Ein HaEmek

Ein HaEmek
Ein HaEmek
Coordinates: 32°37′46.56″N 35°5′2.75″E / 32.6296000°N 35.0840972°E / 32.6296000; 35.0840972Coordinates: 32°37′46.56″N 35°5′2.75″E / 32.6296000°N 35.0840972°E / 32.6296000; 35.0840972
District Northern
Council Megiddo
Founded 1944
Founded by Kurdish Jews
Population (2015)[1] 749
Website enhaemeq.org.il

Ein HaEmek (Hebrew: עֵין הָעֵמֶק‎, lit. Eye of the Valley) is a community settlement in northern Israel. Located near Yokneam, it falls under the jurisdiction of Megiddo Regional Council. In 2015 it had a population of 749.[1]

History

The village was established as a moshav in 1944 by a group of 30 immigrant families from Kurdistan, and was initially named Kedem after the organisation which helped the founders make aliyah.

After the Palestinian village of al-Rihaniyya became depopulated in the 1948 Palestine war, Ein HaEmek and Ramat HaShofet have used its lands.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "List of localities, in Alphabetical order" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  2. ↑ Khalidi, Walid (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 185. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
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