Lehavot Haviva | |
Meaning: | Haviva's Flames |
Founded: | 20 October 1949 |
Founded By: | Czechoslovak Hashomer Hatzair members |
District: | haifa |
Council: | Menashe |
Affiliation: | Kibbutz Movement |
Pushpin Map: | Israel haifa |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
Coordinates: | 32.3936°N 35.01°W |
Website: | lehavot-haviva.org.il |
Lehavot Haviva (Hebrew: לְהֲבוֹת חֲבִיבָה||Haviva's Flames) is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located in the eastern Sharon plain near the Green Line, it falls under the jurisdiction of Menashe Regional Council. In it had a population of .
The kibbutz was established on 20 October 1949 by members of Hashomer Hatzair who had immigrated from Czechoslovakia. It was named for Haviva Reik.[1] In 1951 it moved three kilometres east to its present location onto land that had belonged to the depopulated Palestinian Arab village of al-Jalama.[2] Sde Yitzhak was founded on the former site of Lehavot Haviva the following year.
. 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. 554.