Geva Carmel
Geva Carmel (Hebrew: גֶּבַע כַּרְמֶל, lit. Carmel Hill) is a moshav in northern Israel. Located near Atlit, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof HaCarmel Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 1,205.
The moshav takes its name from the Hellenistic Jewish city of Geba, which according to Josephus was situated in a large plain near Galilee and Mount Carmel. It is also mentioned in Pliny the Elder's Natural History.
Moshav Geva Carmel was established in 1949 by immigrants from Tunisia and Turkey, including Moshe Sardines, who later served as a member of the Knesset for Mapai. According to Walid Khalidi, it was built east of the village of al-Sarafand, named for and built on the land of the depopulated Palestinian village of Jaba', about 1/2 km northwest of the village site.
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References
- ^ "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ The Economy of Roman Palestine, Ze'ev Safrai
- ^ Ernst Axel Knauf, "Gaba", Brill's New Pauly Online (2006): "The settlement of Geba, mentioned by Pliny in HN 5,17,75, is probably ... Ǧaba'/Ḥurvat Geva' west of the Carmel."
- ^ Khalidi, Walid (1992), All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948, Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies, pp. 166, 188, ISBN 0-88728-224-5
- ^ Morris, Benny (2004). The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited. Cambridge University Press. p. xxii. ISBN 978-0-521-00967-6.
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