Bustan HaGalil

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Bustan HaGalil
בֻּסְתַּן הַגָּלִיל‎
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Etymology: Orchard of the Galilee
Bustan HaGalil is located in Northwest Israel
Bustan HaGalil
Bustan HaGalil
Coordinates: 32°57′4.32″N 35°4′58.07″E / 32.9512000°N 35.0827972°E / 32.9512000; 35.0827972Coordinates: 32°57′4.32″N 35°4′58.07″E / 32.9512000°N 35.0827972°E / 32.9512000; 35.0827972
Country Israel
DistrictNorthern
CouncilMateh Asher
RegionWestern Galilee
AffiliationAgricultural Union
Founded1948
Founded byRomanian Holocaust survivors
Population
 (2019)[1]
1,302

Bustan HaGalil (Hebrew: בֻּסְתַּן הַגָּלִיל or בוסתן הגליל lit. Orchard of the Galilee) is a moshav in the Western Galilee in northern Israel. Located near Acre, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Asher Regional Council. As of 2019 its population was 1,302.[1]

History[]

It was founded in 1948 by Holocaust survivors from Romania and was located on the land of the depopulated Palestinian village of Al-Manshiyya, north of the village site.[2] The site had previously been used for the Sydney Smith Barracks, where the Armistice of Saint Jean d'Acre, which ended the Syria-Lebanon campaign of World War II in 1941, was signed.[3] [4] The name is symbolic, taken after the orchards in the area.[3]

After the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, residents of the moshav of Beit Yosef joined them.

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Population in the Localities 2019" (XLS). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  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. 23. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
  3. ^ a b Mapa's Concise Gazetteer of Israel (in Hebrew). Yuval El'azari (ed.). Tel-Aviv: Mapa Publishing. 2005. p. 55. ISBN 965-7184-34-7.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  4. ^ "Acre Pact". Time. 21 July 1941.

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