HaYogev

HaYogev
הַיּוֹגֵב‬
HaYogev
Coordinates: 32°36′42.48″N 35°12′16.92″E / 32.6118000°N 35.2047000°E / 32.6118000; 35.2047000Coordinates: 32°36′42.48″N 35°12′16.92″E / 32.6118000°N 35.2047000°E / 32.6118000; 35.2047000
Council Jezreel Valley
Affiliation Moshavim Movement
Founded 1949
Founded by Moshavim Movement members
Population (2017)[1] 683
Name meaning The Farmer

HaYogev (Hebrew: הַיּוֹגֵב‬, lit. The Farmer) is a moshav in northern Israel. Located around seven kilometres west of Afula, it falls under the jurisdiction of Jezreel Valley Regional Council. In 2017 it had a population of 683.[1]

History

The moshav was founded in 1949 by a youth group from Austria, Germany, Romania and Israel who were members of the Beit Eshel kibbutz, which was destroyed during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.[2] It was established partly on land that had belonged to the depopulated Palestinian village of Khirbat Lid.[3]

In September–October 2012, a trial excavation was conducted at Einot Nisanit,[4] near HaYogev Junction. In a regional survey carried out in the area, Raban reported the presence of tombs in and around the site that date to the Middle Bronze, Iron, Persian, Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman periods.[5] In this site a well from the Neolithic period was discovered.[6] One dramatic find during the dig was the bones of a woman around 19 years old, and a man between 30 and 40 years old, which can be described as one of the „first farmers in the Jezreel Valley“. Today, farming is a way of life in the village of Hayogev.

References

  1. 1 2 "List of localities, in Alphabetical order" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved August 26, 2018.
  2. ↑ HaYogev Romgalil (in Hebrew)
  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. 174. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
  4. ↑ Tepper Y. (2014) "‘Enot Nisanit (Ha-Yogev Junction)", HA-ESI, 126
  5. ↑ Raban A. (2000). "Map of Mishmar Ha-‘Emeq (32)" Archaeological Survey of Israel
  6. ↑ Ancient Well Reveals Secrets of First Jezreel Valley Farmers Haaretz, 9 November 2012
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