Givat HaShlosha

Givat HaShlosha גִּבְעַת הַשְּׁלֹשָׁה‎ جفعات هشلوشا
Givat HaShlosha
Coordinates: 32°5′54″N 34°55′16″E / 32.09833°N 34.92111°E / 32.09833; 34.92111
Country	Israel
District	Central
Council	Drom HaSharon
Affiliation	Kibbutz Movement
Founded	1 May 1925
Founded by	Polish HeHalutz Members
Population  (2022)[1]	922

Givat HaShlosha (

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 1 May 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's mother. The site is now an urban farm and teacher training college.^{[citation needed]}

In 1953 Givat HaShlosha was moved to its current position; on the land of the newly depopulated Palestinian village of Majdal Yaba.^[3] M

Today, a geriatric institution belonging to

In the era before

When Holocaust survivors arrived in Israel, the kibbutz absorbed many young people.^{[citation needed]}

By 1950, Kibbutz Givat Hashlosha was one of the largest in the country, with close to 900 members. In 1952, an ideological dispute led to the construction of a brick wall in the center of the dining hall to separate the two groups and finally the establishment of a new kibbutz, Einat near Rosh HaAyin.^[4]

Economy

In 1968, Givat Hashlosha had 510 inhabitants.^[5] 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.^[5] The kibbutz operates a secular cemetery where many well-known personalities have been buried, among them Mishael Cheshin and Yossi Sarid.^[6][7]

Notable people

• Rehavam Ze'evi (1926–2001), general and politician
• Uri Lifschitz (1936–2011), painter

References

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