Aviel

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Aviel
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Aviel is located in Israel
Aviel
Aviel
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District Haifa
Council Alona
Affiliation Mishkei Herut Beitar
Founded 1949
Founded by Former Irgun members
Population (2014)[1] 781

Aviel (Hebrew: <templatestyles src="Script/styles_hebrew.css" />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 781 in 2014.

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.[2]

References

  1. 2014 populations Israel Central Bureau of Statistics
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