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Ga'ash

גַּעַשׁ‎
Ga'ash גַּעַשׁ‎
	Ga'ash Ga'ash
	Coordinates: 32°13′45″N 34°49′33″E / 32.22917°N 34.82583°E
Country	Israel
District	Central
Council	Hof HaSharon
Affiliation	Kibbutz Movement
Founded	5 July 1951
Founded by	South American Hashomer Hatzair members
Population (2022)	946
Website	gaash.co.il

Ga'ash (Hebrew: גַּעַשׁ, lit. 'Storm') is a kibbutz in central Israel. Located in the coastal plain to the north of Tel Aviv, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof HaSharon Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 946.^[1]

Etymology

The village was named after the Biblical mountain of Gaash,^[2] beside the grave of Joshuah in Ephraim (Joshuah 24:30).^{[citation needed]}

Ga'ash is located on lands which used to belong to the depopulated Palestinian village of Khirbat al-Zababida.^[3]

The kibbutz was established on 5 July 1951 by a group of immigrants from South America who were members of the Latin America "A Group" of Hashomer Hatzair. The founders had defended Negba during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and had formed the kibbutz community at Ahli Kahsem near Bnei Zion in November 1949.^{[citation needed]}

^ ^a ^b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
^ Carta (1993). Carta's Official Guide to Israel and Complete Gazetteer to all Sites in the Holy Land (3rd ed.). Jerusalem, Israel: Carta. p. 159. ISBN 9789652201867.
^ Khalidi, W. (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 567. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.