Ge'alya, sometimes written Galia ( he, גְּאַלְיָה), is a

moshav A moshav ( he, מוֹשָׁב, plural ', lit. ''settlement, village'') is a type of Israeli town or settlement, in particular a type of cooperative agricultural community of individual farms pioneered by the Labour Zionists between 1904 an ...

in central

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

. Located in the

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and covering 2,000

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s, it falls under the jurisdiction of

Gan Raveh Regional Council Gan Raveh Regional Council ( he, מועצה אזורית גן רווה, ''Mo'atza Ezorit Gan Raveh'') is a regional council in the Central District of Israel. The council's area of jurisdiction extends to nine settlements: a kibbutz, six moshav ...

. In it had a population of .

History

The moshav was founded in 1948 by

immigrants Immigration is the international movement of people to a destination country of which they are not natives or where they do not possess citizenship in order to settle as permanent residents or naturalized citizens. Commuters, tourists, and ...

from

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, on land belonging to the

Palestinian Palestinians ( ar, الفلسطينيون, ; he, פָלַסְטִינִים, ) or Palestinian people ( ar, الشعب الفلسطيني, label=none, ), also referred to as Palestinian Arabs ( ar, الفلسطينيين العرب, label=non ...

village of Qubayba, which was depopulated in 1948. It is located south of the ancient site of Tel Shalaf, where

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artifacts have been found. Tel Shalaf, is identified by some but not all scholars with the city of Eltekeh. Eltekeh appeared in

Sennacherib's Annals Sennacherib's Annals are the annals of the Assyrian king Sennacherib. They are found inscribed on a number of artifacts, and the final versions were found in three clay prisms inscribed with the same text: the Taylor Prism is in the British Museum ...

as the site of a battle between the Assyrians and Egyptians in 701 BCE, and in the

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as a

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within the first

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tribal area ( and ).Carta's Official Guide to Israel and Complete Gazetteer to all Sites in the Holy Land. (3rd edition 1993) Jerusalem, Carta, p.163-164, (English)

References

External links

Official website
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