Ramat David
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| Country | Israel |
| Council | Jezreel Valley |
| Region | Galilee |
| Affiliation | Kibbutz Movement |
| Founded | 1926 |
Ramat David (Template:Lang-he-n, lit. David Heights) is a kibbutz in the Jezreel Valley in northern Israel,[1] near Ramat David Airbase. It falls under the jurisdiction of Jezreel Valley Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 233.
The kibbutz was established in 1926, and was named after David Lloyd George, who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom when the Balfour Declaration was made. The German-Jewish architect Richard Kaufmann drew up plans for the design of Ramat David in 1931.[2]
The author Roald Dahl landed his RAF Hurricane at the British Mandate airstrip at Ramat David early in 1941.[3] He describes the German Jewish refugee children living there at that time in his autobiography Going Solo.