- Arbel
Infobox_Kibbutz
kibbutz_name = Arbel
foundation = 1949
founded_by = Demobbed soldiers
region =
council = Lower Galilee
industry =
affiliation =Moshavim Movement
website =Arbel ( _he. אַרְבֵּל) is a
moshav in northern Israel. Located onMount Arbel next to theSea of Galilee nearTiberias , it falls under the jurisdiction ofLower Galilee Regional Council . In 2006 it had a population of 364.Arbel was established in 1949 by demobilised soldiers on the lands of the abandoned Arab village of
Hittin , whose residents fled during the1948 Arab-Israeli War . It was initially a moshav shitufi (a collective smallholder's settlement that combines the economic features of a kibbutz with the social features of a moshav. Farming is done collectively and profits are shared equally), but became a moshav ovdim (a workers co-operative settlement) in 1959.
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