HaGoshrim

HaGoshrim
  • הגושרים (Hebrew)
HaGoshrim is located in Northeast Israel
HaGoshrim
HaGoshrim
Location within Northeast Israel
HaGoshrim is located in Israel
HaGoshrim
HaGoshrim
Location within Israel
Coordinates: 33°13′15″N 35°37′25″E / 33.22083°N 35.62361°E / 33.22083; 35.62361
Country Israel
DistrictNorthern
SubdistrictSafed
CouncilUpper Galilee
AffiliationKibbutz Movement
Founded1948
FounderTurkish Jews
Population
 (2024)
1,232
Websitewww.hagoshrim.co.il

HaGoshrim (Hebrew: הַגּוֹשְׁרִים, lit. 'The Bridge Builders') is a kibbutz in the Galilee Panhandle in northern Israel, 5 km (3 miles) east of Kiryat Shmona. The kibbutz is adjacent to the Hurshat Tal National Park and bisected by tributaries of the Jordan River, the Snir (Hatsbani), Koren, itself a tributary of the Dan and Tal. In 2024 it had a population of 1,232.

History

Kibbutz HaGoshrim was founded in 1948 mostly by Jewish immigrants from Turkey. The kibbutz was established near the former Palestinian village of al-Khisas, which was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. The kibbutz opened a hotel in the manor house of Emir Faour, chief of the al-Fadel tribe, for whom the villagers worked as tenant farmers.

Economy

The chief economic branches are agriculture and tourism. The kibbutz also owns Mepro, which manufactures carpenters' levels and military optics, and the Epilady company, established in 1986. Epilady is a hand-held device developed by two Israeli engineers that revolutionized hair removal.

Archaeology

Early Chalcolithic seal from Hagoshrim

Excavations at the Early Chalcolithic site of Hagoshrim in 2003 yielded a large assemblage of skeletal fragments, mainly of cattle and pigs, providing evidence of the domestication of these taxa in the southern Levant.

References

  1. 1 2 "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2026.
  2. ↑ "Living the Israeli Dream Without Busting the Budget". Haaretz. Retrieved 2022-07-13.
  3. ↑ Morris, Benny, (second edition 2004, third printing 2006), The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited, Cambridge University Press, p. 380 ISBN 0-521-00967-7
  4. ↑ Khalidi, Walid (1992), All That Remains, Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies, p. 465, ISBN 0-88728-224-5
  5. ↑ Benvenisti, Meron; Kaufman-Lacusta, Maxine (2000), Sacred Landscape: The Buried History of the Holy Land Since 1948, University of California Press, p. 207, ISBN 0-520-21154-5
  6. ↑ "EPILADY - LASER DEVICE REVOLUTION". www.epilady.com. Retrieved 2022-07-13.
  7. ↑ Chartrand, Sabra (1988-10-10). "INTERNATIONAL REPORT; Israelis Revolutionize Hair Removal Industry". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-07-13.
  8. ↑ Haber, Annat; Dayan, Tamar (2004). "Analyzing the process of domestication: Hagoshrim as a case study" (PDF). Journal of Archaeological Science. 31.