Ein Gev
עֵין גֵּב
| |
|---|---|
 | |
  Ein Gev Show map of Northeast Israel  Ein Gev Show map of Israel | |
| Coordinates: 32°46′58″N 35°38′23″E / 32.78278°N 35.63972°E / 32.78278; 35.63972 | |
| Country |  Israel |
| District | Northern |
| Council | Emek HaYarden |
| Region | near Quneitra of Syria |
| Affiliation | Kibbutz Movement |
| Founded | 6 July 1937 |
| Founded by | Czechoslovak, German, Austrian and Lithuanian Jews |
| Population
(2022)[1]
| 666 |
| Website | www |
Ein Gev (Hebrew: עֵין גֵּב) is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located on the eastern shore of the Sea of Galilee near the ruins of the Greco-Roman settlement of Hippos, it falls under the jurisdiction of Emek HaYarden Regional Council. In 2022 its population was 666.[1]
Kibbutz Ein Gev, named after the nearby Arab village Al-Nuqayb,[2] came into being on 6 July 1937 during the 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine as a "tower and stockade" settlement, a common debut for many kibbutzim during that era, and quickly established itself as a viable community. The original settlers were immigrants from Czechoslovakia, Germany, Austria, and the Baltic countries.[3] Using intensive cultivation methods, they developed banana plantations. They also fished the nearby Lake Kinneret (Sea of Galilee). By 1947 it had a population of 450.[3]
Situated along a border shared with Syria, Ein Gev was shelled during the Battles of the Kinarot Valley and in other engagements during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. Shooting incidents remained common for the next nineteen years. These dangers were only eliminated when Israel occupied the neighbouring Golan Heights in the 1967 Six-Day War.
Due to the fact it was situated in the Israel–Syria demilitarised zone under the 1949 Armistice Agreements, Ein Gev was claimed by Syria as its territory during negotiations for a peace agreement in the 1990s. The Israeli government rejected the claims, as it would have led to Syria having territory west of the 1923 border between Mandatory Palestine and the French Mandate of Syria.
Near the present-day village an important archaeological site from the Mesolithic Kebaran culture has been excavated.[4]
The Greco-Roman Decapolis city of Sussita/Hippos stood on the hill overlooking the kibbutz. The archaeological site is currently being excavated.[5]
The kibbutz operates a holiday resort and a fish restaurant. Agricultural branches include banana plantations and dairy farming. The kibbutz built a 2,500-seat concert hall to accommodate the Ein Gev Music Festival, held annually during Passover.[6]
|
| |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quneitra District |
|
| |||||||
| Fiq District |
| ||||||||
| Israeli settlements in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights |
| ||||||||
| Syrian localities in Israeli-occupied Golan Heights |
| ||||||||
Israeli settlements in italics were on the Mandatory Palestine side of the 1923 border. | |||||||||
| International |
|
|---|---|
| National |
|
