Gadot
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| Etymology: Banks | |
  Gadot  Gadot | |
| Coordinates:33°1′5″N35°37′2″E / 33.01806°N 35.61722°E /33.01806; 35.61722 | |
| Country |  Israel |
| District | Northern |
| Council | Upper Galilee |
| Affiliation | Kibbutz Movement |
| Founded | 1949 |
| Founded by | HaKibbutz HaMeuhad |
| Population (2023)[1] | 480 |
Gadot (Hebrew:גדות,lit. 'Banks') is akibbutz in northernIsrael. Located in theKorazim Plateau, it falls under the jurisdiction ofUpper Galilee Regional Council. In 2023, it had a population of 480.[1]
Kibbutz Gadot (originallyHagovrim[2]) was founded in 1949 on the site of the destroyed moshava ofMishmar HaYarden byNahal youth fromHaNoar HaOved VeHaLomed andHolocaust survivors, members ofHaKibbutz HaMeuhad. It was renamed to Gadot in 1955[3] due its proximity to the banks of theJordan River.
During the 1950s and 1960s, the kibbutz suffered from several assaults by theSyrian Army and was hit by many artillery bombardments.[4] On 7 April 1967, when 6 SyrianMiG 21s were shot down, the kibbutzsuffered a severe bombardment during which almost all of its buildings were hit. Two months later, during theSix-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 byHava Alberstein - "My daughter, are you laughing or crying?"[5] During theYom 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 the1949 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 betweenMandatory Palestine and theFrench Mandate of Syria.
The kibbutz's local industries are: crops,avocado,citrus,chickens, hostessing, and aplastics factory for wrapping materials.
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