Netiv HaLamed-Heh

Netiv HaLamed-Heh נְתִיב הַל"ה
General view of Netiv HaLamed Heh
Netiv HaLamed-Heh
Coordinates: 31°41′16.5″N 34°59′01.2″E / 31.687917°N 34.983667°ECoordinates: 31°41′16.5″N 34°59′01.2″E / 31.687917°N 34.983667°E
District	Jerusalem
Council	Mateh Yehuda
Affiliation	Kibbutz Movement
Founded	16 August 1949
Founded by	Demobbed Palmach soldiers
Population (2011)	564
Website	www.netiv.org.il

Netiv HaLamed-Heh (Hebrew: נְתִיב הַל"ה, lit. Path of the 35) is a kibbutz in central Israel. Located in the Valley of Elah, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2011 it had a population of 564.^[1]

History

The village was established on 16 August 1949 by demobilised soldiers on land that had belonged to the depopulated Arab village of Bayt Nattif.^[2] The soldiers had been members of the Daled Company of the Palmach's Harel Brigade, and was initially named Peled (an acronym for Plugot Daled, lit. Daled Company). It was later renamed after the 35 Haganah soldiers killed in a convoy to resupply the Gush Etzion kibbutzim during the 1947–48 Civil War (Lamed-Heh is 35 in Hebrew numerals).^[3]

Notable residents

• Yiftah Ron-Tal
• Ya'akov Tzur

References

1. "Locality File" (XLS). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. 2011.
2. Khalidi, Walid (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 212. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
3. Netiv Ha-Lamed-He Jewish Virtual Library

External links

• Kibbutz website (Hebrew)