District Haifa Affiliation Mishkei Herut Beitar Population (2015) 817 Local time Friday 3:07 PM | Council Alona Founded by Former Irgun members Founded 1949 | |
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Weather 16°C, Wind W at 21 km/h, 69% Humidity | ||
Aviel (Hebrew: אֲבִיאֵל) is a small and pastoral moshav in northern Israel. It is located south of Haifa within Alona Regional Council and next to Binyamina-Giv'at Ada. It had a population of 817 in 2015.
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Map of Aviel, Israel
History
The moshav was established by the Herut party in 1949 and was named after Israel "Aviel" Epstein, an Irgun messenger to Rome, who was killed in Italy on 28 December 1946. Its original name was Yad HaYod-Daled, after the fourteen Irgun members who died fighting the British.
References
Aviel Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA