Gal'ed () is a

kibbutz A kibbutz ( / , ; : kibbutzim / ) is an intentional community in Israel that was traditionally based on agriculture. The first kibbutz, established in 1910, was Degania Alef, Degania. Today, farming has been partly supplanted by other economi ...

in northern

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. Located in the Menashe Heights with an area of 14,500

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s, it falls under the jurisdiction of Megiddo Regional Council. In it had a population of .

History

Kibbutz Gal'ed was established in 1945 by a gar'in of German HaBonim members which had formed in 1938. Because the land on which the kibbutz lies was bought with money donated by Isaac (''Yitzhak'') Ochberg (1879–1938), a

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n philanthropist, Keren HaYesod wanted the kibbutz named "Even Yitzhak" (). However, eventually the kibbutz members had their way and the kibbutz was named Gal'ed () to commemorate friends and family of the founders who had died in

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. The land had traditionally belonged to the

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village of Al-Butaymat, which was depopulated in 1948. Amongst the founders were the couple Giora and Senetta Yoseftal, both of whom were later members of the

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, with Giora serving in several ministerial portfolios.Giora Yoseftal: Public Activities
Knesset

References

Kibbutzim Kibbutz Movement Populated places established in 1945 Populated places in Northern District (Israel) 1945 establishments in Mandatory Palestine German-Jewish culture in Israel {{Israel-geo-stub