Aviel Explained

Aviel
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Founded:1949
Founded By:Former Irgun Members
District:haifa
Council:Alona
Affiliation:Mishkei Herut Beitar
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Coordinates:32.5325°N 34.9917°W
Arname:أڤيئل, السنديانة

Aviel (Hebrew: אֲבִיאֵל) is a moshav in northern Israel. It is located south of Haifa within Alona Regional Council, near Zikhron Yaakov and Binyamina-Giv'at Ada.[1] It had a population of in .

History

The moshav was established by the Herut party in 1949 and named after Israel "Aviel" Epstein, an Irgun envoy to Rome, who was killed in Italy on 28 December 1946. Its original name was Yad HaYod-Daled, after the fourteen Irgun members who died fighting the British.[2]

It is located on the land of the depopulated Palestinian village of Al-Sindiyana, southwest of the village site.[3]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.sdjewishworld.com/2013/12/27/archaeology-art-history-await-at-shuni-fortress/ Archaeology, art, history await at Shuni Fortress
  2. Book: Mapa Publishing. 965-7184-34-7. 13. Yuval Elʻazari. Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel. Tel-Aviv. 2005. he.
  3. Book: All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Khalidi. Walid Khalidi. 1992. 193. Washington D.C.. Institute for Palestine Studies. 0-88728-224-5.