Geva
Geva | |
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| Population (2022)[1] | 598 |
| Website | www.kvgeva.org.il |
Geva (Hebrew: גֶּבַע, lit. Hill) is a kibbutz in the Jezreel Valley in Israel. Located near the city of Afula, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gilboa Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 598.[1]
History
Geva was founded in 1921 by
Jewish immigrants from Poland and Russia as the second and third wave of immigration.[2] By 1948 it had a population of 439, which had grown to 506 at the end of 1951.[3]
The
Yoram Gaon, Shoshana Damari and Yehudit Ravitz. In 1972, the Gevatron won the David's Harp prize, in 1992 it won the Histadrut prize, and in 2008, it won the Israel Prize.[4]
Notable people
- Shimon Peres (1923–2016), former Israeli prime minister and president[5][6]
References
- ^ a b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- Encyclopedia Judaica, vol. 7, p.532
- ^ State of Israel, Government Year-Book, 5714(1952), p. VII
- ^ History of Gevatron Gevatron
- ^ "Shimon Peres Biography". Academy of Achievement. 13 February 2008. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011.
- ^ Michael Bar-Zohar (2007) Shimon Peres: The Biography Random House Publishing Group
External links
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