HaGoshrim
Place in Northern, Israel
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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.[2] In 2024 it had a population of 1,232.[1]
HaGoshrim
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  HaGoshrim Location within Northeast Israel  HaGoshrim Location within Israel | |
| Coordinates: 33°13′15″N 35°37′25″E | |
| Country |  Israel |
| District | Northern |
| Subdistrict | Safed |
| Council | Upper Galilee |
| Affiliation | Kibbutz Movement |
| Founded | 1948 |
| Founder | Turkish Jews |
| Population (2024)[1] | 1,232 |
| Website | www.hagoshrim.co.il |
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.[3][4] 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.[5]
Economy
Archaeology
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.[8]