Yizre’el Colony (Kibbutz Yizre’el)
November 3, 2025
Nurit colony
November 3, 2025Ma’ale Gilboa is a religious kibbutz located on a mountain summit approximately 5 kilometers west of Beisan (Beit She’an). It was established in 1962 on the lands of the depopulated village of Khirbat al-Jawfa in the Jenin District. As of 2019, the settlement had a population of approximately 840 settlers.
Sources:
Due to the scarcity of Arabic sources, Hebrew sources were used:
- Official website of the settlement (Hebrew)
- Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics
- Palestine Remembered website (entry for the village of Khirbat al-Jawfa)