Arbel

Arbel
אַרְבֵּל
Arbel is located in Northeast Israel
Arbel
Arbel
Coordinates: 32°48′44″N 35°28′57″E / 32.81222°N 35.48250°E / 32.81222; 35.48250
Grid position195/246 PAL
CountryIsrael
CouncilLower Galilee Regional Council
Founded1949
Founded byDemobilized IDF Soldiers
Population
 (2022)[1]
756

Arbel (Hebrew: אַרְבֵּל) is a moshav in northern Israel. Located beside Mount Arbel next to the Sea of Galilee near Tiberias, it falls under the jurisdiction of Lower Galilee Regional Council. In 2022 its population was 756.[1]

Arbel was established in 1949 by demobilized soldiers on the lands of the depopulated Arab-Palestinian village of Hittin.[2] It was initially a moshav shitufi, but became a moshav ovdim in 1959.

  1. ^ a b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  2. ^ Khalidi, 1992, p. 523