Givat HaShlosha

Infobox Kibbutz
name = Givat HaShlosha
foundation = 1 May 1925
founded_by = Polish HeHalutz members
region = Sharon plain
industry = Agriculture
affiliation = Kibbutz Movement
website =

Givat HaShlosha ( _he. גִּבְעַת הַשְּׁלֹשָׁה, "lit." Hill of the three) is a kibbutz in central Israel, about 4 km east of Petah Tikva, near the Yarkon river. A member of the Kibbutz Movement, it falls under the jurisdiction of Drom Hasharon Regional Council. The kibbutz is named for the three workers from Petah Tikva who were accused of espionage during World War I (Palestine was then under the rule of the Ottoman Empire), and were sent to a prison in Damascus. They were tortured and died in 1916.

History

The kibbutz was founded on 1 May 1925 by a group from the HeHalutz movement from the city of Klosobah in Poland. Its original location was west of Petah Tikva, near the intersection of Arlozorov and Tzaha"l streets in Petah Tikva today. Near the original kibbutz, there was a regional school named after Rosa Cohen—a secondary school for agriculture—which is now the urban farm on Kaplan Street, and a seminar for teachers. Today, a geriatric insitution belonging to Tel Aviv operates in the area. One of the largest dining halls in Israel at the time was operating in the kibbutz. It was managed by Aryeh Sharon, who planned other buildings in the kibbutz.

In the era before the founding of the state of Israel, Givat HaShlosha was one of the kibbutzim where the Palmach trained, and it had weapons caches for Haganah. Subsequently it was attacked by the British Army during the Operation Agatha. When displaced people arrived in Israel, the kibbutz absorbed many young people.

In 1952 the kibbutz split up, like other kibbutzim, as part of the schism of the kibbutz movement. In 1953 it moved to its present location, near its agricultural lands. The members of the kibbutz who transferred to the Union of Kibbutzim after the schism founded the kibbutz Einat near Rosh HaAyin.

Economy

In 1968, Givat Hashlosha had 510 inhabitants."Givat Hashlosha", Encyclopedia Judaica.] Its farming is highly intensive, with citrus fruits and other crops, dairy farming and cattle. The kibbutz has a shoe factory and a plant for building materials.

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