Ga'ash

Ga'ash
Etymology: Storm
Ga'ash is located in Central Israel
Ga'ash
Ga'ash
Location within Central Israel
Ga'ash is located in Israel
Ga'ash
Ga'ash
Location within Israel
Coordinates: 32°13′45″N 34°49′33″E / 32.22917°N 34.82583°E / 32.22917; 34.82583
Country Israel
DistrictCentral
SubdistrictHaSharon
CouncilHof HaSharon
AffiliationKibbutz Movement
Founded5 July 1951
FounderSouth American Hashomer Hatzair members 
Population
 (2024)
956
Websitewww.gaash.co.il

Ga'ash (Hebrew: געש, lit. 'Storm') is a kibbutz in central Israel. Located in the coastal plain to the north of Tel Aviv, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof HaSharon Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 956.

Etymology

The village was named after the Biblical mountain of Gaash, beside the grave of Joshuah in Ephraim (Joshuah 24:30).[citation needed]

History

The kibbutz was established on 5 July 1951 on the village lands of the depopulated Palestinian village of Khirbat al-Zababida, where, according to the Mandatory records from 1945, Jews owned 45% of the land, Palestinians 43% and the remaining 12% were publicly owned.

The founding members were immigrants from South America who were members of the Latin America "A Group" of Hashomer Hatzair. The founders had defended Negba during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and had formed the kibbutz community at Ahli Kahsem near Bnei Zion in November 1949.[citation needed]

References

  1. 1 2 "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2026.
  2. ↑ Carta (1993). Carta's Official Guide to Israel and Complete Gazetteer to all Sites in the Holy Land (3rd ed.). Jerusalem, Israel: Carta. p. 159. ISBN 9789652201867.
  3. ↑ Khalidi, W. (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 567. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
  4. ↑ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 75