HaMa'apil

{{Short description|Moshav in central Israel}}

{{Infobox Kibbutz

| name = HaMa'apil

| hebname = {{Script/Hebrew|הַמַּעְפִּיל}}

|arname=هماعفيل

| foundation = 2 November 1945

| founded_by = Central European immigrants

| image = PikiWiki Israel 13628 Geography of Israel.jpg

| district = center

| council = Hefer Valley

| affiliation = Kibbutz Movement

| popyear = {{Israel populations|Year}}

| population = {{Israel populations|Hama'pil}}

| population_footnotes={{Israel populations|reference}}

|pushpin_map=Israel center ta |pushpin_mapsize=250

|coordinates = {{coord|32|22|40|N|34|59|0|E|display=inline,title}}

| website = [http://www.hamaapil.co.il www.hamaapil.co.il]

}}

HaMa'apil ({{langx|he|הַמַּעְפִּיל}}, lit. The illegal immigrant) is a kibbutz in central Israel. It is located near Ahituv within the jurisdiction of the Hefer Valley Regional Council. In {{Israel populations|Year}} it had a population of {{Israel populations|Hama'pil}}.

History

The community was established in Hadera in 1938 by a gar'in group comprising Hashomer Hatzair members who had immigrated from Galicia, Poland, Germany and Austria. The group received training in Beit Zera, Ma'abarot and Merhavia. Most of the members were illegal immigrants (known in Hebrew as Ma'apilim) to Mandatory Palestine.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}

The kibbutz itself was founded on 2 November 1945, on land bought from the Palestinian Arab village of Qaqun.{{cite book|title=All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_By7AAAAIAAJ |first=W.|last=Khalidi|author-link=Walid Khalidi|year=1992|location=Washington D.C.|publisher=Institute for Palestine Studies|page=560|isbn=0-88728-224-5}}

Notable residents include Chaya Arbel, a German-born composer.[https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/arbel-chaya Chaya Arbel] Jewish Women's Archive

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