Ein Zeitim
עין זיתים Spring of Olives | |
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Agricultural settlement | |
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  Ein Zeitim | |
| Coordinates: 32°59′49.92″N 35°29′9.25″E / 32.9972000°N 35.4859028°E | |
| Country | Ottoman Empire (1891–1917) |
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| First established | 1891 |
| Founded by | Dorshei Zion society from Minsk |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4.3 km2 (1.7 sq mi) |
| Population (1947) | |
| • Total | 100 |
| Eventually ceased to be populated and became part of a military base. | |
Ein Zeitim (Hebrew: עין זיתים, lit. Spring of Olives) was an agricultural settlement about 2 km north of Safed first established in 1891.[1]
- ^ Jacob Goldstein (April 1998). From fighters to soldiers: how the Israeli defense forces began. Sussex Academic Press. pp. 9–. ISBN 978-1-902210-02-5. Retrieved 16 May 2011.