Chronology of Aliyah in modern times
This is a chronology of the colonization of the Land of Israel, recording the founding dates of Jewish settlements.
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Until the period of the First Aliyah
- In 1561, Tiberias was reestablished. During the same year Gracia Mendes Nasi and Joseph Nasi established in addition to Tiberias seven more Jewish villages.
- At the start of the 19th century, a group of students of the Vilna Gaon immigrated to the land of Israel and renewed the Jewish settlement in Safed and surrounding area, and reinforced the Jewish settlement in Jerusalem and Hebron.
- In 1860 Jewish neighborhoods were first established outside of the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem.
- In 1870, the first Jewish agricultural school, Mikveh Israel was established.
In addition to Jewish immigrants, others immigrated to land of Israel as well. In 1867, with the conclusion of the construction of the Suez Canal, many of the Egyptian workers could not to return to their homes in Egypt, which had been occupied by their brothers during their absence, and many of them settled in the land of Israel. In 1857, the Ottoman authorities encouraged people from all over the world to come and inhabit the land. American colonists, German Templars, and Algerian refugees (who fled a coup) answered the call. Amongst them was the al-Husayni clan, the family of Mohammad Amin al-Husayni. During the same period Chechen and Bosnian immigrants also immigrated to the country.
During the period of the First Aliyah 1882-1904
Year | Kibbutzim | Moshavim | Local councils | Towns | Community settlements | Additional Comments |
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1878 | Gai Oni | Petah Tikva | Petah Tikva was first established next to the village Umlebs which was situated next to the Yarkon River. Gai Oni was abandoned and in 1882 at the same spot, Rosh Pinna was established. | |||
1882 | Rosh Pinna | Rishon LeZion Zikhron Ya'akov | ||||
1883 | Mazkeret Batya | Ness Ziona | ||||
1884 | Neve Tzedek was established - the first Jewish neighborhood in Jaffa which became through the years part of the city Tel Aviv. | |||||
1887 | Gedera | |||||
1889 | Bat Shlomo | |||||
1890 | Rehovot | |||||
1891 | Hadera | |||||
1896 | Metula | |||||
1899 | Ilaniya | |||||
1900 | Beersheba | During this year the Arab city in which there was a meager Jewish community which eventually grew and became a Jewish city only in 1948, after the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. | ||||
1901 | Kfar Tavor | |||||
1903 | Kfar Saba | Atlit |
During the period of the Second Aliyah 1904 - 1914
Year | Kibbutzim | Moshavim | Local councils | Towns | Community settlements | Additional Comments |
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1905 | Tel Hai | |||||
1908 | Kinneret | Mitzpa | ||||
1909 | Degania Alef | Tel Aviv is established under the name Ahuzat Bayit | abandoned | |||
1910 | Degania Alef | Reestablished | ||||
1911 | Ben Shemen | Reestablished in 1952 | ||||
1912 | Kfar Uria | Established for the first time in this year but was destroyed during the 1929 Palestine riots. Reestablished in 1944 and was destroyed again in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. Reestablished for the last time in 1949. | ||||
1913 | Karkur | Karkur was merged with Pardes Hanna in 1969. |
During the period of the British Mandate of Palestine 1917 - 1948
Since the Declaration of Independence and until the Six-Day War 1948 - 1967
1967 - 2011
Year | Kibbutzim | Moshavim | Local councils | Towns | Community settlements | Additional Comments |
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1967 | Kfar Etzion | Ein Yahav | ||||
1968 | Eliad (Was established during this year as a Nahal settlement, a permanent residency in this location began in 1970) Argaman (Was established during this year as a Nahal settlement, a permanent residency in this location began in 1971) Givat Yoav | |||||
1969 | Ohad | Merge between Pardes Hanna and Karkur (See Pardes Hanna-Karkur | ||||
1970 | Tzofar Neot HaKikar Eliad (was established in 1968 as a Nahal settlement, a permanent residency in this location began during that year) | Alon Shvut | ||||
1971 | El Rom | Argaman (Was established already in 1968 as a Nahal settlement, a permanent residency in this location began during that year) | ||||
1972 | Afik | Hatzeva (the settlement was established in 1965 as a Nahal settlement, a permanent residency in this location began during that year) Bnei Yehuda | ||||
1973 | Kfar Haruv | Ketura | Netzer Hazani | |||
1976 | Samar | |||||
1977 | Beit Rimon (Was established during this year as a Nahal settlement, a permanent residency in this location began in 1979) | Bethel, Mitzpeh Yericho | ||||
1978 | Ortal | Avnei Eitan Aniam Bnei Atzmon | Ariel | Sapir Neve Zohar | ||
1979 | Eshbal (The settlement was established during this year as a Nahal settlement) Beit Rimon (was established in 1977 as a Nahal settlement, a permanent residency in this location began in this year) | Ashalim Bedolah (Was established during this year as a Nahal settlement, a permanent residency in this location began in 1982) | Avshalom | |||
1980 | Idan | |||||
1981 | Odem (Although the foundation of this village was established already in 1975, a permanent residency in this location began only in this year) Alonei HaBashan (it was established during this year by the Nahal group in this location. the village was officially established 1982) | Barkan | ||||
1982 | Ein Tamar Alonei HaBashan (The village was established in 1981 when the Nahal group settled in this location but it was finally settled in this year) Bedolah (The village was already established in 1979 as a Nahal settlement, a permanent residency in this location began in this year) | Eshkolot (Was established as a Nahal settlement) Adora (Was established in this year as a Nahal settlement, a permanent residency in this location began in 1984) Kalanit, Israel | ||||
1983 | Lotan Elifaz | Har Brakha (The settlement was established as a Nahal settlement. A permanent residency in this location began in this year) Beit Hagai Har Amasa Elei Sinai Oshrat | ||||
1984 | Adora (The village was established already in 1982 as a Nahal settlement, a permanent residency in this location began in this year) Geva Binyamin | |||||
1985 | Shaharut | |||||
1986 | *Kokhav Ya'ir | Eshhar | *Merged in 2003 with Tzur Yigal | |||
1987 | Nofit Avtalion | |||||
1988 | Kmehin Givat Ela | |||||
1989 | Neve Harif Neot Smadar | Bat Ayin | ||||
1990 | Beitar Illit | Avnei Hefetz | ||||
1991 | *Tzur Yigal | Eshkolot (Was established in 1982 as a Nahal settlement, a permanent residency in this location began in this year.) | *Populating began in 1994 and was merged in 2003 with Kokhav Ya'ir. | |||
1994 | *Modi'in | *Populating began in 1996 and in 2003 was merged with Maccabim and Re'ut. | ||||
1996 | Tzukim Bat Hefer | |||||
1998 | Eshbal (The village was established in 1979 as a Nahal settlement, a permanent residency in this location began in this year.) | Ahuzat Barak | ||||
2004 | Giv'ot Bar | |||||
2005 | Nitzan | Israel's unilateral disengagement plan: Gush Katif and a number of settlements in the north of Samaria were evicted | ||||
2011 | Irus |
See also
- Israeli settlement timeline
- History of the Jews in the Land of Israel
- Yom HaAliyah