Ge'alya
{{Short description|Moshav in central Israel}}
{{Infobox Kibbutz
| name = Ge'alya
| hebname = {{Script/Hebrew|גְּאַלְיָה}}
| image = פסל הדוגרת במושב גאליה.jpg
| foundation = 1948
| founded_by = Bulgarian Jews
| district = center
| council = Gan Raveh
| affiliation = Moshavim Movement
| popyear = {{Israel populations|Year}}
| population = {{Israel populations|Ge'alya}}
| population_footnotes = {{Israel populations|reference}}
| pushpin_map = Israel center ta
| pushpin_mapsize = 250
| pushpin_label_position = bottom
| coordinates = {{coord|31|53|6|N|34|45|58|E|display=inline,title}}
| website = [http://www.gealya.co.il/ www.gealya.co.il]
}}
Ge'alya, sometimes written Galia ({{langx|he|גְּאַלְיָה}}), is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the coastal plain and covering 2,000 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gan Raveh Regional Council. In {{Israel populations|Year}} it had a population of {{Israel populations|Ge'alya}}.{{Israel populations|reference}}
History
The moshav was founded in 1948 by immigrants from Bulgaria.{{cite book|title=All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_By7AAAAIAAJ |first1=Walid|last1=Khalidi|authorlink=Walid Khalidi|year=1992|location=Washington D.C.|publisher=Institute for Palestine Studies|isbn=0-88728-224-5|page=408}}
It is located south of the ancient site of Tel Shalaf, where Iron Age artifacts have been found.[http://www.hadashot-esi.org.il/report_detail_eng.aspx?id=437&mag_id=111 Yavne, Survey Map] Israel Antiquities Authority Tel Shalaf, is identified by some but not all scholars with the city of Eltekeh. Eltekeh appeared in Sennacherib's Annals as the site of a battle between the Assyrians and Egyptians in 701 BCE, and in the Bible as a Levitical city within the first Dan tribal area ({{bibleverse||Joshua|19:44|NKJV}} and {{bibleverse||Joshua|21:23|NKJV}}).{{cite book | author = W. R. Gallagher | title = Sennacherib's Campaign to Judah | publisher = Brill | place = Leifen | year = 1999 | pages = 123–124}}Carta's Official Guide to Israel and Complete Gazetteer to all Sites in the Holy Land. (3rd edition 1993) Jerusalem, Carta, p.163-164, {{ISBN|965-220-186-3}} (English)
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080625033203/http://www.gealya.co.il/ Official website] {{in lang|he}}
{{Gan Raveh Regional Council}}
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Category:Bulgarian-Jewish culture in Israel
Category:Populated places established in 1948