Neve Ilan נוה אילן نفي إيلان | |
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  Neve Ilan | |
| Coordinates:31°48′30″N35°4′45″E / 31.80833°N 35.07917°E /31.80833; 35.07917 | |
| Country | Israel |
| District | Jerusalem |
| Council | Mateh Yehuda |
| Affiliation | Kibbutz Movement |
| Founded | October 1946 (kibbutz) 1971 (moshav) |
| Founded by | French Jews |
| Population (2022)[1] | 1,024 |
| Website | www.neve-ilan.co.il |
Neve Ilan (Hebrew:נְוֵה אִילָן, lit.Oasis of Ilan) is amoshav shitufi in centralIsrael. Located west ofJerusalem, it falls under thejurisdiction ofMateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 1,024.[1] Previously akibbutz, it remains a member of theKibbutz Movement despite its change in status to amoshav.
The land on which Neve Ilan is located was purchased by theJewish National Fund from anArabeffendi fromAbu Ghosh at the urging ofDavid Ben-Gurion in order to establish a "Kibbutz Army Post" to defend the Jerusalem road.
The initial 31 settlers were 17 young men and 14 young women, mostlyJewish immigrants fromFrance and Europe. After a short spell working inHadera they moved to Neve Ilan in October 1946; the settlement was initially a fortified post with bunkers and ammunition stores, with the residents living in tents, and later in two cabins. They used the effendi's stone house as their dining room, kitchen, and clinic.
At the end of November 1947, the road to Jerusalem was cut off, and the area from Neve Ilan toHulda, the starting point of the caravans, was controlled by the Arabs, who dominated the hilltops overlookingBab al-Wad all the way to the Neve Ilan plateau. On May 8,Palmach fighters, part of “Operation Macabee”, gathered at Neve Ilan in preparation for the attack on the village ofSaris, and the western approach to Bab al-Wad.
In January 1952 a forest in memory of Count Folke Bernadotte was planted at Neve Ilan.[2]
During the battles for the road toJerusalem, a generator and perimeter lighting were set up at the kibbutz, in order to proclaim that a Jewish settlement was situated there. At the start of the1948 Arab–Israeli War in late May 1948, theJordanian Legion, based inYalo, shelled Neve Ilan, causing heavy damage.
AfterOperation Nachshon and the battles for the road to Jerusalem, the settlers began construction at Neve Ilan. The original residents were joined by settlers from France andAlgeria, who had survived the nightmarish voyage on the ship,Exodus.
In 1956, the kibbutz was disbanded and vacated, due to economic and social problems.
In the late sixties, theYoung Judeans in America sent a group to establish an industrial village inIsrael. The members arrived in early 1970, and moved into the homes built by theJewish Agency, with the settlement re-established as a moshav in 1971.
In addition to agriculture, the moshav operates a hotel, established in 1982. Neve Ilan is home to the GG Studios, a large media complex that houses film and television studios where various Israeli broadcasts stations produce their content.[3]
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