Bustan HaGalil | |
Meaning: | Orchard of the Galilee |
Foundation: | 1948 |
Founded By: | Romanian Holocaust survivors |
Region: | Western Galilee |
District: | north |
Council: | Mateh Asher |
Affiliation: | Agricultural Union |
Pushpin Map: | Israel northwest#Israel |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Coordinates: | 32.9511°N 35.0828°W |
Bustan HaGalil (Hebrew: בֻּסְתַּן הַגָּלִיל or בוסתן הגליל lit. Orchard of the Galilee) is a moshav in the Western Galilee in northern Israel. Located near Acre, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Asher Regional Council. As of its population was .
It was founded in 1948 by Holocaust survivors from Romania and was located on the land of the depopulated Palestinian village of Al-Manshiyya, north of the village site.[1] The site had previously been used for the Sydney Smith Barracks, where the Armistice of Saint Jean d'Acre, which ended the Syria-Lebanon campaign of World War II in 1941, was signed.[2] [3] The name is symbolic, taken after the orchards in the area.[2]
After the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, residents of the moshav of Beit Yosef joined them.