Yir'on
Yir'on
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  Yir'on  Yir'on | |
| Coordinates: 33°4′37.19″N 35°27′17.64″E / 33.0769972°N 35.4549000°E | |
| Country | Israel |
| District | Northern |
| Council | Upper Galilee |
| Affiliation | Kibbutz Movement |
| Founded | 20 May 1949 |
| Population (2022)[1] | 395 |
| Website | www.yiron.org.il |
Yir'on (Template:Lang-he-n) is a kibbutz in the Galilee Panhandle in northern Israel. Located adjacent to the Lebanese border, it falls under the jurisdiction of Upper Galilee Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 395.[1]
History
The village was established on 20 May 1949 by former members of the Palmach's Yiftach Brigade and graduates of the Dror-HeHalutz youth movement on the site of the depopulated Palestinian village of Saliha.[2][3][4]
Ada Feinberg-Sireni, later a member of the Knesset, was amongst the founders. It was one of a series of villages established along the Lebanese border, with the intention of reinforcing the young states's borders. It was named after a biblical village of the Naftali tribe (Joshua 19:38), situated in this area.
The kibbutz makes money from tourism, the farming of fruit, the growing of trees in a tree nursery and light industry (which included a zip factory). Among its tourist attractions is Lake Yir'on.[5]
References
- ^ a b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ Khalidi, W. (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 492. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
- ^ Morris, B. (2004). The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited. Cambridge University Press. p. xxii, Settlement #161. ISBN 978-0-521-00967-6.
- ^ Survey of Israel, Map sheet 'Alma, 1:20,000 series, editions of 1948 and 1958.
- ^ Carmeli, Gilad (September 1, 2017). נעים להכיר: האגמים של ישראל [Nice to Meet You: The Lakes of Israel]. Ynet (in Hebrew). Retrieved November 28, 2018.
External links
- Kibbutz website (in Hebrew)