fighting the British
.
Moshav
Moshav is a type of Israeli town or settlement, in particular a type of cooperative agricultural community of individual farms pioneered by the Labour Zionists during the second aliyah...
in northern Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
. It is located south of Haifa
Haifa
Haifa is the largest city in northern Israel, and the third-largest city in the country, with a population of over 268,000. Another 300,000 people live in towns directly adjacent to the city including the cities of the Krayot, as well as, Tirat Carmel, Daliyat al-Karmel and Nesher...
within Alona Regional Council
Alona Regional Council
Alona Regional Council is a regional council in northern Israel. It is part of Haifa District and covers three moshavim, Amikam, Aviel and Givat Nili. The council's headquarters are located in Amikam....
and next to Binyamina-Giv'at Ada
Binyamina-Giv'at Ada
Binyamina-Giv'at Ada is a town in the Haifa District of Israel. It is the result of the 2003 merger between the two local councils of Binyamina and Giv'at Ada. According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics , the population of Binyamina-Giv'at Ada was 12,000 at the end of 2009...
. It had a population of 511 in 2006.
The moshav was established by the Herut
Herut
Herut was the major right-wing political party in Israel from the 1940s until its formal merger into Likud in 1988, and an adherent of Revisionist Zionism.-History:...
party in 1949 and was named after its name from Israel "Aviel" Epstein, an Irgun
Irgun
The Irgun , or Irgun Zevai Leumi to give it its full title , was a Zionist paramilitary group that operated in Mandate Palestine between 1931 and 1948. It was an offshoot of the earlier and larger Jewish paramilitary organization haHaganah...
messenger to Rome, who was killed in Italy on 28 December 1946. Its original name was Yad HaYod-Daled, after the fourteen Irgun members who died fighting the British
United Kingdom
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