Ayelet HaShahar

Ayelet HaShahar
אַיֶּלֶת הַשַּׁחַר‬
Hebrew transcription(s)
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Ayelet HaShahar
Coordinates: 33°1′22.07″N 35°34′39.35″E / 33.0227972°N 35.5775972°E / 33.0227972; 35.5775972Coordinates: 33°1′22.07″N 35°34′39.35″E / 33.0227972°N 35.5775972°E / 33.0227972; 35.5775972
District Northern
Council Upper Galilee
Affiliation Kibbutz Movement
Founded 1915
Founded by European Jewish immigrants
Population (2017)[1] 1,161
Website www.ayelet.org.il

Ayelet HaShahar (Hebrew: אַיֶּלֶת הַשַּׁחַר‬) is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located on the Rosh Pina – Metulla road, it is approximately 35 kilometers south of Kiryat Shmona and falls under the jurisdiction of Upper Galilee Regional Council. In 2017 it had a population of 1,161.[1]

History

The land on which the kibbutz is located was bought by the Jewish Colonization Association in 1892. It was first settled by immigrants from Europe in 1915 during the Second Aliyah period. A census conducted in 1922 by the British Mandate authorities, recorded a population of 78 Jews.[2] During the end of the British mandate, the kibbutz was the staging ground for Palmach operations, "Markolet" (Night of the bridges) and the bombing of the Yarmuk Bridge (16–17 June 1946).

After the 1947–1949 Palestine war, Ayelet HaShahar took over land from the newly depopulated Palestinian village of Yarda.[3]

Economy

Ayelet HaShahar is one of the larger fruit producers in Israel. They also raise dairy cattle and poultry, and manage beehives (the kibbutz is a major producer of Israel's honey). There are fish ponds, which take water from canals that drain the nearby Hula Valley swamps.

Landmarks

Tel Hazor, capital of Canaanite Galilee, lies opposite the kibbutz. The Archaeological Museum of Hatzor is located at the kibbutz. Antiquities from Tel Hazor are displayed, but many of the original artifacts are actually at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem.

Notable residents

References

  1. 1 2 "List of localities, in Alphabetical order" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved August 26, 2018.
  2. ↑ Barron, 1923, p. 41
  3. ↑ Khalidi, W. (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 504. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
  4. ↑ Israel Museum Israeli Art Information Center

Bibliography

  • Barron, J. B., ed. (1923). Palestine: Report and General Abstracts of the Census of 1922. Government of Palestine.
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