Merkaz Hever

Merkaz Hever (Hebrew: מֶרְכַּז חֶבֶר) is a communal settlement in the Ta'anakh region in northern Israel. It belongs to the Gilboa Regional Council.

The community was founded originally in 1958 as a regional center for the three neighboring communities: Barak, Adirim, and Devorah.

In 1982 it was expanded and converted to a communal settlement.

The name Merkaz Hever is connected to Yael, the wife of Hever the Kenite (Judges 4:17), after whom another communal settlement nearby is named (Merkaz Yael). The story described in Judges took place in this area.

Gilboa Regional Council

Kibbutzim	Beit Alfa Beit HaShita Ein Harod (Ihud) Ein Harod (Meuhad) Geva Heftziba Tel Yosef Yizre'el

Moshavim	Adirim Avital Barak Dvora Gadish Kfar Yehezkel Magen Shaul Meitav Mle'a Prazon Ram-On Ramat Tzvi

Community settlements	Gan Ner Gidona Merkaz Hever Merkaz Omen Merkaz Yael Moledet Nir Yafeh

Arab villages	Muqeible Na'ura Taibe Tamra Sandala

Coordinates: 32°32′52.08″N 35°15′52.91″E / 32.5478000°N 35.2646972°E / 32.5478000; 35.2646972

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