Gan HaShomron

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Gan HaShomron

Gan HaShomron 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 ....
located north-east of Hadera

Hadera

Hadera is a city located in the Haifa District of Israel approximately from the major cities of Tel Aviv and Haifa . The city is located along of the Israeli coastal plain....
(next to Pardes Hanna-Karkur

Pardes Hanna-Karkur

File:Beit Harishonim Pardes Hanna from south west 01.jpgPardes Hanna-Karkur is a town in the Haifa District of Israel. In 2006, it had a population of 29,800....
), on the road to Afula

Afula

Afula is a city in the North District of Israel, often known as the "Capital of the Valley", referring to the Jezreel Valley. The city had a population of 39,200 at the end of 2007....
, Highway 65

Highway 65 (Israel)

Highway 65 is a major highway in northern Israel. It connects the coastal plain with the Galilee.This road is the shortest and simplest way to connect these two major regions....
. It is named for its location on at the foot of the Shomron mountains. It was established in the spring of 1934 by Jewish immigrants

Aliyah

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

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
who trained as farmers in Nahalal

Nahalal

Nahalal , is a moshav in northern Israel. Covering 8,500 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Jezreel Valley Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 913....
and Ein Shemer

Ein Shemer

Ein Shemer is a kibbutz in northern Israel, near Hadera, under the jurisdiction of Menashe Regional Council. In 2006 the kibbutz had a population of 787....
. It was expanded three times, in 1946 by Jewish veterans of the British army, in 1954 by migration from the cities, and in 1957 by Jewish immigrants from Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian Enclave and exclave, to the north....
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main produce of Gan HaShomron is olive oil

Olive oil

Olive oil is a fruit oil obtained from the olive , a traditional tree crop of the Mediterranean Basin. The wild olive tree originated in Anatolia and spread from there as far as southern Africa, Australia, Japan and China....
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