Givat HaShlosha is a
kibbutzA kibbutz is a collective community in Israel that was traditionally based on agriculture. Today, farming has been partly supplanted by other economic branches, including industrial plants and high-tech enterprises. Kibbutzim began as utopian communities, a combination of socialism and Zionism...
in central
IsraelIsrael officially the State of Israel , is a developed state in Western Asia 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...
, about 4 km east of
Petah TikvaPetah Tikva known as Em HaMoshavot , is a city in the Center District of Israel. Petah Tikva's jurisdiction covers 35,868 dunams . The population density is...
, near the
YarkonYarkon may refer to:* Yarkon River, an Israeli river which originates at Tel Afek, north of Petah Tikva.* Yarkon Park, a large urban park in Tel Aviv, Israel.* Yarkon Sports Complex, a sports complex located in the Baptist Village in Petah Tikva....
river. A member of the
Kibbutz MovementThe Kibbutz Movement is the largest settlement movement for kibbutzim in Israel. It was formed in 1999 by a partial merger of the United Kibbutz Movement and Kibbutz Artzi.-United Kibbutz Movement:...
, it falls under the jurisdiction of
Drom Hasharon Regional CouncilThe Drom HaSharon Regional Council is a regional council in the Sharon region in central Israel. Its offices are located on Highway 40 near Neve Yarak.-List of settlements, moshavim, kibbutzim and villages:...
. The kibbutz is named for the three workers from
Petah TikvaPetah Tikva known as Em HaMoshavot , is a city in the Center District of Israel. Petah Tikva's jurisdiction covers 35,868 dunams . The population density is...
who were accused of
espionageEspionage or spying involves an individual obtaining information that is considered secret or confidential without the permission of the holder of the information. Espionage is inherently clandestine, as the legitimate holder of the information may change plans or take other countermeasures once it...
during
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(Palestine was then under the rule of the
Ottoman EmpireThe Ottoman Empire or Ottoman State , also known by its contemporaries as the Turkish Empire or Turkey , was an empire that lasted from 1299 to November 1, 1922 The Ottoman Empire or Ottoman State (Ottoman Turkish: دَوْلَتِ عَلِیَّهِ عُثْمَانِیَّه Dawlet-il ʿAliyyat-il ʿOs̠māniyye, Modern Turkish:...
), and were sent to a prison in
DamascusDamascus is the capital and largest city of Syria. It is the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world and its current population is estimated at about 1,669,000...
. They were tortured and died in 1916.
The kibbutz was founded on May 1, 1925 by a group from the
HeHalutzHeHalutz was an association of Jewish youth whose aim was to train its members to settle in the Land of Israel, which became an umbrella organization of the pioneering Zionist youth movements....
movement from the city of Klosobah in
PolandPoland , 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 exclave, to the north...
.
Givat HaShlosha is a
kibbutzA kibbutz is a collective community in Israel that was traditionally based on agriculture. Today, farming has been partly supplanted by other economic branches, including industrial plants and high-tech enterprises. Kibbutzim began as utopian communities, a combination of socialism and Zionism...
in central
IsraelIsrael officially the State of Israel , is a developed state in Western Asia 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...
, about 4 km east of
Petah TikvaPetah Tikva known as Em HaMoshavot , is a city in the Center District of Israel. Petah Tikva's jurisdiction covers 35,868 dunams . The population density is...
, near the
YarkonYarkon may refer to:* Yarkon River, an Israeli river which originates at Tel Afek, north of Petah Tikva.* Yarkon Park, a large urban park in Tel Aviv, Israel.* Yarkon Sports Complex, a sports complex located in the Baptist Village in Petah Tikva....
river. A member of the
Kibbutz MovementThe Kibbutz Movement is the largest settlement movement for kibbutzim in Israel. It was formed in 1999 by a partial merger of the United Kibbutz Movement and Kibbutz Artzi.-United Kibbutz Movement:...
, it falls under the jurisdiction of
Drom Hasharon Regional CouncilThe Drom HaSharon Regional Council is a regional council in the Sharon region in central Israel. Its offices are located on Highway 40 near Neve Yarak.-List of settlements, moshavim, kibbutzim and villages:...
. The kibbutz is named for the three workers from
Petah TikvaPetah Tikva known as Em HaMoshavot , is a city in the Center District of Israel. Petah Tikva's jurisdiction covers 35,868 dunams . The population density is...
who were accused of
espionageEspionage or spying involves an individual obtaining information that is considered secret or confidential without the permission of the holder of the information. Espionage is inherently clandestine, as the legitimate holder of the information may change plans or take other countermeasures once it...
during
World War IWorld War I , also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All Wars, was a global military conflict which involved most of the world's great powers, assembled in two opposing alliances: the Triple Entente and the Triple Alliance...
(Palestine was then under the rule of the
Ottoman EmpireThe Ottoman Empire or Ottoman State , also known by its contemporaries as the Turkish Empire or Turkey , was an empire that lasted from 1299 to November 1, 1922 The Ottoman Empire or Ottoman State (Ottoman Turkish: دَوْلَتِ عَلِیَّهِ عُثْمَانِیَّه Dawlet-il ʿAliyyat-il ʿOs̠māniyye, Modern Turkish:...
), and were sent to a prison in
DamascusDamascus is the capital and largest city of Syria. It is the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world and its current population is estimated at about 1,669,000...
. They were tortured and died in 1916.
History
The kibbutz was founded on May 1, 1925 by a group from the
HeHalutzHeHalutz was an association of Jewish youth whose aim was to train its members to settle in the Land of Israel, which became an umbrella organization of the pioneering Zionist youth movements....
movement from the city of Klosobah in
PolandPoland , 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 exclave, to the north...
. 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 institution belonging to
Tel AvivTel Aviv-Yafo , usually called Tel Aviv, is the second largest city in Israel, with an estimated population of 391,300. The city is situated on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline, with a land area of...
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
PalmachThe Palmach was the regular fighting force of the Haganah, the unofficial army of the Yishuv during the period of the British Mandate of Palestine. The Palmach was established on May 15, 1941...
trained, and it had weapons caches for
HaganahHaganah was a Jewish paramilitary organization in what was then the British Mandate of Palestine from 1920 to 1948, which later became the core of the Israel Defense Forces.- Origins :...
. Subsequently it was attacked by the
British ArmyThe British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdoms of England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. The new British Army incorporated Regiments that had already existed in England and Scotland and...
during the
Operation AgathaOperation Agatha sometimes called Black Shabbat or Black Saturday because it began on the Jewish sabbath, was a police and military operation conducted by the British authorities in the British Mandate of Palestine...
. 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
EinatEinat is a kibbutz in central Israel. Located south of Rosh HaAyin, it falls under the jurisdiction of Drom HaSharon Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 612....
near
Rosh HaAyinRosh HaAyin is a city in the Center District of Israel. To the west of Rosh HaAyin is the fortress of Antipatris and the source of the Yarkon River. To the southeast is the fortress of Migdal Afek...
.
Economy
In 1968, Givat Hashlosha had 510 inhabitants. 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.