Eyal
{{Short description|Kibbutz in central Israel}}
{{About|the kibbutz|people with the name|Eyal (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox Israel village
| name = Eyal
| image = File:Eyal 6718.jpg
| hebname= {{Script/Hebrew|אֱיָל}}
| founded = 1948
| founded_by = Nahal volunteers
| district = center
| council = Drom HaSharon
| affiliation = Kibbutz Movement
| population = {{Israel populations|Eyal}}
| population_footnotes={{Israel populations|reference}}
| popyear = {{Israel populations|Year}}
| pushpin_map=Israel center ta |pushpin_mapsize=250
| coordinates = {{coord|32|12|36|N|34|58|47|E|display=inline,title}}
| website = [http://www.eyal.org.il www.eyal.org.il]
}}
Eyal ({{langx|he|אֱיָל}}; lit. strength) is a kibbutz in the Central District of Israel. Located close to the Green line, it falls under the jurisdiction of the Drom HaSharon Regional Council. In {{Israel populations|Year}} it had a population of {{Israel populations|Eyal}}.{{Israel populations|reference}}
Geography
Eyal is located in central Israel within the green line in the central Sharon region, and just to the east of Highway 6. It is approximately 6 km north-east of the city of Kfar Saba. Just to its north-east is the city of Kokhav Ya'ir, and west of the city of Tzur Yigal. To its north-west is the Israeli Arab city of Tira, and to its south is the Palestinian city of Qalqilyah.
History
Attractions
Keren Sahar Vintage Auto Museum houses a collection of vintage cars, featuring British automobiles from the 1930s and 1940s.
Saslove Winery has a temperature-controlled barrel room, a lab, and an open space where the club meetings and wine seminars are held.{{Cite web |url=http://www.saslove.com/ |title=Saslove Winery |access-date=2019-12-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161104052801/http://www.saslove.com/ |archive-date=2016-11-04 |url-status=dead }}
In a field not far from the kibbutz sits a small domed structure, traditionally the burial place of Simeon, son of the patriarch Jacob.
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100521000101/http://www.eyal.org.il/ Official website] {{in lang|he}}
- [http://www.unitedjerusalem.org/index2.asp?id=513695&Date=11/8/2004 The Kibbutzim / Qassams, terrorism don´t cow kibbutzim] article written by Eli Ashkenazi, 11/08, 2004, for Haaretz. The article describes how Kibbutz Eyal had become a prime example of a kibbutz absorbing new people in order to recover from its sagging social and economic situation.
- [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/783170.html From Russia with Jews] article written by Yossi Melman and Amiram Barkat, Haaretz, Edition Thursday, November 9, 2006; The story of Zvi Magen, former head of Nativ, who immigrated to Israel in 1960, lived on Kibbutz Gan Shmuel as an "external child, and after completing his army service, joined a settlement Kibbutz Eyal.
{{Drom HaSharon Regional Council}}
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Category:Populated places established in 1949