District of Baysan - colonies

Afuqa is an agricultural kibbutz (moshav) established in the Beisan (Beit She'an) region, between 1941 and 1952. Establishment & Early Years The origins of Kibbutz Afuqa date to July 11, 1941, when Kibbutz Neve Eitanpurchased land from the Al-‘Alami family, near the depopulated Palestinian village of Umm ‘Ajra in the District of Baysan. Its founders were members of the “Afuqa” group, trainees of the Gordonia movement, who arrived in Mandatory Palestine in 1934and initially se

Moledet is a cooperative moshav located in the Lower Galilee, in the northern part of occupied Palestine. It was established in 1937 on the lands of the Palestinian village of Al-Tayyiba, which still exists, and near the depopulated village of Bila, in the District of Baysan. In 1952, the name of the settlement was changed from Bnei Brit to Moledet. As of 2022, the population of the settlement was 1,082 settlers. Sources: Due to the scarcity of Arabic-language sources, Heb

Beit HaShita is a kibbutz located in the northern part of occupied Palestine. Byzantine-era ceramic fragments and coins have been discovered in the area surrounding the kibbutz. The kibbutz traces its origins to a meeting held in Hadera in 1928 by Kvutzat HaHogim, a group from the HaMahanot HaOlim movement in Haifa and Jerusalem. The early members lived in the nearby Ein Harod until 1934, when construction of the kibbutz began at its present location, approximately 1 kilomet

Duchan is a farm affiliated with the Yetsur Yiftach organization, established in 1955 on the lands of the depopulated Palestinian village of Zib‘a, in the District of Baysan.

Beit Yosef is a colony located in the Beisan (Beit She'an) area, in the northern part of occupied Palestine, approximately eight kilometers north of Beisan. The colony was established in 1937 as a tower and stockade settlement on the lands of the depopulated Palestinian village of Rabu‘a. It was part of a series of such colonies built during the Arab Revolt in Palestine (1936–1939). The settlement was named after Yosef Aharonovitch, an influential figure in the Labor Party a

Sde Nahum is a kibbutz located in the Beisan (Beit She'an) Valley, in the northern part of occupied Palestine, approximately 4 kilometers northwest of Beisan. The nearby Palestinian village of Saffuriyya was almost entirely emptied of its approximately 4,000 residents in July 1948. By early January 1949, around 500 of its residents had returned. However, neighboring settlements coveted the lands of Saffuriyya, prompting the Northern Command to issue an evacuation order, whic

Ein HaNatziv is a kibbutz located in Beisan (Beit She'an) in the northern part of occupied Palestine. It is affiliated with the Religious Kibbutz Movement and lies approximately three kilometers south of the old city of Beisan, at an elevation of 130 meters below sea level. The kibbutz was established near the depopulated Palestinian village of Umm ‘Ajra, in the District of Baysan, although not directly on its lands. Ein HaNatziv was founded on January 17, 1946, at a site k

Gesher is a cooperative settlement (kibbutz) established in 1939 on the lands of the depopulated Palestinian village of Jisr al-Majami, by Zionist refugees from Germany. The name means in Hebrew. The kibbutz is located approximately one kilometer from the Jordanian border, on the southern edge of Jisr al-Majami, and was named after the adjacent Roman bridge that crosses the Jordan River. Gesher has been mentioned in the context of the 1948 Arab–Zionist war. On the morning

Gev’a is a collective community (a form of kibbutz) within the Gilboa Regional Council, located in the Jezreel Valley, east of the city of Afula. The community was established in 1921 by immigrants from Russia and Poland who arrived in occupied Palestine during the Second Aliyah. Later, additional founding groups joined, including a group of workers from Kastina and Jerusalem, and the "Dromia" group. During the 1930s and 1940s, new members from Lithuania, Latvia, and Hungary

Kfar Ruppin is a kibbutz located in the Beisan (Beit She'an) Valley, approximately 5 kilometers (3.1 miles) southeast of Beisan. It was established in 1938 on the lands of the depopulated Palestinian village of Masil al-Jizl, in the District of Baysan. As of 2018, the kibbutz had a population of 493 settlers. Sources: Due to the scarcity of Arabic-language sources, Hebrew sources were used: The Hebrew website of the settlement The Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics Infor

Ein Harod is a kibbutz located in the northern part of the Baysan (Beisan) District, established in 1921 on the lands of the depopulated Palestinian village of Qumiya. As of 2021, the number of settlers residing there was 540. Sources: Due to the scarcity of Arabic-language sources, Hebrew sources were used: The Hebrew website of the settlement The Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics Information about the village of Qumiya was obtained from the Palestine Remembered websit

Rehov is a moshav located approximately four kilometers south of Beisan (Beit She'an), established on the lands of the depopulated Palestinian village of Faru’ah, in the District of Baysan. As of 2021, the population of the settlement was 406 settlers. Sources: Due to the scarcity of Arabic-language sources, Hebrew sources were used: The Hebrew website of the settlement The Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics Information about the village of Qaruna was obtained from the Pa

Neve Eitan is a kibbutz located in the Beisan (Beit She'an) Valley, approximately one kilometer east of Beisan and one kilometer west of Maoz Haim. It was established on the lands of the depopulated Palestinian village of Al-Ghazawiyya, in the District of Baysan. As of 2021, the number of settlers residing in the kibbutz was 307. Sources: Due to the scarcity of Arabic-language sources, Hebrew sources were used: The Hebrew website of the settlement The Israeli Central Bureau

The colony (moshav) was established in the 1950s on the lands of the depopulated Palestinian village of Umm 'Amara, located in the District of Baysan (Beisan). Three other colonies had been established near the village, though not on its lands: Avuqacolony, established in 1941, is located to the north. Ein HaNatzivkibbutz, founded in 1946, lies in the western (Arab) part of the site. Kfar Ruppinkibbutz, established in 1938, is situated in the eastern part.

is a religious kibbutz located approximately five kilometers south of Beisan (Beit She'an), established in 1939 on the lands of the depopulated Palestinian village of Arab al-‘Arida, in the District of Baysan. The kibbutz was founded to the east of the village site. As of 2021, the population of the settlement was 694 settlers. Sources: Information about the village of Arab al-‘Aridafrom by Walid Khalidi. Israeli sources were also used due to the scarcity of Arabic-languag

The Harmunim Colony was established in 1942 on the lands of the village of Al-Hamidiyya. This colony was renamed Hamadya in 1952 to mirror its original Arabic name. The village was located approximately 5 kilometers from Beisan (Beit She’an). Al-Hamidiyya was situated on a hill overlooking the Beisan Valley to the east, the Yabala Valley to the north, and the lands of the city of Beisan to the south. The village, which relied on Beisan for administrative and commercial serv

The Ergon Borochov Colony was established in 1943, near the depopulated Palestinian village of Al-Tira, in the District of Baysan. On September 10, 1948, another Zionist settlement organization took over the colony and renamed it Kibbutz Gazit. Later that same year, the village of Al-Tira was incorporated into the kibbutz. Gazit is located approximately 1.5 kilometers south of the original village site, and on its lands. The village of Al-Tira was situated on a slightly elev