Ge'alya

Ge'alya
  • גְּאַלְיָה (Hebrew)
Ge'alya is located in Central Israel
Ge'alya
Ge'alya
Location within Central Israel
Coordinates: 31°53′6″N 34°45′58″E / 31.88500°N 34.76611°E / 31.88500; 34.76611
Country Israel
DistrictCentral
SubdistrictRehovot
CouncilGan Raveh
AffiliationMoshavim Movement
Founded1948
FounderBulgarian Jews
Population
 (2024)
1,094
Websitewww.gealya.co.il

Ge'alya, sometimes written Galia (Hebrew: גְּאַלְיָה), is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the coastal plain and covering 2,000 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gan Raveh Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 1,094.

History

The moshav was founded in 1948 by immigrants from Bulgaria.

It is located south of the ancient site of Tel Shalaf, where Iron Age artifacts have been found. Tel Shalaf, is identified by some but not all scholars with the city of Eltekeh. Eltekeh appeared in Sennacherib's Annals as the site of a battle between the Assyrians and Egyptians in 701 BCE, and in the Bible as a Levitical city within the first Dan tribal area (Joshua 19:44 and Joshua 21:23).

References

  1. 1 2 "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2026.
  2. ↑ Khalidi, Walid (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 408. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
  3. ↑ Yavne, Survey Map Israel Antiquities Authority
  4. 1 2 W. R. Gallagher (1999). Sennacherib's Campaign to Judah. Leifen: Brill. pp. 123–124.
  5. ↑ Carta's Official Guide to Israel and Complete Gazetteer to all Sites in the Holy Land. (3rd edition 1993) Jerusalem, Carta, p.163-164, ISBN 965-220-186-3 (English)