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Avihayil (lit. Father of strength) is a moshav
Moshav

Moshav is a type of Israeli settlement, in particular a type of cooperative agricultural community of individual farms settlered by the Labor Zionisms during the second aliyah ....
 in central Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
. Located to the north-east of Netanya
Netanya

Netanya is a city in the Center District of Israel and is the capital of the Sharon plain. It is located between the 'Poleg' stream and Wingate Institute in the south and the 'Avichail' stream in the north....
, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hefer Valley Regional Council
Hefer Valley Regional Council

The Hefer Valley Regional Council is a Regional council in the Hefer Valley, Israel region of Center District Israel.The council covers an area from Tulkarm in the east to the Mediterranean Sea in the west; from Hadera in the north to Netanya in the south....
. In 2007 it had a population of 1,200.

In 1921 veterans of the Jewish Legion
Jewish Legion

The Jewish Legion was the name for five battalions of Jewish volunteers established as the British Army's 38th through 42nd Battalions of the Royal Fusiliers....
 of World War I
World War I

World War I, or the First World War , was a global military conflict which involved the Great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War I and the Central Powers....
 settled on desert land allocated to it by the British Mandate government in the northeastern Negev
Negev

The Negev is a desert and semidesert region of southern Israel. The indigenous Negev Bedouin inhabitants of the region refer to the desert as al-Naqab ....
, near Tel Arad
Tel Arad

Tel Arad or 'old' Arad is located west of the Dead Sea, about 10km west of modern Arad, Israel in an area surrounded by mountain ridges which is known as the Arad Becken....
. However, the settlement was abandonded after no water was found.

As part of the Settlement of the Thousand
Settlement of the Thousand

The Settlement of the Thousand refers to two separate Zionism schemes to settle Jewish families on farms in British Mandate of Palestine. The first started in September 1926, the second in 1932....
 scheme, a new village was founded in the Hefer Valley on 19 July 1932 on a waste stretch of sand dunes, land owned by the Jewish National Fund
Jewish National Fund

The Jewish National Fund was founded in 1901 to buy and develop land in Ottoman Palestine for Jewish settlement. The JNF is a non-profit corporation owned by the World Zionist Organization...
.

In 1946 Avihayil merged with the neighboring moshav, Ein HaOved.






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Avihayil (lit. Father of strength) is a moshav
Moshav

Moshav is a type of Israeli settlement, in particular a type of cooperative agricultural community of individual farms settlered by the Labor Zionisms during the second aliyah ....
 in central Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
. Located to the north-east of Netanya
Netanya

Netanya is a city in the Center District of Israel and is the capital of the Sharon plain. It is located between the 'Poleg' stream and Wingate Institute in the south and the 'Avichail' stream in the north....
, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hefer Valley Regional Council
Hefer Valley Regional Council

The Hefer Valley Regional Council is a Regional council in the Hefer Valley, Israel region of Center District Israel.The council covers an area from Tulkarm in the east to the Mediterranean Sea in the west; from Hadera in the north to Netanya in the south....
. In 2007 it had a population of 1,200.

In 1921 veterans of the Jewish Legion
Jewish Legion

The Jewish Legion was the name for five battalions of Jewish volunteers established as the British Army's 38th through 42nd Battalions of the Royal Fusiliers....
 of World War I
World War I

World War I, or the First World War , was a global military conflict which involved the Great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War I and the Central Powers....
 settled on desert land allocated to it by the British Mandate government in the northeastern Negev
Negev

The Negev is a desert and semidesert region of southern Israel. The indigenous Negev Bedouin inhabitants of the region refer to the desert as al-Naqab ....
, near Tel Arad
Tel Arad

Tel Arad or 'old' Arad is located west of the Dead Sea, about 10km west of modern Arad, Israel in an area surrounded by mountain ridges which is known as the Arad Becken....
. However, the settlement was abandonded after no water was found.

As part of the Settlement of the Thousand
Settlement of the Thousand

The Settlement of the Thousand refers to two separate Zionism schemes to settle Jewish families on farms in British Mandate of Palestine. The first started in September 1926, the second in 1932....
 scheme, a new village was founded in the Hefer Valley on 19 July 1932 on a waste stretch of sand dunes, land owned by the Jewish National Fund
Jewish National Fund

The Jewish National Fund was founded in 1901 to buy and develop land in Ottoman Palestine for Jewish settlement. The JNF is a non-profit corporation owned by the World Zionist Organization...
.

In 1946 Avihayil merged with the neighboring moshav, Ein HaOved. The founders were immigrants
Aliyah

Aliyah refers to Jewish immigration to Greater Israel. The opposite action, Jewish emigration from Israel, is referred to as Yerida ....
 from Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
, Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
 and the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
, as well as several native Israelis
Sabra (person)

Sabra is a term used to describe a Jew born in Israel. In contrast, an oleh or olah is a person who immigrates to Israel under Aliyah....
. In 1967 there were 605 inhabitants, and its economy was based on intensive mixed farming including citrus. It established "Beit HaGedudim", a museum
Museum

A museum is a "permanent institution in the service of society and of its development, open to the public, which acquires, conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits the tangible and intangible heritage of humanity and its environment, for the purposes of education, study, and entertainment", as defined by the International Coun...
 of the Jewish Legion and clubhouse for veterans.