Neve Eitan () 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

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in northern

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. Located about east of

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and west of Maoz Haim, it is under the jurisdiction of

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. In , it had a population of .

Etymology

The name "Neve Eitan" is based on the original

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text of a verse in

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(Jeremiah, 49:19), in which God curses

Edom Edom (; Edomite language, Edomite: ; , lit.: "red"; Akkadian language, Akkadian: , ; Egyptian language, Ancient Egyptian: ) was an ancient kingdom that stretched across areas in the south of present-day Jordan and Israel. Edom and the Edomi ...

to sudden overthrow: "It shall be as when a lion comes up out of the jungle of the Jordan (''Ge'on HaYarden'': גְּאֹ֣ון הַיַּרְדֵּן֮) against a secure pasture (''Neve Eitan'': נְוֵ֣ה אֵיתָן֒)" ( JPS1985).

History

Neve Eitan was established on what was land belonging to the

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village of Al-Ghazzawiyya. The kibbutz was established on 25 November 1938 by Polish members of the "Akiva" movement as part of the tower and stockade campaign. Sabras (Jewish people born in historic Palestine) joined the settlement in 1952. File:נוה איתן - מאהל-JNF034795.jpeg, Neve Eitan 1938 File:נוה איתן - עמק בית שאן - מראה כללי.-JNF045342.jpeg, Neve Eitan 1946

Education

The kibbutz is home to the "Ge'on HaYarden" () high school, which has more than 500 pupils.

Notable people

* Shmuel Yanai (1921-2011), commander of the Israeli Sea Corps (lived in Neve Eitan).

References

{{Authority control Kibbutzim Kibbutz Movement Populated places established in 1938 Populated places in Northern District (Israel) Polish-Jewish culture in Israel 1938 establishments in Mandatory Palestine