Yiftah
Yiftah | |
---|---|
Yiftah | |
Coordinates: 33°7′39.71″N 35°33′6.11″E / 33.1276972°N 35.5516972°ECoordinates: 33°7′39.71″N 35°33′6.11″E / 33.1276972°N 35.5516972°E | |
Country | Israel |
District | Northern |
Council | Upper Galilee |
Affiliation | Kibbutz Movement |
Founded | 18 August 1948 |
Founded by | Demobbed Palmach soldiers |
Population (2019) | 569[1] |
Website | yiftah.kibbutz.org.il |
Yiftah (Hebrew: יִפְתָּח, lit. He will open) is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located near the Lebanese border and Kiryat Shmona, it falls under the jurisdiction of Upper Galilee Regional Council. In 2019 it had a population of 569.[1]
History[]
Kibbutz Yiftah was established on 18 August 1948 by demobilised Palmach soldiers who were members of the Yiftach Brigade, after which the kibbutz is named. Metzudat Koach is located nearby.[citation needed]
Yiftah is located near Jahula,[2] but on the land belonging to the depopulated Palestinian village of Qadas.[3]
Historic images[]
Opening of dining hall, 1948
Kibbutz Yiftah under construction, ,1948
Kibbutz Yiftah, May Day 1949
See also[]
- Yiftach Ziv (born 1995), Israeli basketball player
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Population in the Localities 2019" (XLS). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
- ^ Morris, Benny (2004). The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited. Cambridge University Press. p. xxi, village #22. ISBN 978-0-521-00967-6.
- ^ Khalidi, Walid (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 485. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
External links[]
- Kibbutz website (in Hebrew)
Categories:
- Upper Galilee Regional Council
- Kibbutzim
- Kibbutz Movement
- Populated places established in 1948
- Populated places in Northern District (Israel)
- 1948 establishments in Israel