Geva Carmel

Geva Carmel (Hebrew: גֶּבַע כַּרְמֶל‎, lit. Carmel Hill) is a moshav in northern Israel. Located near Atlit, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof HaCarmel Regional Council. In 2019 it had a population of 1,200.[1]

Geva Carmel
Geva Carmel
Coordinates: 32°39′43.19″N 34°57′16.2″E
Country	Israel
District	Haifa
Council	Hof HaCarmel
Affiliation	Moshavim Movement
Founded	1949
Founded by	Tunisian and Turkish refugees
Population  (2019)[1]	1,200

History

Moshav Geva Carmel was established in 1949 by immigrants from Tunisia and Turkey, including Moshe Sardines, who later served as a member of the Knesset for Mapai. The moshav takes its name from the Hellenistic Jewish city of Geva, which according to Josephus was situated in a large plain near Galilee and Mount Carmel.[2]

According to Walid Khalidi, it was built east of the village of al-Sarafand, named for and built on the land of the depopulated Palestinian village of Jaba', about 1/2 km northwest of the village site.[3][4]

See also

• Nahal Me'arot Nature Reserve

References

1. "Population in the Localities 2019" (XLS). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
2. The Economy of Roman Palestine, Ze'ev Safrai
3. Khalidi, Walid (1992), All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948, Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies, pp. 166, 188, ISBN 0-88728-224-5
4. Morris, Benny (2004). The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited. Cambridge University Press. p. xxii. ISBN 978-0-521-00967-6.