Neve Eitan


Neve Eitan is a kibbutz in the Beit She'an Valley in northern Israel. Located about east of Beit She'an and west of Maoz Haim, it is under the jurisdiction of Valley of Springs Regional Council. In, it had a population of.

Etymology

The name "Neve Eitan" is based on the original Hebrew text of a verse in Jeremiah, in which God curses Edom to sudden overthrow: "It shall be as when a lion comes up out of the jungle of the Jordan against a secure pasture ".

History

Neve Eitan was established on what was land belonging to the Palestinian village of Al-Ghazzawiyya.
The kibbutz was established on 25 November 1938 by Polish members of the "Akiva" movement as part of the tower and stockade campaign. Sabras joined the settlement in 1952.

Education

The kibbutz is home to the "Ge'on HaYarden" high school, which has more than 500 pupils.

Notable people