HaOgen (Hebrew: העוגן, הָעֹגֶן, lit.'Anchor') is a kibbutz in central Israel. Located in the Sharon plain, it falls under the jurisdiction of Emek Hefer Regional Council and is affiliated with Hashomer Hatzair. In 2022 it had a population of 965.[1]

HaOgen
הָעֹגֶן
HaOgen is located in Central Israel
HaOgen
HaOgen
Coordinates: 32°21′49″N 34°55′25″E / 32.36361°N 34.92361°E / 32.36361; 34.92361
CountryIsrael
DistrictCentral
CouncilHefer Valley
AffiliationKibbutz Movement
Founded28 August 1947
Founded byCzechoslovak Jews
Population
 (2022)[1]
965
Websitehttp://www.haogen.org.il/

History

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The community was established on 22 April 1939 by Jewish refugees from Czechoslovakia. After spending eight years in a camp near Kfar Saba, they founded the kibbutz on 28 August 1947,[2] on land that had belonged to Wadi Qabbani.[3] The Jewish National Fund provided 700 dunams of land for the kibbutz.[4][5]

Notable people

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  2. ^ First first and last last Archived 2017-11-12 at the Wayback Machine HaOgen
  3. ^ Khalidi, Walid (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 566. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
  4. ^ "קמו שני ישובים חדשים". Al HaMishmar (in Hebrew). 29 August 1947.
  5. ^ Powers, Janet M. (2006). Blossoms on the Olive Tree: Israeli and Palestinian Women Working for Peace. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 9780275990015.