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The Hefer Valley Regional Council (Mo'atza Ezorit Emek Hefer) is a regional council
Regional council (Israel)

Regional councils are one of the three types of local government entities found in Israel, with the other two being list of cities in Israel and Local council ....
 in the Hefer Valley region of central
Center District (Israel)

The Center District of Israel is one of Districts of Israel, including most of the Sharon plain region. The district capital is Ramla. The district's largest city is Rishon LeZion....
 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....
.

The council covers an area from Tulkarm
Tulkarm

Tulkarm or Tulkarem is a Palestinian city in the Tulkarm Governorate in the northwestern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Tulkarm city and the adjacent refugee camp had a population of approximately 58,962 inhabitants at mid-year 2006....
 in the east to the Mediterranean
Mediterranean Sea

The Mediterranean Sea is a sea or Ocean off the Atlantic Ocean surrounded by the Mediterranean region and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Europe, on the south by Africa, and on the east by Asia....
 in the west; from 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....
 in the north to 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....
 in the south. It has a population of about 35,000 residents.

he early 1900s, a local midwife, Olga Hankin, reported information about the economic state of the families in the region to her husband, Yehoshua Hankin
Yehoshua Hankin

Yehoshua Hankin was a Zionism activist who was responsible for most of the major land purchases of the World Zionist Organization in Ottoman Empire Palestine....
, who was in charge of land purchase for the Jewish National Fund.






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The Hefer Valley Regional Council (Mo'atza Ezorit Emek Hefer) is a regional council
Regional council (Israel)

Regional councils are one of the three types of local government entities found in Israel, with the other two being list of cities in Israel and Local council ....
 in the Hefer Valley region of central
Center District (Israel)

The Center District of Israel is one of Districts of Israel, including most of the Sharon plain region. The district capital is Ramla. The district's largest city is Rishon LeZion....
 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....
.

The council covers an area from Tulkarm
Tulkarm

Tulkarm or Tulkarem is a Palestinian city in the Tulkarm Governorate in the northwestern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Tulkarm city and the adjacent refugee camp had a population of approximately 58,962 inhabitants at mid-year 2006....
 in the east to the Mediterranean
Mediterranean Sea

The Mediterranean Sea is a sea or Ocean off the Atlantic Ocean surrounded by the Mediterranean region and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Europe, on the south by Africa, and on the east by Asia....
 in the west; from 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....
 in the north to 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....
 in the south. It has a population of about 35,000 residents.

History

In the early 1900s, a local midwife, Olga Hankin, reported information about the economic state of the families in the region to her husband, Yehoshua Hankin
Yehoshua Hankin

Yehoshua Hankin was a Zionism activist who was responsible for most of the major land purchases of the World Zionist Organization in Ottoman Empire Palestine....
, who was in charge of land purchase for the Jewish National Fund. In 1927 Yehoshua Hankin resolved the complex legal issues involved in purchasing the land, and signed an agreement for the purchase of the Hefer Valley. The only difficulty was that 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...
 did not have sufficient funds to pay the sum needed for redeeming the land.

The chairman of the JNF, Menachem Ushishkin, set out on a fundraising trip to 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....
, returning with $300,000 and undertakings to bring it up to a million, the sum required to purchase the Hefer Valley over a period of seven years. At the Zionist Congress held in Zurich in 1929, Ushishkin announced that Emek Hefer was now in Jewish hands.

A group of 30 young members of the "Vitkin" and "Haemek" movements settled in the newly purchased valley. They moved in to an abandoned building and began draining the swamps and preparing the land for agriculture.

In April 1933, they built their first houses on Kfar Vitkin
Kfar Vitkin

Kfar Vitkin is a moshav in central Israel. Located near Netanya, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hefer Valley Regional Council and was the first Jewish settlement in the valley....
, in the heart of the valley. In 1931, a group from the Hashomer Hatzair
Hashomer Hatzair

Hashomer Hatzair is a Socialist-Zionism youth movement founded in 1913 in Galicia , Austria-Hungary, and was also the name of the group's political party in the Yishuv in the pre-1948 British Mandate of Palestine....
 movement in 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....
 established the settlement of Ein HaHoresh
Ein HaHoresh

Ein HaHoresh is a kibbutz in central Israel under the jurisdiction of Hefer Valley Regional Council.It was founded on 10 April 1932 by Hashomer Hatzair members from Eastern Europe who reclaimed the land....
, planting the first citrus grove.

A company called "Yachin" prepared plantations for settlers from abroad. Another groupfrom the Kibbutz HaMeuhad
Kibbutz Movement

The 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....
 movement, founded Givat Haim
Givat Haim

Givat Haim was a kibbutz located around 5 kilometres south of Hadera in Israel. Founded in 1932 by European aliyah, it was originally called Kibbutz Gimel, but was later renamed in honour of Haim Arlosoroff, who was assassinated in 1933....
 in 1932, while the organization of demobilized soldiers from the Jewish Brigade
Jewish Brigade

The Jewish Infantry Brigade Group was a military formation of the British Army that served in Europe during the World War II. Although the brigade was formed in 1944, some of its experienced personnel had been employed against the Axis powers in Greece, the Middle East and East Africa....
 set up the settlement of Avihayil
Avihayil

Avihayil is a moshav in central Israel. Located to the north-east of Netanya, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hefer Valley Regional Council....
.

List of settlements


Kibbutzim

  • Bahan
    Bahan

    Bahan is a kibbutz in central Israel. Located near Bat Hefer, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hefer Valley Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 260....
  • Ein HaHoresh
    Ein HaHoresh

    Ein HaHoresh is a kibbutz in central Israel under the jurisdiction of Hefer Valley Regional Council.It was founded on 10 April 1932 by Hashomer Hatzair members from Eastern Europe who reclaimed the land....
  • Givat Haim (Ihud)
    Givat Haim (Ihud)

    Givat Haim is a kibbutz near Hadera in Israel. It falls under the jurisdiction of Hefer Valley Regional Council....
  • Givat Haim (Meuhad)
    Givat Haim (Meuhad)

    Givat Haim is a kibbutz near Hadera in Israel. It falls under the jurisdiction of Hefer Valley Regional Council....
  • HaMa'apil
    HaMa'apil

    HaMa'apil is a kibbutz in central Israel. Located near , it falls under the jurisdiction of Hefer Valley Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 499....
  • HaOgen
    HaOgen

    HaOgen is a kibbutz in central Israel. Located in the Sharon plain, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hefer Valley Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 543....
  • Ma'abarot
  • Mishmar HaSharon
    Mishmar HaSharon

    Mishmar HaSharon is a kibbutz in central Israel. Located in the Sharon plain, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hefer Valley Regional Council....
  • Yad Hana
    Yad Hana

    Yad Hana is a kibbutz in central Israel. Covering 2,600 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hefer Valley Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 208....


Moshavim

  • Ahituv
    Ahituv

    Ahituv is a moshav in central Israel. Located near Hadera, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hefer Valley Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 813....
  • Avihayil
    Avihayil

    Avihayil is a moshav in central Israel. Located to the north-east of Netanya, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hefer Valley Regional Council....
  • Be'erotayim
    Be'erotayim

    Be'erotayim is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the Sharon plain and covering 3,500 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hefer Valley Regional Council....
  • Beit HaLevi
    Beit HaLevi

    Beit HaLevi is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the Sharon plain near Netanya, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hefer Valley Regional Council....
  • Beit Herut
    Beit Herut

    Beit Herut is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the Sharon plain between Hadera and Netanya, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hefer Valley Regional Council....
  • Beit Yanay
  • Beit Yitzhak-Sha'ar Hefer
    Beit Yitzhak-Sha'ar Hefer

    Beit Yitzhak-Sha'ar Hefer is a moshav in central Israel Located in the Sharon plain near Netanya, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hefer Valley Regional Council....
  • Beitan Aharon
    Beitan Aharon

    Beitan Aharon is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the Sharon plain between Hadera and Netanya, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hefer Valley Regional Council....
  • Burgata
    Burgata

    Burgata is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the Sharon plain on Highway 57 between Netanya and Tulkarm, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hefer Valley Regional Council....
  • Eliashiv
    Eliashiv

    Elyashiv is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the Sharon plain, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hefer Valley Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 487....
  • Gan Yoshiya
    Gan Yoshiya

    Gan Yoshiya is a moshav in central Israel. Located near the Green Line in the Tulkarm area, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hefer Valley Regional Council....
  • Geulei Teiman
    Geulei Teiman

    Geulei Teiman is a religious moshav in central Israel. Located near Hadera in the Sharon plain, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hefer Valley Regional Council....
  • Givat Shapira
    Givat Shapira

    Givat Shapira is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the Sharon plain near Netanya, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hefer Valley Regional Council....
  • Hadar Am
    Hadar Am

    Hadar Am is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the Sharon plain near Netanya, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hefer Valley Regional Council....
  • Haniel
    Haniel, Israel

    Haniel is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the Sharon plain near Netanya and Kfar Yona, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hefer Valley Regional Council....
  • Havatzelet HaSharon
    Havatzelet HaSharon

    Havatzelet HaSharon is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the Sharon plain near Netanya, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hefer Valley Regional Council....
  • Herev Le'et
    Herev Le'et

    Herev Le'et is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the Israeli coastal plain to the south of Hadera and covering 1,750 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hefer Valley Regional Council....
  • Hibat Tzion
    Hibat Tzion

    Hibat Tzion is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the Israeli coastal plain near Hadera and covering 4,500 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hefer Valley Regional Council....
  • Hogla
    Hogla, Israel

    Hogla is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the Israeli coastal plain to the south of Hadera, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hefer Valley Regional Council....
  • Kfar Haim
    Kfar Haim

    Kfar Haim is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the Israeli coastal plain near Netanya, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hefer Valley Regional Council....
  • Kfar Haroeh
    Kfar Haroeh

    Kfar Haroeh is a religious moshav in central Israel. Located in the Israeli coastal plain between Hadera and Netanya, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hefer Valley Regional Council....
  • Kfar Monash
    Kfar Monash

    Kfar Monash is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the northern part of the Sharon plain and covering 2,700 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hefer Valley Regional Council....
  • Kfar Vitkin
    Kfar Vitkin

    Kfar Vitkin is a moshav in central Israel. Located near Netanya, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hefer Valley Regional Council and was the first Jewish settlement in the valley....
  • Kfar Yedidia
    Kfar Yedidia

    Kfar Yedidia is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the Israeli coastal plain and covering 3,000 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hefer Valley Regional Council....
  • Mikhmoret
    Mikhmoret

    Mikhmoret is a moshav in central Israel. Located on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea around nine kilometres north of Netanya, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hefer Valley Regional Council....
  • Olesh
    Olesh

    Olesh is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the Sharon plain, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hefer Valley Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 796....
  • Ometz
    Ometz, Israel

    Ometz is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the Israeli coastal plain near Zemer, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hefer Valley Regional Council....


Communal settlements

  • Bat Hen
    Bat Hen

    Bat Hen is a communal settlement in central Israel. Located on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hefer Valley Regional Council....
  • Bat Hefer
    Bat Hefer

    Bat Hefer is an Israeli communal settlement in the Sharon plain, northwest of the Palestinian Authority city of Tulkarem on the other side of the Green Line ....
  • Beit Hazon
    Beit Hazon

    Beit Hazon is a neighbourhood of Kfar Haroeh in central Israel. The neighbourhood is generally regarded to be a communal settlement , but is not recognised as a separate entity by the local authority, Hefer Valley Regional Council....
  • Hofit
    Hofit

    Hofit is a communal settlement in central Israel. Located on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea near Netanya, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hefer Valley Regional Council....
  • Shoshanat HaAmakim
    Shoshanat HaAmakim

    Shoshanat HaAmakim is a communal settlement in central Israel. Located to the north of Netanya, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hefer Valley Regional Council....
  • Tzukei Yam
    Tzukei Yam

    Tzukei Yam is a communal settlement in central Israel. Located on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea to the north of Netanya, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hefer Valley Regional Council, of which it is the westernmost community....


Youth villages

  • Mevo'ot Yam
    Mevo'ot Yam

    Mevo'ot Yam is a youth village in central Israel founded in 1951. Located on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea near Mikhmoret, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hefer Valley Regional Council....


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