Bustan HaGalil
בֻּסְתַּן הַגָּלִיל | |
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Etymology: Orchard of the Galilee | |
Coordinates: 32°57′4″N 35°4′58″E / 32.95111°N 35.08278°E | |
Country | ![]() |
District | Northern |
Council | Mateh Asher |
Region | Western Galilee |
Affiliation | Agricultural Union |
Founded | 1948 |
Founded by | Romanian Holocaust survivors |
Population (2022)[1] | 1,328 |
Bustan HaGalil (Hebrew: בֻּסְתַּן הַגָּלִיל or בוסתן הגליל lit. Orchard of the Galilee) is a moshav in the Western Galilee in northern Israel. Located near Acre, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Asher Regional Council. As of 2022 its population was 1,328.[1]
It was founded in 1948 by Holocaust survivors from Romania and was located on the land of the depopulated Palestinian village of Al-Manshiyya, north of the village site.[2] The site had previously been used for the Sydney Smith Barracks, where the Armistice of Saint Jean d'Acre, which ended the Syria-Lebanon campaign of World War II in 1941, was signed.[3] [4] The name is symbolic, taken after the orchards in the area.[3]
After the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, residents of the moshav of Beit Yosef joined them.