Shlomo Gur
Shlomo Gur (Gerzovsky) (1913-2000) founder member of Kibbutz Tel Amal, credited with building the first homa u'migal (tower and stockade settlement), and subsequently managed the building of 57 of them between 1936 and 1939. Following the establishment of the state of Israel he was project manager of the Hebrew University, the National Library and the Knesset.[1]
The first homa u'migal settlement was constructed in the summer of 1936 by members of Kibbutz Tel Amal who needed to extend their control over surrounding land in the Beit She'an Valley whilst faced with hostility from the local Bedouin population. Shlomo Gur then consulted Jerusalem architect Yohanan Ratner who provided the blueprint for the subsequent constructions.
He was the first director of Israel's Military research department.
Gallery
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Preparing the foundations; watch tower being assembled on left; two Palestine Policemen in center.
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Fully constructed Homa Umigal in the Galilee; drilling for water in foreground.
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Shavei Tzion under construction.
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Gun positions and observation platform.
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Wall filled with earth and barbed wire perimeter fence.
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Aerial view of Bet Yosef, 1938.
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Sha'ar Hagolan, Palestine, 1937
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The watchtower being erected at Sha'ar Hagolan, 21 August 1937.
See also
References
- ↑ Segal, Rafi & Weizman, Eyal (editors) (2003) A civilian occupation. The politics of Israeli architecture. Verso. ISBN 1-85984-549-5. p.54 (Sharon Rotbard)