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Ginosar is a kibbutz
Kibbutz

A kibbutz is a Intentional community in Israel that was traditionally based on agriculture. The kibbutz is a form of communal living that combines socialism and Zionism....
 on the western banks of the Sea of Galilee
Sea of Galilee

The Sea of Galilee, also Sea of Genneseret, Lake Kinneret or Lake Tiberias , is Israel's largest freshwater lake, being approximately 53 km in circumference, about 21 km long, and 13 km wide....
 in 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 north of Tiberias
Tiberias

Tiberias is a town on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee, Lower Galilee, Israel. It was named in honour of the emperor Tiberius....
 on Highway 90, it falls under the jurisdiction of Emek HaYarden Regional Council
Emek Hayarden Regional Council

The Emek HaYarden Regional Council , is a Regional council in the Jordan River Valley between the Sea of Galilee in the north and Beit She'an in the south...
. In 2006 it had a population of 472.

sar was founded on the eve of Purim
Purim

Purim is a Jewish holiday that commemorates the deliverance of the Jewish people of the ancient Persian Empire from Haman 's plot to annihilate them, as recorded in the Hebrew Bible Book of Esther ....
 in March 1937 by a group of young socialists
Socialism

Socialism refers to a broad set of economic theories of social organization advocating public or state ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods, and a society characterized by equality for all individuals, with a fair or Egalitarianism method of compensation....
. On Palestine Jewish Colonization Association
Palestine Jewish Colonization Association

The Palestine Jewish Colonization Association, commonly known by its Hebrew acronym PICA , was established in 1924 and played a major role in supporting the Yishuv in Palestine until its disbandment in 1957....
 (PICA) land that had been leased to settlement of Migdal. The reason given for "squatting" was that the leased area needed close protection during the disturbances.






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Ginosar is a kibbutz
Kibbutz

A kibbutz is a Intentional community in Israel that was traditionally based on agriculture. The kibbutz is a form of communal living that combines socialism and Zionism....
 on the western banks of the Sea of Galilee
Sea of Galilee

The Sea of Galilee, also Sea of Genneseret, Lake Kinneret or Lake Tiberias , is Israel's largest freshwater lake, being approximately 53 km in circumference, about 21 km long, and 13 km wide....
 in 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 north of Tiberias
Tiberias

Tiberias is a town on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee, Lower Galilee, Israel. It was named in honour of the emperor Tiberius....
 on Highway 90, it falls under the jurisdiction of Emek HaYarden Regional Council
Emek Hayarden Regional Council

The Emek HaYarden Regional Council , is a Regional council in the Jordan River Valley between the Sea of Galilee in the north and Beit She'an in the south...
. In 2006 it had a population of 472.

History

Ginosar was founded on the eve of Purim
Purim

Purim is a Jewish holiday that commemorates the deliverance of the Jewish people of the ancient Persian Empire from Haman 's plot to annihilate them, as recorded in the Hebrew Bible Book of Esther ....
 in March 1937 by a group of young socialists
Socialism

Socialism refers to a broad set of economic theories of social organization advocating public or state ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods, and a society characterized by equality for all individuals, with a fair or Egalitarianism method of compensation....
. On Palestine Jewish Colonization Association
Palestine Jewish Colonization Association

The Palestine Jewish Colonization Association, commonly known by its Hebrew acronym PICA , was established in 1924 and played a major role in supporting the Yishuv in Palestine until its disbandment in 1957....
 (PICA) land that had been leased to settlement of Migdal. The reason given for "squatting" was that the leased area needed close protection during the disturbances. The original was built as a tower and stockade
Tower and stockade

Tower and stockade was a settlement method used by Zionism settlers in the British Mandate of Palestine during the 1936-1939 Arab revolt in Palestine, when the establishment of new Jewish settlements was restricted by the Mandatory authorities....
 settlement. It became the base of Yigal Allon
Yigal Allon

Yigal Allon was an Israeli politician, a commander of the Palmach, and a general in the Israel Defense Forces. He served as one of the leaders of Ahdut HaAvoda and the Labor Party ), acting Prime Minister of Israel, as well as being a member of Knesset and government minister from the tenth through the seventeenth Knessets....
, commander of the "Syrian Department" of the Palmach
Palmach

The Palmach was the regular fighting force of the Haganah, the unofficial army of the Yishuv during the period of the British Mandate of Palestine....
, and was closely aligned with the Mapai
Mapai

Mapai was a Left-wing politics List of political parties in Israel in Israel, and was the dominant force in Israeli politics until its merger into the Israeli Labor Party in 1968....
 party.

Economy

Ginosar was originally an agricultural community, now its primary source of income is from tourism. During a severe drought in 1986 the level of lake dropped to reveal the frame of a fishing boat that has since been carbon dated to 100BCE to 70CE and is now known as the Sea of Galilee Boat
The Sea of Galilee Boat

The Sea of Galilee Boat or The Jesus Boat was an ancient fishing boat from the 1st century AD/Common Era , which was discovered in 1986 on the north-west shore of the Sea of Galilee in Israel....
. Using innovative techniques the boat frame was rescued, the boat was placed in a special tank and is displayed in the Beit Yigal Allon Museum.

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