Bustan HaGalil explained

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 .

History

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.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948 . Walid. Khalidi. Walid Khalidi. 1992. Washington D.C.. Institute for Palestine Studies. 0-88728-224-5 . 23.
  2. Book: Mapa Publishing . 965-7184-34-7 . 55 . Yuval El'azari (ed.) . Mapa's Concise Gazetteer of Israel . Tel-Aviv . 2005 . he.
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20080421204202/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,765788,00.html "Acre Pact"