Eyal ( he, אֱיָל; ''lit.'' power) is a
kibbutz
A kibbutz ( he, קִבּוּץ / , lit. "gathering, clustering"; plural: kibbutzim / ) is an intentional community in Israel that was traditionally based on agriculture. The first kibbutz, established in 1909, was Degania. Today, farming h ...
in the
Central District of
Israel. Located close to the
Green line
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Places Military and political
* Green Line (France), the German occupation line in France during World War II
* Green Line (Israel), the 1949 armistice line established between Israel and its neighbours
** City Line ( ...
, it falls under the jurisdiction of the
Drom HaSharon Regional Council. In it had a population of .
Geography
Eyal is located in central Israel within the green line in the
central Sharon region, and just to the east of
Highway 6. It is approximately 6 km north-east of the city of
Kfar Saba
Kfar Saba ( he, כְּפַר סָבָא), officially Kefar Sava, is a city in the Sharon region, of the Central District of Israel. In 2019 it had a population of 110,456, making it the 16th-largest city in Israel. The population of Kfar Saba i ...
. Just to its north-east is the city of
Kokhav Ya'ir, and west of the city of Tzur Yigal. To its north-west is the Israeli Arab city of
Tira, and to its south is the Palestinian city of
Qalqilyah.
History
Eyal was established in 1949 by
Nahal
Nahal ( he, נח"ל) (acronym of ''Noar Halutzi Lohem'', lit. Fighting Pioneer Youth) is a program that combines military service with mostly social welfare and informal education projects such as youth movement activities, as well as training ...
volunteers. Israel sought to establish security settlements along its borders, and Eyal was established on what was then the Jordanian border. It is just north of the
West Bank town of
Qalqilyah.
Attractions
Keren Sahar Vintage Auto Museum houses a collection of vintage cars, featuring British automobiles from the 1930s and 1940s.
Saslove Winery has a temperature-controlled barrel room, a lab, and an open space where the club meetings and wine seminars are held.
In a field not far from the kibbutz sits a small domed structure, traditionally the burial place of
Simeon, son of the patriarch Jacob.
References
External links
Official websiteThe Kibbutzim / Qassams, terrorism don´t cow kibbutzimarticle written by Eli Ashkenazi, 11/08, 2004, for Haaretz. The article describes how Kibbutz Eyal had become a prime example of a kibbutz absorbing new people in order to recover from its sagging social and economic situation.
article written by Yossi Melman and Amiram Barkat, Haaretz, Edition Thursday, November 9, 2006; The story of Zvi Magen, former head of Nativ, who immigrated to Israel in 1960, lived on Kibbutz Gan Shmuel as an "external child, and after completing his army service, joined a settlement Kibbutz Eyal.
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