Hamadiah Colony
June 21, 2025
Moshav Ma’oz Haim
June 21, 2025Sde Eliyahu is a religious kibbutz located approximately five kilometers south of Beisan (Beit She’an), established in 1939 on the lands of the depopulated Palestinian village of Arab al-‘Arida, in the District of Baysan. The kibbutz was founded to the east of the village site.
As of 2021, the population of the settlement was 694 settlers.
Sources:
- Information about the village of Arab al-‘Aridafrom “To Remember” by Walid Khalidi
- Israeli sources were also used due to the scarcity of Arabic-language sources (including Israeli postal code data).