Ein HaEmek

Ein HaEmek (Hebrew: עֵין הָעֵמֶק, lit. Eye of the Valley) is a community settlement in northern Israel. Located near Yokneam, it falls under the jurisdiction of Megiddo Regional Council. As of 2019 it had a population of 803.[1]

Ein HaEmek

עֵין הָעֵמֶק
Ein HaEmek in 1946
Ein HaEmek
Ein HaEmek
Coordinates: 32°37′47″N 35°5′3″E
Country Israel
DistrictNorthern
CouncilMegiddo
Founded1944
Founded byKurdish Jews
Population
 (2019)[1]
803
Websiteenhaemeq.org.il

History

The village was established as a moshav in 1944 by a group of 30 immigrant families from Kurdistan, and was initially named Kedem after the organisation which helped the founders make aliyah.

After the Palestinian village of al-Rihaniyya was depopulated in the 1948 Palestine war, Ein HaEmek and Ramat HaShofet have used its lands.[2]

Ein HaEmek 1947

References

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