Gal'ed

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Template:Infobox Kibbutz Gal'ed (Template:Langx) is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located in the Menashe Heights with an area of 14,500 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Megiddo Regional Council. In Template:Israel populations it had a population of Template:Israel populations.Template:Israel populations

History

Kibbutz Gal'ed was established in 1945 by a gar'in of German HaBonim members which had formed in 1938. Because the land on which the kibbutz lies was bought with money donated by Isaac (Yitzhak) Ochberg (1879–1938), a South African philanthropist, Keren HaYesod wanted the kibbutz named "Even Yitzhak" (Template:Lit). However, eventually the kibbutz members had their way and the kibbutz was named Gal'ed (Template:Lit) to commemorate friends and family of the founders who had died in the Holocaust.[1] The land had traditionally belonged to the Palestinian village of Al-Butaymat, which was depopulated in 1948.[2]

Amongst the founders were the couple Giora and Senetta Yoseftal, both of whom were later members of the Knesset, with Giora serving in several ministerial portfolios.[3]

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