Sha'ar HaGolan
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| Sha'ar HaGolan | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 21 March 1937 |
| Founded by | Czechoslovakian and Polish Hashomer Hatzair members |
| Region | Golan Heights |
| Industries | Agriculture, plastics, tourism |
| Affiliation | Kibbutz Movement |
| Website | www.shaar-hagolan.co.il |
Sha'ar HaGolan (Hebrew: שער הגולן, Gate of the Golan) is a kibbutz situated at the foot of the Golan Heights in the Jordan Valley area of north-eastern Israel. Located less than 1 km from the border with Jordan, it falls under the jurisdiction of Emek HaYarden Regional Council.
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[edit] History
Sha'ar HaGolan was founded on 21 March 1937 by members of the Hashomer Hatzair youth movement from Czechoslovakia and Poland. The founders met and were organized as a team in 1930 in Rishon LeZion and were called "Ein Hakore" until 1937, when they established the kibbutz as a tower and stockade settlement.
During the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, the kibbutz's defenders, and those of neighbouring kibbutz Masada, retreated due to lack of reinforcement and direction. The kibbutzim were captured and briefly held by the Syrian Army, during which time they were looted and burned down. Although the members soon returned, a stigma was attached to them, and vindication in the form of released military records only arrived in recent years.[1]
[edit] Economy
The main source of income is a plastics engineering factory. Other sources include agriculture like the raising of bananas, avocado, water melons, dairy cows, and tourism. Sha'ar HaGolan has a museum with pre-historic Neolithic findings uncovered on the banks of the Yarmuk River.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Zionist mythology destroys its children Haaretz, 6 April 2006
- ^ Archaeological Excavations at Sha`ar Hagolan - A Neolithic Art Center in the Jordan Valley, Israel Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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