Yir'on

Yir'on (Hebrew: יִרְאוֹן) is a kibbutz in the Galilee Panhandle in northern Israel. Located adjacent to the Lebanese border, it falls under the jurisdiction of Upper Galilee Regional Council. In 2021 it had a population of 406.[1]

Yir'on
יִרְאוֹן‎
Yir'on is located in Northeast Israel
Yir'on
Yir'on
Yir'on is located in Israel
Yir'on
Yir'on
Coordinates: 33°4′37″N 35°27′18″E
CountryIsrael
DistrictNorthern
CouncilUpper Galilee
AffiliationKibbutz Movement
Founded20 May 1949
Founded byFormer Palmach members
Dror-HeHalutz members
Population
 (2021)[1]
406
Websitewww.yiron.org.il

History

The village was established on 20 May 1949 by former members of the Palmach's Yiftach Brigade and graduates of the Dror–HeHalutz youth movement on the site of the depopulated Palestinian village of Saliha.[2][3][4]

Ada Feinberg-Sireni, later a member of the Knesset, was amongst the founders. It was one of a series of villages established along the Lebanese border, with the intention of reinforcing the young state's borders. It was named after Iron, a biblical village of the Tribe of Naphtali (Joshua 19:38), which is commonly identified with Yaroun, a Lebanese village 3 kilometers to the west.[5]

During the 2023 war between Hamas and Israel, northern Israeli border communities, including Yir'on, faced targeted attacks by Hezbollah and Palestinian factions based in Lebanon, and were evacuated.[6]

Ceremony marking the establishment of Kibbutz Yiron. Saliha 1949
Former members of the Palmach planting a memorial grove at Yir'on. 1949

Economy

The main income source is Paskal Technologies located in the Ma'alot-Tarshiha industrial zone. Other sources of income include a zipper factory (Paskal Zippers), field crops, fruit orchards (apples, pears, cherries and kiwis) and a furniture factory, Rehitay Yir'on, which specializes in ready-to-assemble furniture.

The kibbutz operates a petting zoo,[7] where red deer, spotted deer, rabbits and chickens roam freely. Yir'on also rents out 38 guest houses to tourists.

In 2000 the Harei Hagalil Winery was established in partnership with the Ramat HaGolan Winery. The wine is produced from vineyards planted in the Galilee Mountains.[8]

For many years, the kibbutz has cultivated a botanical garden. On the grounds of the kibbutz is a 200-year old hackberry tree, which is considered holy in Islamic tradition.[9]

References
  1. "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  2. Khalidi, W. (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 492. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
  3. Morris, B. (2004). The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited. Cambridge University Press. p. xxii, Settlement #161. ISBN 978-0-521-00967-6.
  4. Survey of Israel, Map sheet 'Alma, 1:20,000 series, editions of 1948 and 1958.
  5. Katz, Hayah; Levin, Yigal (2021-01-02). "Tel Rosh: The forgotten Rehob in the Upper Galilee". Palestine Exploration Quarterly. 153 (1): 24–41. doi:10.1080/00310328.2020.1751490. ISSN 0031-0328. S2CID 225601528. mentioned in Josh 19:38 after Jiron, which he identified with the village of Yaroun, 10 km northeast of Tel Rosh in what today is south Lebanon
  6. Fabian, Emanuel. "IDF to evacuate civilians from 28 communities along Lebanese border amid attacks". www.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 2023-10-22.
  7. Carmeli, Gilad (1 September 2017). נעים להכיר: האגמים של ישראל [Nice to Meet You: The Lakes of Israel]. Ynet (in Hebrew). Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  8. "Medals and Awards" (PDF). 2018. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  9. Jerusalem’s Oldest Guardians: Hackberry Trees on Temple Mount Haaretz
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