District Northern Affiliation Kibbutz Movement Founded by Nahal Local time Thursday 7:44 PM | Council Upper Galilee Founded 13 August 1951 Population (2015) 329 Founder Nahal | |
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Gonen (Hebrew: גּוֹנֵן, lit. Defended) is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located in the Finger of the Galilee near Kiryat Shmona, it falls under the jurisdiction of Upper Galilee Regional Council. In 2015 it had a population of 329.
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Map of Gonen, Israel
History
Gonen was established on 13 August 1951 as a Nahal settlement, and was civilianised a year later by a group of Hebrew Scouts. It was the first Nahal settlement to convert to civilian control.
Its name is derived from the Book of Kings and symbolized the settlement's strategic location and proximity to the pre-Six-Day War Israel–Syria border, established in the 1949 Armistice Agreements. During the 1949–1967 period, the village's vicinity was the site of numerous skirmishes with the Syrian army.
Since 1994, the kibbutz has been in the process of conversion to a communal settlement.