Givat HaShlosha
| Givat HaShlosha גִּבְעַת הַשְּׁלֹשָׁה | |
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  Givat HaShlosha | |
| Coordinates: 32°5′53.88″N 34°55′15.59″E / 32.0983000°N 34.9209972°ECoordinates: 32°5′53.88″N 34°55′15.59″E / 32.0983000°N 34.9209972°E | |
| District | Central |
| Region | Sharon plain |
| Affiliation | Kibbutz Movement |
| Founded | May 1, 1925 |
| Founded by | Polish HeHalutz members |
| Population (2010) | 761[1] |
Givat HaShlosha (Hebrew: גִּבְעַת הַשְּׁלֹשָׁה, lit. Hill of the three) is a kibbutz in central Israel, about 4 km east of Petah Tikva, near the Yarkon river.
A member of the Kibbutz Movement, it falls under the jurisdiction of Drom Hasharon Regional Council. The kibbutz is named for the three workers from Petah Tikva who were accused of espionage during World War I (Palestine was then under the rule of the Ottoman Empire), and were sent to a prison in Damascus. They were tortured and died in 1916.
History
The kibbutz was founded on May 1, 1925, by a group from the Zionist pioneering HeHalutz movement originating in the city of Klesów in Poland (now Klesiv, Ukraine). Its original site was at a location west of Petah Tikva, which is now within the city, near the intersection of Arlozorov and Tzahal streets.
A regional agricultural school was located on the outskirts of Givat Hashlosha. Yitzhak Rabin, later prime minister of Israel, was a student there in 1935-1937.[2] Later it was named after Rosa Cohen, Rabin' mother. The site is now an urban farm and teacher training college.
Today, a geriatric institution belonging to Tel Aviv is located at Givat Hashlosha. One of the largest dining halls in pre-state Israel operated in the kibbutz, designed by Israeli architect Aryeh Sharon along other buildings in the kibbutz.
In the era before the founding of the state of Israel, Givat HaShlosha was one of the kibbutzim where the Palmach trained, and it had weapons caches for the Haganah. Subsequently it was raided by the British Army during Operation Agatha.
When Holocaust survivors arrived in Israel, the kibbutz absorbed many young people.
In 1952 the kibbutz was one of those that split as part of the ideological schism of the kibbutz movement. In 1953 it moved to its present location, near its agricultural lands. The members of the kibbutz who transferred to the Union of Kibbutzim after the schism founded Kibbutz Einat near Rosh HaAyin.
Economy
In 1968, Givat Hashlosha had 510 inhabitants.[3] Its farming is highly intensive, with citrus fruits and other crops, dairy farming and cattle. The kibbutz has a shoe factory and a plant for building materials.[3]
Notable residents
- Rehavam Ze'evi (1926–2001), general and politician
- Uri Lifschitz (1936-2011), painter
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Гиват ха-Шлоша