Ma'agan

Ma'agan מַעֲגָן
Ma'agan
Coordinates: 32°42′23″N 35°36′0″E
Country	Israel
District	Northern
Council	Emek HaYarden
Affiliation	Kibbutz Movement
Founded	1949
Founded by	Transylvanian immigrants
Population  (2022)[1]	395

Ma'agan (Hebrew: מַעֲגָן, lit. 'Harbour') is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located on the southern shore of the Sea of Galilee, it falls under the jurisdiction of Emek HaYarden Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 395.^[1]

History

The village was founded in 1949 by immigrants from Transylvania on land that had belonged to the Arab village of Samakh, which was depopulated in 1948.^[2][3] Notable residents include Ami Ayalon, who grew up in the kibbutz.

Due to the fact it was situated in the Israel–Syria demilitarised zone under the 1949 Armistice Agreements, Ma'agan was claimed by Syria as its territory during negotiations for a peace agreement in the 1990s. The Israeli government rejected the claims, as it would have led to Syria having territory west of the 1923 border between Mandatory Palestine and the French Mandate of Syria.

References

1. "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
2. Morris, Benny (2004), The Birth Of The Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited, Cambridge University Press, p xxii ISBN 0-521-00967-7
3. Khalidi, Walid (1992), All That Remains, Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies, p. 538, ISBN 0-88728-224-5