Kinneret, Israel
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| Coordinates: 32°43′20.99″N 35°33′51.48″E / 32.7224972°N 35.5643000°ECoordinates: 32°43′20.99″N 35°33′51.48″E / 32.7224972°N 35.5643000°E | |
| District | Northern |
| Council | Emek HaYarden |
| Founded | 1908 |
| Founded by | Baron Edmond de Rothschild and the JCA; settled by local Jewish farmers |
| Population (2015) | 627 |
Kinneret (Hebrew: כִּנֶּרֶת, also known as Moshavat Kinneret to distinguish it from the neighbouring settlement of Kvutzat Kinneret, which is organised as a kibbutz) is a moshava on the southwestern shore of the Sea of Galilee in Israel. Located in the north of the Jordan Valley, 6 kilometers south of Tiberias, it falls under the jurisdiction of Emek HaYarden Regional Council. The village sits at around 185 meters below sea level, and in 2015 it had a population of 627.
Kinneret Farm, an experimental training farm, was founded at the same time as the moshava and adjacent to it, as a separate and autonomous project. It is dealt with in the "History" paragraph.
The name of Moshavat Kinneret derives from an ancient Canaanite town, which was however located close to the other, northern end of the lake's western shore. According to the Hebrew Bible, the town of Kinneret fell into the allotment of the tribe of Naphtali (Joshua 19:35), while the area of modern Moshavat Kinneret was probably also part of Naphtali, or (depending on interpretation) of Issachar or Zebulun. In the Hebrew Bible the Sea of Galilee was named Yam Kinneret, lit. the Sea of Kinneret, another reason for the name chosen for the moshava. The nearby ancient town of Bet Yerah was not inhabited during the time of the kingdoms of Israel and is thus not mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, its main relevance to the moshava being that it gave its name to the local high school, which is attended by children from the entire area, not just Moshavat Kinneret.
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