Givat Haim ( he, גִּבְעַת חַיִּים, , Haim Hill) was a kibbutz located around five kilometres south of Hadera in

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. It split along ideological lines in 1952, creating two new kibbutzim,

Givat Haim (Meuhad) Givat Haim (Meuhad) (, lit. ''Haim Hill (United)'') is a kibbutz near Hadera in Israel. It falls under the jurisdiction Hefer Valley Regional Council. In it had a population of . History It was formed in 1952 by an ideological split in kibbutz ...

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History

Founded in 1932 by

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, it was originally called Kibbutz Gimel, but was later renamed in honour of

Haim Arlosoroff Haim Arlosoroff (February 23, 1899 – June 16, 1933; also known as Chaim Arlozorov; he, חיים ארלוזורוב) was a Socialist Zionist leader of the Yishuv during the British Mandate for Palestine, prior to the establishment of Isra ...

, who was assassinated in 1933. Like Ein Harod, the kibbutz split in 1952 in the wake of ideological differences between supporters of the two main socialist parties, Mapai and

Mapam Mapam ( he, מַפָּ״ם, an acronym for , ) was a left-wing political party in Israel. The party is one of the ancestors of the modern-day Meretz party. History Mapam was formed by a January 1948 merger of the kibbutz-based Hashomer Hatz ...

. This created two new and separate kibbutzim: Givat Haim (Ihud), affiliated with Mapai and belonging to

Ihud HaKvutzot veHaKibbutzim The Kibbutz Movement ( he, התנועה הקיבוצית, ''HaTnu'a HaKibbutzit'') is the largest settlement movement for kibbutzim in Israel. It was formed in 1999 by a partial merger of the United Kibbutz Movement and Kibbutz Artzi and is made u ...

and

, affiliated with

and belonging to

HaKibbutz HaMeuhad The Kibbutz Movement ( he, התנועה הקיבוצית, ''HaTnu'a HaKibbutzit'') is the largest settlement movement for kibbutzim in Israel. It was formed in 1999 by a partial merger of the United Kibbutz Movement and Kibbutz Artzi and is made ...

Gallery

File:גבעת חיים בעמק חפר - מראה בניין בית הילדים-JNF006944.jpeg, Givat Haim 1936 File:עמק חפר - גבעת חיים בעמק חפר-JNF036105.jpeg, Givat Haim 1939 File:גבעת חיים - מראה כללי-JNF027215.jpeg, Givat Haim 1947 File:Givat Haim 1948.jpg, Members of the Maccabi Youth Movement training at Givat Haim in 1948

Notable residents

* Yitzhak Ben-Aharon, Minister of Transport and member of the Knesset for

References

{{Authority control Former kibbutzim Hefer Valley Regional Council Populated places established in 1932 1952 disestablishments Geography of Central District (Israel)