Avital (moshav)
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Avital
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| Etymology: Named after Abital | |
  Avital | |
| Coordinates: 32°33′29″N 35°18′21″E / 32.55806°N 35.30583°E | |
| Country | Israel |
| District | Northern |
| Subdistrict | Jezreel |
| Council | Gilboa |
| Affiliation | Moshavim Movement |
| Founded | 1953 |
| Founded by | Iranian, Turkish and Kurdish Jews |
| Population (2024)[1] | 637 |
Avital (Hebrew: אֲבִיטַל) is a moshav in northern Israel. Located ten kilometers south of Afula, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gilboa Regional Council. In 2024 its population was 637.[1]
History
[edit]The village was founded in 1953 by immigrants from Iran and Turkey as part of the Moshavim Movement.
Avital is located on land near the former Palestinian village of Zir'in.[2]
The name is connected to King David, Avital was one of his wives (2 Samuel 3:4). But tal (eng. dew) reminds also of David's lament in this area: "O mountains of Gilboa, may You have no dew" (2 Samuel 1:21).[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2026.
- ↑ Khalidi, W. (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 340. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
- ↑ Bitan, Hanna: 1948-1998: Fifty Years of 'Hityashvut': Atlas of Names of Settlements in Israel, Jerusalem 1999, Carta, p. 1, ISBN 965-220-423-4
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