Gilboa Regional Council
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Gilboa Regional Council is a regional council in northern Israel
, located on the slopes of the Gilboa mountain range. There are more than 22,000 residents in 38 settlements as of 2007. The size of the area is about 250,000 dunam
s.
It is bordered on the north and west by the Jezreel Valley
and the Jezreel Valley Regional Council
; on the south by the Samaria
n mountains, and on the east by the Beit She'an Valley and the Beit She'an Valley Regional Council.
's work group built a tent camp near Ma'ayan Harod. Most of them were immigrants to Israel during the Second Aliyah
, and some arrived in the Third Aliyah
. Some of them were members of Hashomer
. The program was the "building up of the land by a general commune
of Israeli workers." After two months, an additional group added to the eastern border of the Jezreel Valley and settled on the hill of Tel Hassan, which is now Tel Yosef. The other settlements were built later.
Kibbutzim
Moshavim
Communal settlements
Arab villages
Former villages
performed in the settlements of the council. The most widespread ones are cotton
, wheat
, greenhouse
s and other industrial plantings, flower plantings, field crops, fish pools, stables for cows, and chicken coops.
im in the council have built many factories
: Shimurim in Beit HaShita; metalworking in Beit Alfa, Moledet, Ein Harod and Beit Yosef; carpentry in Beit HaShita and Ein Harod; electronics in Yizre'el; nut cracking in Geva; plastics in Heftzibah and Ram On; printing and ornamentation in Moledet and Tel Yosef.
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
, located on the slopes of the Gilboa mountain range. There are more than 22,000 residents in 38 settlements as of 2007. The size of the area is about 250,000 dunam
Dunam
A dunam or dönüm, dunum, donum, dynym, dulum was a non-SI unit of land area used in the Ottoman Empire and representing the amount of land that can be plowed in a day; its value varied from 900–2500 m²...
s.
It is bordered on the north and west by the Jezreel Valley
Jezreel Valley
-Etymology:The Jezreel Valley takes its name from the ancient city of Jezreel which was located on a low hill overlooking the southern edge of the valley, though some scholars think that the name of the city originates from the name of the clan which founded it, and whose existence is mentioned in...
and the Jezreel Valley Regional Council
Jezreel Valley Regional Council
Jezreel Valley Regional Council is a regional council in northern Israel that encompasses most of the settlements in the Jezreel Valley. It includes 15 kibbutzim, 15 moshavim, 6 communal settlements and two Bedouin villages...
; on the south by the Samaria
Samaria
Samaria, or the Shomron is a term used for a mountainous region roughly corresponding to the northern part of the West Bank.- Etymology :...
n mountains, and on the east by the Beit She'an Valley and the Beit She'an Valley Regional Council.
History
The Gilboa mountains that border the Jezreel Valley from the south and the Beit She'an Valley from the west form a part of the "water dividing line" of the land of Israel. In 1921, 75 men from Joseph TrumpeldorJoseph Trumpeldor
Joseph Trumpeldor , was an early Zionist activist. He helped organize the Zion Mule Corps and bring Jewish immigrants to the Land of Israel. Trumpeldor died defending the settlement of Tel Hai in 1920 and subsequently became a Zionist national hero...
's work group built a tent camp near Ma'ayan Harod. Most of them were immigrants to Israel during the Second Aliyah
Second Aliyah
The Second Aliyah was an important and highly influential aliyah that took place between 1904 and 1914, during which approximately 40,000 Jews immigrated into Ottoman Palestine, mostly from the Russian Empire, some from Yemen....
, and some arrived in the Third Aliyah
Third Aliyah
The third Aliyah refers to the third wave of the Jewish immigration to Israel from Europe who came inspired by Zionist motives between the years 1919 and 1923 . A symbol of the start of the third immigration wave is the arrival of the boat "Roselan" in the Jaffa Port on December 19, 1919...
. Some of them were members of Hashomer
Hashomer
Hashomer was a Jewish defense organization in Palestine founded out of Bar-Giora in April 1909. It ceased to operate after the founding of the Haganah in 1920. The purpose of Hashomer was to provide guard services for Jewish settlements in the Yishuv, freeing Jewish communities from dependence...
. The program was the "building up of the land by a general commune
Commune (intentional community)
A commune is an intentional community of people living together, sharing common interests, property, possessions, resources, and, in some communes, work and income. In addition to the communal economy, consensus decision-making, non-hierarchical structures and ecological living have become...
of Israeli workers." After two months, an additional group added to the eastern border of the Jezreel Valley and settled on the hill of Tel Hassan, which is now Tel Yosef. The other settlements were built later.
List of settlements
The following settlements belong to the Gilboa Regional Council:Kibbutzim
- Beit AlfaBeit AlfaBeit Alfa is a kibbutz in the Northern District of Israel, near the Gilboa ridge.-History:The kibbutz was founded in 1922 by Hashomer Hatzair volunteers. The first members came from Poland. In 1940 some of the members, affiliated with Hashomer Hatzair, moved to Ramat Yohanan kibbutz, in exchange...
- Beit HaShitaBeit HashitaBeit HaShita is a kibbutz between Afula and Beit She'an, Israel founded on 4 December 1928 by members of "Kvuzat HaHugim" and members of "Tnuat HaMahanot HaOlim" from Haifa and Jerusalem. The kibbutz was named after the biblical town of the same name, where the Midianites fled after being beaten...
- Ein Harod (Ihud)
- Ein Harod (Meuhad)
- GevaGeva-External links:*...
- Heftziba
- Tel Yosef
- Yizre'elYizre'elThe kibbutz was established on 20 August 1948 by demobilised Palmach soldiers just to the west of the remains of the depopulated Palestinian village of Zir'in It was named after the ancient city of Jezreel, which was located in the area allotted to the tribe of Issachar...
Moshavim
- AdirimAdirimAdirim , a small moshav located within the jurisdiction of the Gilboa Regional Council adjacent to Barak and Dvora.It is situated 6 km. south of Afula...
- AvitalAvitalAvital is a small moshav in Gilboa, Israel that is ten kilometers south of Afula. It was founded in 1953 by immigrants from Iran, Turkey and Kurdistan who were part of the Moshavim Movement. In 2006, its population was 440....
- BarakBarak, IsraelBarak is a moshav in northern Israel in the Ta'anakh region. It belongs to the Gilboa Regional Council.The moshav was founded in 1956 by immigrants to Israel from Morocco as part of the program to settle the Ta'anakh region....
- DvoraDvora, IsraelDevorah is a moshav in the Ta'anakh region, near Afula, in northern Israel. It belongs to the Gilboa Regional Council.It was founded in 1956 by immigrants to Israel from Morocco in the program to inhabit the Ta'anakh region....
- GadishGadishGadish is a moshav in the Ta'anakh region in northern Israel. It belongs to the Gilboa Regional Council. It was founded by immigrants to Israel from Morocco in the program to settle the Ta'anakh region....
- Kfar YehezkelKfar YehezkelKfar Yehezkel is a moshav ovdim in northern Israel. It is located in the Jezreel Valley, six kilometres southeast of Afula. It is under the jurisdiction of the Gilboa Regional Council. In 2007, the moshav had a population of 755.-History:...
- Magen ShaulMagen ShaulMagen Shaul is a moshav near Gilboa Mountain in northern Israel. It belongs to the Gilboa Regional Council.The moshav was founded in 1976 by children of families who lived in other moshavim of the Ta'anakh region....
- MeitavMeitav, IsraelMeitav is a moshav in north-eastern Israel. The name derives from Bereshit/Genesis 47,11: "Joseph ... gave them property in the best part of the land." Located in the Ta'anakh region, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gilboa Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 379.The moshav was...
- MleaMleaMle'a or Meleah is a moshav in the Ta'anakh region in northern Israel. It belongs to the Gilboa Regional Council.It was founded in 1956 by immigrants to Israel from Morocco in the program to settle the Ta'anakh region. By the end of 1957, most of the original settlers moved out, but immigrants...
- PrazonPrazonPrazon is a moshav in the Ta'anakh region in northern Israel. It belongs to the Gilboa Regional Council.It was founded in 1953 by immigrants to Israel from Kurdistan as the second settlement in the Ta'anakh region after Avital....
- Ram-OnRam-OnRam-On is a moshav ovdim located in the Ta'anakh region, south of the Jezreel Valley in Israel. It belongs to the Gilboa Regional Council.Ram-On was founded in 1953 by children of families from moshavim around Israel. They originally settled in Nurit on the Gilboa mountain...
- Ramat TzviRamat TzviRamat Tzvi is a moshav in north-eastern Israel. Located between Afula and Beit She'an, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gilboa Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 428....
Communal settlements
- Gan NerGan NerGan Ner is a communal settlement in northern Israel. Located near the Green Line to the south of Afula, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gilboa Regional Council. In 2007 the population was 2,800....
- GidonaGidonaGidona or Gid'onah is a communal settlement near Ma'ayan Haron in northern Israel. It belongs to the Gilboa Regional Council.Gidona was founded in 1949 as a moshav of workers by immigrants to Israel from Yemen...
- Merkaz HaverMerkaz HaverMerkaz Hever is a communal settlement in the Ta'anakh region in northern Israel. It belongs to the Gilboa Regional Council.The community was founded originally in 1958 as a regional center for the three neighboring communities: Barak, Adirim, and Devorah....
- Merkaz OmanMerkaz OmanMerkaz Omen , sometimes simply Omen, is a communal settlement in the Ta'anakh region in northern Israel. It belongs to the Gilboa Regional Council.It was founded in 1958 as a village community for the nearby moshavim of Nir Yafeh, Meleah and Gadish....
- Merkaz YaelMerkaz YaelMerkaz Yael is a communal settlement in the Ta'anakh region in northern Israel. It belongs to the Gilboa Regional Council.It was founded in 1960 as part of the program to inhabit the Ta'anakh region...
- MoledetMoledet, IsraelMoledet is a communal settlement in the Lower Galilee in northern Israel. It belongs to the Gilboa Regional Council.The community was founded as a kibbutz on 4 July 1937 as part of the Tower and stockade program, and was named after the "Moledet" organization of the founders, who were immigrants...
- Nir YafehNir YafehNir Yafe is a communal settlement in the Ta'anakh region in northern Israel. It belongs to the Gilboa Regional Council.It was founded in 1956 by immigrants to Israel from Tunisia as part of the program to settle the Ta'anakh region....
Arab villages
- MuqeibleMuqeibleMuqeible or Muqeibla , meaning "The front place", is an Israeli Arab town located in Israel's North District, in the Jezreel Valley between Ta'anakh and Jenin. It is a part of the Gilboa Regional Council...
- Na'uraNa'uraNa'ura is an Israeli-Arab village located in Israel's North District. It lies within the municipal jurisdiction of the Gilboa Regional Council. According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 1,700 inhabitants in 2005....
- Sandala
- Tamra
- TaibeTaibe, GalileeTaibe , meaning "The goodly", is a Bedouin village in northeastern Israel. Located in the Jezreel Valley, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gilboa Regional Council. In 2008 it had a population of 2,000.- History :...
Former villages
- NuritNuritNurit was a moshav on Gilboa Mountain in northern Israel. It belongs to the Gilboa Regional Council.The moshav was founded in 1950 by immigrants to Israel from Yemen. It is named after the nearby Arab village Nuris, which lies in the adjacent valley...
Agriculture
There are many branches of agricultureAgriculture
Agriculture is the cultivation of animals, plants, fungi and other life forms for food, fiber, and other products used to sustain life. Agriculture was the key implement in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that nurtured the...
performed in the settlements of the council. The most widespread ones are cotton
Cotton
Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective capsule, around the seeds of cotton plants of the genus Gossypium. The fiber is almost pure cellulose. The botanical purpose of cotton fiber is to aid in seed dispersal....
, wheat
Wheat
Wheat is a cereal grain, originally from the Levant region of the Near East, but now cultivated worldwide. In 2007 world production of wheat was 607 million tons, making it the third most-produced cereal after maize and rice...
, greenhouse
Greenhouse
A greenhouse is a building in which plants are grown. These structures range in size from small sheds to very large buildings...
s and other industrial plantings, flower plantings, field crops, fish pools, stables for cows, and chicken coops.
Industry
The kibbutzKibbutz
A kibbutz is a collective community in Israel that was traditionally based on agriculture. Today, farming has been partly supplanted by other economic branches, including industrial plants and high-tech enterprises. Kibbutzim began as utopian communities, a combination of socialism and Zionism...
im in the council have built many factories
Factory
A factory or manufacturing plant is an industrial building where laborers manufacture goods or supervise machines processing one product into another. Most modern factories have large warehouses or warehouse-like facilities that contain heavy equipment used for assembly line production...
: Shimurim in Beit HaShita; metalworking in Beit Alfa, Moledet, Ein Harod and Beit Yosef; carpentry in Beit HaShita and Ein Harod; electronics in Yizre'el; nut cracking in Geva; plastics in Heftzibah and Ram On; printing and ornamentation in Moledet and Tel Yosef.