Aviel
Aviel (Hebrew: אֲבִיאֵל) is a small and pastoral moshav in northern Israel. It is located south of Haifa within Alona Regional Council, near Zikhron Yaakov and Binyamina-Giv'at Ada.[2] It had a population of 815 in 2018.[1]
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| Coordinates: 32°31′56.53″N 34°59′29.62″E | |
| Country | Israel |
| District | Haifa |
| Council | Alona |
| Affiliation | Mishkei Herut Beitar |
| Founded | 1949 |
| Founded by | Former Irgun members |
| Population (2018)[1] | 815 |
History
Rainbow over the fields of Moshav Aviel
The moshav was established by the Herut party in 1949 and named after Israel "Aviel" Epstein, an Irgun envoy 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.[3]
It is located on the land of the depopulated Palestinian village of Al-Sindiyana, southwest of the village site.[4]
References
- "Population in the Localities 2018" (XLS). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. 25 August 2019. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
- Archaeology, art, history await at Shuni Fortress
- Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel (in Hebrew). Yuval Elʻazari (ed.). Tel-Aviv: Mapa Publishing. 2005. p. 13. ISBN 965-7184-34-7.CS1 maint: others (link)
- Khalidi, W. (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 193. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
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