Neve Eitan
{{Infobox Kibbutz
| name = Neve Eitan
| hebname = נווה איתן
| meaning = Strong Residence
| image = קיבוץ נווה איתן.jpg
| foundation = 25 November 1938
| founded_by = Polish Jews
| country = {{ISR}}
| district = north
| council = Valley of Springs
| affiliation = Kibbutz Movement
| popyear = {{Israel populations|Year}}
| population = {{Israel populations|Newe Etan}}
| population_footnotes = {{Israel populations|reference}}
| pushpin_map = Israel jezreel#Israel
| pushpin_mapsize = 250
| coordinates = {{coord|32|29|28|N|35|31|52|E|display=inline,title}}
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Neve Eitan ({{langx|he|נווה איתן||Strong Residence}}) is a kibbutz in the Beit She'an Valley in northern Israel. Located about {{Convert|1|km|m}} east of Beit She'an and {{Convert|1|km|m}} west of Maoz Haim, it is under the jurisdiction of Valley of Springs Regional Council. In {{Israel populations|Year}}, it had a population of {{Israel populations|Newe Etan}}.{{Israel populations|reference}}
Etymology
The name "Neve Eitan" is based on the original Hebrew text of a verse in Jeremiah (Jeremiah, 49:19),Carta's Official Guide to Israel and Complete Gazetteer to all Sites in the Holy Land. (3rd edition 1993) Jerusalem, Carta, p.365, {{ISBN|965-220-186-3}} (English) in which God curses Edom to sudden overthrow: "It shall be as when a lion comes up out of the jungle of the Jordan (Ge'on HaYarden: גְּאֹ֣ון הַיַּרְדֵּן֮) against a secure pasture (Neve Eitan: נְוֵ֣ה אֵיתָן֒)" (JPS1985).
History
Neve Eitan was established on what was land belonging to the Palestinian village of Al-Ghazzawiyya.{{cite book |last=Khalidi |first=W. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_By7AAAAIAAJ |title=All That Remains:The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948 |publisher=Institute for Palestine Studies |year=1992 |isbn=0-88728-224-5 |location=Washington D.C. |page=49 |authorlink=Walid Khalidi}}
The kibbutz was established on 25 November 1938 by Polish members of the "Akiva" movement as part of the tower and stockade campaign. Sabras (Jewish people born in historic Palestine) joined the settlement in 1952.{{Citation needed|date=March 2025}}
File:נוה איתן - מאהל-JNF034795.jpeg|Neve Eitan 1938
File:נוה איתן - עמק בית שאן - מראה כללי.-JNF045342.jpeg|Neve Eitan 1946
Education
The kibbutz is home to the "Ge'on HaYarden" ({{Lit|Pride of Jordan}}) high school, which has more than 500 pupils.{{Citation needed|date=March 2025}}
Notable people
- Shmuel Yanai (1921-2011), commander of the Israeli Sea Corps (lived in Neve Eitan).
References
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{{Valley of Springs Regional Council}}
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Category:Populated places established in 1938
Category:Populated places in Northern District (Israel)