Gadot

For people with the name, see Gadot (surname).

Not to be confused with Godot (disambiguation).

Place in Northern, Israel

Gadot

Gadot

Coordinates: 33°1′5″N 35°37′2″E﻿ / ﻿33.01806°N 35.61722°E﻿ / 33.01806; 35.61722
Country| Israel (Claimed by Syria as Syrian territory occupied by Israel)
District| Northern
Council| Upper Galilee
Region| Quneitra of Syria
Affiliation| Kibbutz Movement
Founded| 1949
Founded by| HaKibbutz HaMeuhad
Population

(2021)[1]

| 447

Gadot (Hebrew: גָּדוֹת, lit. Banks) is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located in the Korazim Plateau, it falls under the jurisdiction of Upper Galilee Regional Council. In 2021, it had a population of 447.[1]

## History[edit]

Gadot was founded in the Demilitarized Zone, per the Israel–Syria Mixed Armistice Commission. Richard Nixon visiting Kibbutz Gadot, 24 June 1967

Kibbutz Gadot (originally Hagovrim) was founded in 1949 on the site of the destroyed moshava of Mishmar HaYarden by Nahal youth from HaNoar HaOved VeHaLomed and Holocaust survivors, members of HaKibbutz HaMeuhad. It was named Gadot due its proximity to the banks of the Jordan River.

During the 1950s and 1960s, the kibbutz suffered from several assaults by the Syrian Army and was hit by many artillery bombardments.[2] On 7 April 1967, when 6 Syrian MiG 21s were shot down, the kibbutz suffered a severe bombardment during which almost all of its buildings were hit. Two months later, during the Six-Day War, the kibbutz was once again bombarded and most of its buildings were destroyed or badly damaged. The state of the kibbutz and the turning-point of the war are evoked in a song performed by Hava Alberstein \- "My daughter, are you laughing or crying?"[3] During the Yom Kippur War, the kibbutz was hit once again, although to a lesser extent.

Due to the fact it was situated in the Israel-Syria DMZ under the 1949 Armistice Agreements, Gadot has been claimed by Syria as its own sovereign territory in the 1990s during negotiations for a peace agreement. The Israeli side rejected these claims, as it would have led to Syria having territory west of the 1923 border between Mandatory Palestine and the French Mandate of Syria.

## Economy[edit]

The kibbutz's local industries are: crops, avocado, citrus, chickens, hostessing, and a plastics factory for wrapping materials.

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
2. ^ Syrians Attack Jewish Settlement; Battle Lasts Two Days Jewish Telegraphic Agency, 21 July 1955
3. ^ Daughter are you laughing or crying Shironet

## External links[edit]

* The Quaternary of Israel: Gadot Formation
* Gadot tomb

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Upper Galilee Regional Council

Kibbutzim|

* Ami'ad
* Amir
* Ayelet HaShahar
* Bar'am
* Dan
* Dafna
* Gadot
* Gonen
* HaGoshrim
* Hulata
* Kadarim
* Kfar Blum
* Kfar Giladi
* Kfar HaNassi
* Kfar Szold
* Lehavot HaBashan
* Mahanayim
* Malkia
* Manara
* Ma'ayan Barukh
* Misgav Am
* Neot Mordechai
* Sasa
* Sde Nehemia
* Shamir
* Snir
* Tziv'on
* Yiftah
* Yir'on

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Quneitra Governorate of Syria

Quneitra District|

* Quneitra
* Bariqa
* Beer Ajam
* Hader
* Khan Arnabah
* Kirkis
* Jabah
* Jubata al-Khashab
* Madinat al-Baath
* Masharah
* Naba al-Sakher
* al-Qahtaniyah
* al-Qusaybah
* al-Rafid
* al-Suwaysah
* Umm Batinah

Fiq District|

* Sayda

Israeli settlements in the
Israeli-occupied Golan Heights|

| Town|

* Katzrin

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Kibbutzim|

* Afik
* Ein Zivan
* Ein Gev
* El Rom
* Gadot
* Geshur
* Kfar Haruv
* Ma'agan
* Merom Golan
* Metzar
* Mevo Hama
* Natur
* Ortal
* Snir
* Tel Katzir

Moshavim|

* Alonei HaBashan
* Ani'am
* Avnei Eitan
* Bnei Yehuda
* Eliad
* Givat Yoav
* Haspin
* Kanaf
* Keshet
* Kidmat Tzvi
* Ma'ale Gamla
* Mishmar HaYarden
* Neot Golan
* Neve Ativ
* Nimrod
* Nov
* Odem
* Ramat Magshimim
* Ramot
* Sha'al
* Yonatan

Community settlements|

* Had Nes
* HaOn
* Kela Alon
* Trump Heights

Syrian localities in
Israeli-occupied Golan Heights|

| Populated|

* Buq'ata
* Ein Qiniyye
* Ghajar
* Majdal Shams
* Mas'ade

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Depopulated|

* Al-Ahmadiyah
* Al-'Al
* Almin
* 'Ayn Fit
* Ain Hamra
* Ain Ziwan
* al-Birah
* al-Butayha
* Dabburah
* Dalwa
* Dayr Aziz
* Dayr Siras
* al-Eshshah
* Fiq
* Hafar
* Hatal
* Jabbin
* Jawziah
* Jubata ez-Zeit
* Kafr Harib
* Kafr al-Ma
* Kafr Naffakh
* Khisfin
* Khishniyah
* Khokhah
* Mumsiyah
* Qarahta
* Razzaniyah
* Saffuriyah
* Shayta
* al-Sindiyanah
* Skufiyah
* al-Summaqah
* Umm al-Dananir

Israeli settlements in italics were on the Mandatory Palestine side of the 1923 border.

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