קיבוץ יגור kibbutz Yagur, עמק זבולון, חיפה, ישראל

Latitude 32°44′29.4″N
Longitude 35°4′37.91″E
City קיבוץ יגור kibbutz Yagur
County עמק זבולון
State/ Province חיפה
Country ישראל

Narrative

Yagur יגור is located on the slopes of Mount Carmel, 9 kilometres southeast of Haifa, near the Carmel ParkAshdot Yagur Nature Reserve.

Narrative

In 1922, a settlement group called Ahva, established kibbutz Yagur קיבוץ יגור.
The name was taken from the nearby Arab village called Yajur.
There is a site with a similar name, Jagur, mentioned in the Book of Joshua 15:21, thought it was located in territory belonging to the Tribe of Judah, far to the south.

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At first, the members of Yagur יגור dried up the swamps surrounding the Kishon River, and prepared the land for permanent settlement, and then established the various agricultural divisions, and the kibbutz began to grow.

Narrative

During the period of the British Mandate, Yagur יגור was an important center for the Haganah הגנה.

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At kibbutz Yagur קיבוץ יגור, British troops conducted a search which lasted a week.
The kibbutz members resisted passively, but were dispersed by tear gas, and held in enclosures set up by the soldiers.
The routine search changed once the first arms cache was found, and the British soldiers began digging under the floors, and in all possible hiding places
The British apparently had prior information about the arms caches, and found more than 300 rifles, 100 2-inch mortars, 400,000 bullets, 5,000 grenades and 78 revolvers.
The men of kibbutz Yagur קיבוץ יגור were arrested, and the British displayed the arms at a press conference.

Source References

  1. One Palestine, Complete: Jews and Arabs Under the British Mandate
    1. Page: 476

References

  1. Weisser, Gideon
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