Hazon, Israel
Hazon
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 Hazon upon its establishment | |
  Hazon Location within Northeast Israel  Hazon Location within Israel | |
| Coordinates: 32°54′22″N 35°23′37″E / 32.90611°N 35.39361°E | |
| Country |  Israel |
| District | Northern |
| Subdistrict | Safed |
| Council | Merom HaGalil |
| Affiliation | Hapoel HaMizrachi |
| Founded | 1969 |
| Founded by | Moshavniks from Galilee |
| Population (2024)[1] | 388 |
| Website | www.mizra.org.il |
Hazon (Hebrew: חָזוֹן) is a religious moshav in the Upper Galilee, northern Israel, belonging to the Merom HaGalil Regional Council. It is located on the northwestern sloped of Mount Hazon in the lower Galilee[2], nine kilometers east of Carmiel[3] at an elevation of about 440 meters above sea level.[4]
History
[edit]Hazon was founded as part of "מבצע סו"ס" (Sof-Sof, Hebrew "Finally") operation[5][6], a governmental programme to implement the policy of Judaization of the Galilee, which was initiated in 1963 by the Settlement Department of the Jewish Agency for Israel.[7][8]
The planners of the programme identified 70,000 dunams of land suitable for agricultural cultivation in the Galilee, after intensive land preparation, as well as 250,000 dunams suitable for grazing. They formulated a plan to establish, in several stages, 37 agricultural settlements, each consisting of 70 residential units, along with seven regional centres.[9]
Hazon was originally intended to serve as a regional centre for four additional moshavim that were planned to be established around Mount Hazon.[5] Later, it was decided that at one of the planned locations (a ridge between Mount Lavnim and Mount Hazon), instead of a moshav, an Israel Defense Forces training base would be established (Michve Alon, established in 1966).[10][11]
In February 1964, the Jewish National Fund completed the construction of an access road to Mount Hazon and began preparing 1,000 dunams of rocky, uncultivated land on the mountain for agriculture.[12] After the land preparation, orchards of pear, apple, peach and plum trees were planted.[13] The goal was for the residents of the moshav to receive an active and economically viable farm immediately upon its establishment.[14]
The establishment of the moshav was approved in June 1965, and it was designated for a group of children of moshav residents from the Hapoel HaMizrachi movement.[15][16]
A cornerstone-laying ceremony was held on 30 August 1965, in the presence of Welfare Minister Yosef Burg.[17] The settlement of the moshav was delayed for several years due to delays in completing its buildings and infrastructure.[14][18] It was populated in July 1969.[19] In December 1968, before it was populated, Hazon was incorporated into the territory of the Merom HaGalil Regional Council as its 20th community.[20]
According to Walid Khalidi, Hazon was established on land located near the depopulated Palestinian village of Al-Mansura.[21]
In 1976, the Jewish Agency ended its assistance to the moshav after it sold some of its crops to Arab contractors.[22]
Economy
[edit]In 2010, Hazon had a population of 289.[4] In 2021, the population was 290[23], and in 2024- 388.[1] Most of the population work in agriculture, liberal professions, and rural hospitality.[19]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2026.
- ↑ Hareuveni, Imanuel (2010). Eretz Israel Lexicon (in Hebrew). Matach. p. 304.
- ↑ El'azari, Yuval, ed. (2005). Mapa's Concise Gazetteer of Israel (in Hebrew). Tel Aviv: Mapa Publishing. p. 178. ISBN 965-7184-34-7.
- 1 2 "List of Localities in Israel by Locality Code". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 28 July 2026.
- 1 2 ברטוב, חנוך (1964-09-06). "סו"ס יבנה הגליל - חזונה של "חזון"" למרחב. למרחב (in Hebrew). p. 3. Retrieved 2026-07-28.
- ↑ הראובני, מאיר (1969-04-22). "הסו"ס היה לפני..." למרחב. למרחב (in Hebrew). p. 3. Retrieved 2026-07-28.
- ↑ Falah, Ghazi (1991). "Israeli "Judaization" Policy in Galilee". Journal of Palestine Studies. 20 (4): 69–85. doi:10.2307/2537436.
- ↑ Yiftachel, Oren; Rumley, Dennis (1991). "On the impact of Israel's Judaization policy in the Galilee". Political Geography Quarterly. 10 (3): 286–296. doi:10.1016/0260-9827(91)90040-2.
- ↑ צדקוני, דני (1964-02-24). "שלב א' בתכנית לפיתוח הגליל דניי" למרחב. למרחב (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2026-07-28.
- ↑ "Michve Alon". Israel Defense Forces. Retrieved 28 July 2026.
- ↑ עמירם אורן ורפי רגב, ארץ בחאקי: קרקע וביטחון בישראל, הוצאת כרמל, ירושלים, 2008, עמודים 386–388 (in Hebrew)
- ↑ "הושלמה פריצת הדרך להר־חזון" למרחב. למרחב (in Hebrew). 1964-02-02. Retrieved 2026-07-28.
- ↑ אריאל, יהודה (1965-03-18). "1200 דונם מטעים ניטעו בחבל הגליל" הארץ. הארץ (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2026-07-28.
- 1 2 רהט, מנחם (1969-03-30). "עוד מועד ליישוב" מעריב. מעריב (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2026-07-28.
- ↑ El'azari, Yuval (ed.). Mapa's Concise Gazetteer of Israel. Tel Aviv: Mapa Publishing, 2005, p. 178. (ISBN: 965-7184-34-7)
- ↑ Hareuveni, Imanuel. Eretz Israel Lexicon. Tel Aviv: Matach, 2010, p. 304.
- ↑ אריאל, יהודה (1965-08-26). "בשבוע הבא חגיגות התנחלות לרגל הקמת 4 ישובים בגליל". הארץ (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2026-07-28.
- ↑ "עיכובים באיכלוס המושבים שתולה וחזון בצפון הגליל" הארץ. הארץ (in Hebrew). 1968-11-11. Retrieved 2026-07-28.
- 1 2 "מושב חזון - מידע תכנוני" [Hazon moshav - planning information] (PDF). Government of Israel. Retrieved 28 July 2026.
- ↑ "3 ישובי מיעוטים יסופחו למועצת מרום הגליל" מעריב. מעריב (in Hebrew). 1968-12-02. Retrieved 2026-07-28.
- ↑ Khalidi, W. (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 533. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
- ↑ "הופסק סיוע הסוכנות למושב שמכר חלק מיבוליו לקבלנים" מעריב. מעריב (in Hebrew). 1976-08-25. Retrieved 2026-07-28.
- ↑ "Rural Locality (moshav)". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2026-07-28.