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 2022 it had a population of 1,205.[1]
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  Geva Carmel | |
| Coordinates: 32°39′43″N 34°57′16″E / 32.66194°N 34.95444°E | |
| Country | Israel |
| District | Haifa |
| Council | Hof HaCarmel |
| Affiliation | Moshavim Movement |
| Founded | 1949 |
| Founded by | Tunisian and Turkish Jews |
| Population (2022)[1] | 1,205 |
Etymology
editThe moshav takes its name from the Hellenistic Jewish city of Geba, which according to Josephus was situated in a large plain near Galilee and Mount Carmel.[2] It is also mentioned in Pliny the Elder's Natural History.[3]
History
editGeva 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. 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.[4][5]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ The Economy of Roman Palestine, Ze'ev Safrai
- ^ Ernst Axel Knauf, "Gaba", Brill's New Pauly Online (2006): "The settlement of Geba, mentioned by Pliny in HN 5,17,75, is probably ... Ǧaba'/Ḥurvat Geva' west of the Carmel."
- ^ 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
- ^ Morris, Benny (2004). The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited. Cambridge University Press. p. xxii. ISBN 978-0-521-00967-6.