Aviel
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Aviel | |
| Coordinates: 32°31′57″N 34°59′30″E / 32.53250°N 34.99167°E / 32.53250; 34.99167 | |
| Country | Israel |
| District | Haifa |
| Council | Alona |
| Affiliation | Mishkei Herut Beitar |
| Founded | 1949 |
| Founded by | Former Irgun Members |
| Population (2024)1 | 779 |
Aviel (Hebrew: אֲבִיאֵל) is a moshav in northern Israel. It is located south of Haifa within Alona Regional Council, near Zikhron Yaakov and Binyamina-Giv'at Ada.2 It had a population of 779 in 2024.1
History
The moshav was established by the Herut party in 1949 and named after Israel "Aviel" Epstein, an Irgun envoy 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.3
It is located on the land of the depopulated Palestinian village of Al-Sindiyana, southwest of the village site.4
References
References
- "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2026.
- Archaeology, art, history await at Shuni Fortress
- Yuval Elʻazari, ed. (2005). Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel (in Hebrew). Tel-Aviv: Mapa Publishing. p. 13. ISBN 965-7184-34-7.
- Khalidi, W. (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 193. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.