Eyal (; ''lit.'' strength) is a

kibbutz A kibbutz ( / , ; : kibbutzim / ) is an intentional community in Israel that was traditionally based on agriculture. The first kibbutz, established in 1910, was Degania Alef, Degania. Today, farming has been partly supplanted by other economi ...

in the Central District of

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. Located close to the Green line, it falls under the jurisdiction of the

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. In it had a population of .

Geography

Eyal is located in central Israel within the green line in the central Sharon region, and just to the east of

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. It is approximately 6 km north-east of the city of

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. Just to its north-east is the city of Kokhav Ya'ir, and west of the city of Tzur Yigal. To its north-west is the Israeli Arab city of Tira, and to its south is the Palestinian city of

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History

Eyal was established in 1949 by

Nahal Nahal () (acronym of ''Noar Halutzi Lohem'', lit. Fighting Pioneer Youth) is a program that combines military service with mostly social welfare and informal education projects such as youth movement activities, as well as training in entrepr ...

volunteers. Israel sought to establish security settlements along its borders, and Eyal was established on what was then the Jordanian border. It is just north of the

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town of

Attractions

Keren Sahar Vintage Auto Museum houses a collection of vintage cars, featuring British automobiles from the 1930s and 1940s. Saslove Winery has a temperature-controlled barrel room, a lab, and an open space where the club meetings and wine seminars are held. In a field not far from the kibbutz sits a small domed structure, traditionally the burial place of

Simeon Simeon () is a given name, from the Hebrew (Biblical Hebrew, Biblical ''Šimʿon'', Tiberian vocalization, Tiberian ''Šimʿôn''), usually transliterated in English as Shimon. In Greek, it is written Συμεών, hence the Latinized spelling Sy ...

, son of the patriarch Jacob.

References

External links

Official website

The Kibbutzim / Qassams, terrorism don´t cow kibbutzim
article written by Eli Ashkenazi, 11/08, 2004, for Haaretz. The article describes how Kibbutz Eyal had become a prime example of a kibbutz absorbing new people in order to recover from its sagging social and economic situation.

article written by Yossi Melman and Amiram Barkat, Haaretz, Edition Thursday, November 9, 2006; The story of Zvi Magen, former head of Nativ, who immigrated to Israel in 1960, lived on Kibbutz Gan Shmuel as an "external child, and after completing his army service, joined a settlement Kibbutz Eyal. {{Authority control Kibbutzim Kibbutz Movement Populated places established in 1949 Nahal settlements Populated places in Central District (Israel) 1949 establishments in Israel