{{Short description|Moshav in central Israel}} {{Infobox Kibbutz | name = Ge'alya | hebname = {{Script/Hebrew|גְּאַלְיָה}} | image = פסל הדוגרת במושב גאליה.jpg | foundation = 1948 | founded_by = Bulgarian Jews | district = center | council = Gan Raveh | affiliation = Moshavim Movement | popyear = {{Israel populations|Year}} | population = {{Israel populations|Ge'alya}} | population_footnotes = {{Israel populations|reference}} | pushpin_map = Israel center ta | pushpin_mapsize = 250 | pushpin_label_position = bottom | coordinates = {{coord|31|53|6|N|34|45|58|E|display=inline,title}} | website = [http://www.gealya.co.il/ www.gealya.co.il] }}
'''Ge'alya''', sometimes written '''Galia''' ({{langx|he|גְּאַלְיָה}}), is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the coastal plain and covering 2,000 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gan Raveh Regional Council. In {{Israel populations|Year}} it had a population of {{Israel populations|Ge'alya}}.{{Israel populations|reference}}
==History== The moshav was founded in 1948 by immigrants from Bulgaria.<ref name=Khalidi408>{{cite book|title=All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_By7AAAAIAAJ |first1=Walid|last1=Khalidi|authorlink=Walid Khalidi|year=1992|location=Washington D.C.|publisher=Institute for Palestine Studies|isbn=0-88728-224-5|page=408}}</ref>
It is located south of the ancient site of Tel Shalaf, where Iron Age artifacts have been found.<ref>[http://www.hadashot-esi.org.il/report_detail_eng.aspx?id=437&mag_id=111 Yavne, Survey Map] Israel Antiquities Authority</ref> Tel Shalaf, is identified by some but not all scholars with the city of Eltekeh.<ref name=Gallagher/> Eltekeh appeared in Sennacherib's Annals as the site of a battle between the Assyrians and Egyptians in 701 BCE, and in the Bible as a Levitical city within the first Dan tribal area ({{bibleverse||Joshua|19:44|NKJV}} and {{bibleverse||Joshua|21:23|NKJV}}).<ref name=Gallagher>{{cite book | author = W. R. Gallagher | title = Sennacherib's Campaign to Judah | publisher = Brill | place = Leifen | year = 1999 | pages = 123–124}}</ref><ref>Carta's Official Guide to Israel and Complete Gazetteer to all Sites in the Holy Land. (3rd edition 1993) Jerusalem, Carta, p.163-164, {{ISBN|965-220-186-3}} (English)</ref>
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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20080625033203/http://www.gealya.co.il/ Official website] {{in lang|he}}
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Category:Bulgarian-Jewish culture in Israel Category:Moshavim Category:Populated places established in 1948 Category:Populated places in Central District (Israel) Category:1948 establishments in Israel