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74-552: Rosh Pina is located north of the Sea of Galilee , on the eastern slopes of Mount Kna'an, approximately 2 km (1 mi) east of the city of Safed , 420 m (1,378 ft) above sea level, latitude north 32° 58', longitude east 35° 31'. North of Rosh Pina is Lake Hula , which was a swamp area drained in the 1950s. In the spring of 1878, the Arab village of al-Ja'una sold half its lands, about 2,500 dunum, to Jews from Safed in order to fund

148-526: A Headwater Diversion Plan that would have blocked the flow of water into the Sea of Galilee, sharply reducing the water flow into the lake. This project and Israel's attempt to block these efforts in 1965 were factors which played into regional tensions culminating in the 1967 Six-Day War. During the war, Israel captured the Golan Heights , which contain some of the sources of water for the Sea of Galilee. Up until

222-610: A desalination plant to treat the water coming from the Sea of Galilee and demanded a new water source for the city. March 2018 was the lowest point in water income to the lake since 1927. In September 2018 the Israeli energy and water office announced a project to pour desalinated water from the Mediterranean Sea into the Sea of Galilee using a tunnel. The tunnel is expected to be the largest of its kind in Israel and will transfer half of

296-582: A Nili carrier pigeon, which led to the arrest and torture of his sister Sarah and other members of the underground. After the war, Weizmann called on Aaronsohn to work on the Versailles Peace Conference . On 15 May 1919, under unclear circumstances, Aaronsohn was killed in an airplane crash over the English Channel while on his way to France. Some blamed the British government. Aaronsohn died

370-452: A bachelor and had no children. His research on Palestine and Transjordan flora , as well as part of his exploration diaries, were published posthumously. After Aaronsohn's death, the director of British Military Intelligence confirmed that Allenby's victory would not have been possible without the information supplied by the Aaronsohn group. The standard author abbreviation Aarons.

444-459: A continuous ribbon development of settlements and villages around the lake and plenty of trade and ferrying by boat. The Synoptic Gospels of Mark 1 :14–20), Matthew 4 :18–22), and Luke 5 :1–11) describe how Jesus recruited four of his apostles from the shores of the Kinneret: the fishermen Simon and his brother Andrew and the brothers John and James . One of Jesus' famous teaching episodes,

518-550: A diameter of around 230 feet (70 m), is made of boulders and stones. The ruins are estimated to be between 2,000 and 12,000 years old and are about 10 metres (33 ft) underwater. The estimated weight of the monument is over 60,000 tons. Researchers explain that the site resembles early burial sites in Europe and was likely built in the early Bronze Age . In February 2018, archaeologists discovered seven intact mosaics with Greek inscriptions. One inscription, at five meters one of

592-621: A gorge, from which, as we descended it, a magnificent view was obtained over the Jordan valley, with the Lake of Tiberias lying three thousand feet below us on the right, and the waters of Merom, or the Lake of Huleh, on the left. The intervening plain was only waiting for development. The new colony has been established about eight months, the land having been purchased from the Moslem villagers, of whom twenty families remained, who lived on terms of perfect amity with

666-527: A large scale today with the exception of einkorn , a different ancient species, which is currently just a relict crop. This discovery made Aaronsohn world-famous and, on a trip to the United States, he was able to secure financial backing for a research station established in Atlit in 1909. Aaronsohn built up a large collection of geological and botanical samples and established a library. Aaronsohn served as

740-497: A leading expert on the subject. On his 1906 field trip to Mount Hermon , while trekking around the Upper Galilee in the area of Rashaya in what is now Lebanon , he discovered Triticum dicoccoides , whom he considered to be the "mother of wheat", an important find for agronomists and historians of human civilization. Geneticists have proven that wild emmer is indeed an ancestor of most domesticated wheat strands cultivated on

814-680: A modern Arab school there, but had some serious clashes with the Al-Zanghariyya Bedouin tribe. Moshe David Shub (born 1854 in Moinești ; died 1938 in Jerusalem ) had been sent ahead to find and purchase an appropriate piece of land. Born as Moşe David Iancovici, in Palestine he became known as: שו"ב, Shub, a Hebrew abbreviation of the name of his profession, שוחט ובודק, read " shochet u-bodék", butcher and examiner [of kosher meat]; ("shuv" has also

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888-636: A new colony in the north of the country. He left Metulla to establish an organization for agricultural technology. Together with a member of the German Templer community he launched a business for importing and selling agricultural machines such as reapers, harrows and combine harvesters using modern marketing methods. Another company he established sold gasoline-operated pumps, a centrifuge for separating cream and making butter, and fertilizers. He also imported different varieties of seeds and vines. He botanically mapped Palestine and its surroundings and became

962-656: A number of fish species such as Mirogrex terraesanctae . The Fishing and Agricultural Division of the Ministry of Water and Agriculture of Israel lists 10 families of fish living in the lake, with a total of 27 species – 19 native and 8 introduced species . Local fishermen talk of four types of fish: "مشط musht" ( tilapia ); sardin (the Kinneret bleak, Mirogrex terraesanctae ); "بني biny" or Jordan barbel, Luciobarbus longiceps ( barb-like ); and North African sharptooth catfish ( Clarias gariepinus ). The tilapia species include

1036-403: A result of strong rains and a radical decrease in pumping. During the entire 2018–19 rainy season the water level rose by a historical record of 3.47 meters (11.4 ft), while the 2019–20 winter brought a 2.82 meters (9 ft 3 in) rise. The Water Authority dug a new canal in order to let 5 billion liters (1.1 × 10  imp gal; 1.3 × 10  U.S. gal) of water flow from

1110-504: A scientific consultant to Djemal Pasha during a crop-destroying desert locust invasion in 1915. In March–October of that year, the locusts stripped the country of almost all vegetation. Aaronsohn and the team fighting the locust invasion was given permission to move around the area known as Southern Syria (including modern day Israel) and made detailed maps of the areas they surveyed. Aaronsohn also collected strategic information about Ottoman camps and troop deployment. In 1918, Aaronsohn

1184-503: A thousand acres of excellent land, which they were able to purchase at from three to four dollars an acre. The Russians are establishing themselves about half a mile from the Roumanians, as Jews of different nationalities easily get on well together. They call the colony Rosch Pina, or "Head of the Corner," the word occurring in the verse, "The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become

1258-573: Is 166.7 km (64.4 sq mi) at its fullest, and its maximum depth is approximately 43 metres (141 ft). The lake is fed partly by underground springs, but its main source is the Jordan River , which flows through it from north to south with the outflow controlled by the Degania Dam . The Sea of Galilee is situated in northeast Israel , between the Golan Heights and the Galilee region, in

1332-521: Is a freshwater lake in Israel . It is the lowest freshwater lake on Earth and the second-lowest lake in the world (after the Dead Sea , a salt lake ), with its elevation fluctuating between 215 and 209 metres (705 and 686 ft) below sea level (depending on rainfall). It is approximately 53 km (33 mi) in circumference, about 21 km (13 mi) long, and 13 km (8.1 mi) wide. Its area

1406-419: Is an ancient fishing boat from the 1st century AD, and although there is no evidence directly linking the boat to Jesus and his disciples, it nevertheless is an example of the kind of boat that Jesus and his disciples, some of whom were fishermen, may have used. During a routine sonar scan in 2003 (finding published in 2013), archaeologists discovered an enormous conical stone structure. The structure, which has

1480-449: Is indeed the ancestor of most domesticated wheat strands cultivated on a large scale today with the exception of durum wheat; einkorn , a different ancient species, is currently just a relict crop. Rosh Pina had the first Hebrew-language school in the Galilee, in 1899. The principal Yishaq Epstein also enrolled four Arab children in the school. Ben Ya'akov Airport (Mahanaim Airport)

1554-497: Is located 2.1 km (1 mi) away from Rosh Pina. The Mifne Center, which means turning point, a program for the treatment of autism spectrum disorder, is situated in Rosh Pina. [REDACTED] Media related to Rosh Pina at Wikimedia Commons Sea of Galilee The Sea of Galilee ( Hebrew : יָם כִּנֶּרֶת , Judeo-Aramaic : יַמּא דטבריא, גִּנֵּיסַר, Arabic : بحيرة طبريا ), also called Lake Tiberias or Kinneret ,

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1628-472: Is unique to the lake, Tristramella sacra , used to spawn in the marsh and has not been seen since the 1990s droughts. Conservationists fear this species may have become extinct . Low water levels in drought years have stressed the lake's ecology . This may have been aggravated by over-extraction of water for either the National Water Carrier to supply other parts of Israel or, since 1994, for

1702-534: The Jordan Rift Valley , formed by the separation of the African and Arabian plates. Consequently, the area is subject to earthquakes , and in the past, volcanic activity. This is evident from the abundant basalt and other igneous rocks that define the geology of Galilee . The lake has been called by different names throughout its history, usually depending on the dominant settlement on its shores. With

1776-512: The Kinneret Farm at the same time as and next to Moshavat Kinneret in the immediate vicinity of the lake. The farm trained Jewish immigrants in modern farming. One group of youth from the training farm established Kvutzat Degania in 1909–1910, popularly considered as the first kibbutz , another group founded Kvutzat Kinneret in 1913, and yet another the first proper kibbutz, Ein Harod , in 1921,

1850-611: The Sermon on the Mount , is supposed to have been given on a hill overlooking the Kinneret. Many of his miracles are also said to have occurred here including his walking on water , calming the storm , the disciples and the miraculous catch of fish , and his feeding five thousand people (in Tabgha ). In John's Gospel the sea provides the setting for Jesus' third post-resurrection appearance to his disciples ( John 21 ). In 135 CE, Bar Kokhba's revolt

1924-658: The Sinai and Palestine Campaign . Owing to information supplied by Nili to the British Army concerning the locations of oases in the desert, General Allenby was able to mount a surprise attack on Beersheba , bypassing strong Ottoman defenses in Gaza . In 1917, Chaim Weizmann sent Aaronsohn on a political campaign to the USA. While there, Aaronsohn learned that the Ottoman authorities had intercepted

1998-622: The Umayyad Caliphate and subsequent Islamic empires. The palace of Minya was built by the lake during the reign of al-Walid I (705–715 CE). Apart from Tiberias, the major towns and cities in the area were gradually abandoned. In 1187, Sultan Saladin defeated the armies of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem at the Battle of Hattin , largely because he was able to cut the Crusaders off from

2072-565: The "Sea of Minya", after the Umayyad qasr complex, whose ruins are still visible at Khirbat al-Minya . This is the name used by the medieval Persian and Arab scholars Al-Baladhuri , Al-Tabari and Ibn Kathir . In 1989, remains of a hunter-gatherer site were found under the water at the southern end. Remains of mud huts were found in Ohalo . Nahal Ein Gev, located about 3 km (1.9 mi) east of

2146-489: The Galilean tilapia ( Sarotherodon galilaeus ), the blue tilapia ( Oreochromis aureus ), and the redbelly tilapia ( Tilapia zillii ). Fish caught commercially include Tristramella simonis and the Galilean tilapia, locally called "St. Peter's fish". In 2005, 300 short tons (270 t) of tilapia were caught by local fishermen. This dropped to 8 short tons (7.3 t) in 2009 because of overfishing . A fish species that

2220-703: The Germans, and Aaronsohn feared the Jews would suffer the same fate as the Armenians under the Turks. Together with his assistant Avshalom Feinberg , his sister Sarah Aaronsohn and a few others, Aaronsohn organized Nili , a ring of Jewish residents of Palestine who spied for Britain during World War I . He recommended the plan of attack through Beersheba that General Edmund Allenby ultimately used to take Jerusalem in December 1917 as part of

2294-536: The Hebrew meaning of "once again", or "return!", an allusion to the main principle of Zionism ; in Hebrew the same letter [ב] is used for "v" and "b"). Laurence Oliphant collected funds for Rosh Pina from Christadelphians and other sympathizers in Britain. He wrote about his visit to Rosh Pina in 1886: " Jauna , which was the name of the village to which I was bound, was situated about three miles (5 km) from Safed, in

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2368-424: The Jews were unwilling to do the same and left.. Gei Oni was established some 3 months before Petah Tikva , although for various historical reasons the latter is generally considered the first. In 1882, the settlement was renewed as a moshavah by immigrants from Romania , who named it Rosh Pinna (" cornerstone ") after Psalm 118:22 : "The stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone". Rosh Pinna

2442-463: The Jews. These consisted of twenty-three Roumanian and four Russian families, numbering in all one hundred and forty souls. The greater number were hard at work on their potato-patches when I arrived, and I was pleased to find evidences of thrift and industry. A row of sixteen neat little houses had been built, and more were in process or erection. Altogether this is the most hopeful attempt at a colony which I have seen in Palestine. The colonists own about

2516-456: The Mediterranean desalted water and will move 300 to 500 million cubic meters of water per year. The plan is said to cost five billion shekels. Since the beginning of the 2018–19 rainy season, the Sea of Galilee has risen considerably. From being near the ecologically dangerous black line of −214.4 m, the level has risen by April 2020 to just 16 cm (6.3 in) below the upper red line,

2590-466: The New Testament. Alonzo Ketcham Parker, a 19th-century American traveler, called visiting the Sea of Galilee "a 'fifth gospel' which one read devoutly, his heart overflowing with quiet joy". In April 2011, Israel unveiled a 40-mile (64 km) hiking trail in Galilee for Christian pilgrims, called the " Jesus Trail ". It includes a network of footpaths, roads and bicycle paths linking sites central to

2664-483: The Ottoman era, stands near Kibbutz Ha'on on the lakeshore, commemorating the Turkish pilots whose monoplanes crashed en route to Jerusalem. The warm waters of the Sea of Galilee support various flora and fauna, which have supported a significant commercial fishery for more than two millennia. Local flora include various reeds along most of the shoreline as well as phytoplankton . Fauna include zooplankton , benthos and

2738-518: The Sea of Galilee's water level began in 1969, and the lowest level recorded since then was November 2001, which today constitutes the "black line" of 214.87 meters below sea level (although it is believed that in the first half of the 20th century, the water level had fallen lower than the current black line at times of drought). The Israeli government monitors water levels and publishes the results daily. Increasing water demand in Israel, Lebanon and Jordan, as well as dry winters, have resulted in stress on

2812-756: The age of six. His parents were among the founders of Zikhron Ya'akov , one of the pioneer Jewish agricultural settlements of the First Aliyah . He had two sisters, Sarah and Rivka, and a brother, Alexander . Aaronsohn was the first car-owner in Palestine and one of the first to own a bicycle, which he brought back from France. The languages Aaronsohn spoke at home were Yiddish and Hebrew , but he also knew English, Arabic, Turkish, French, German, and some Italian. After studying agriculture in France, sponsored by Baron Edmond de Rothschild , Aaronsohn worked in Metulla , then

2886-444: The area, a lake was formed, with an asymmetrical bottom—steeper in the east and a gentler in the west. In the southern part an underwater cliff is present, covered by the lake's sediments. The cliff is distinct in the western part and less so in the east. The Sea of Galilee in its current form was preceded by Lake Lisan , which extended from the northern Sea of Galilee to Hatzeva in the south, more than 200 km (120 mi) from

2960-467: The armistice line was "not to be interpreted as having any relation whatsoever to ultimate territorial arrangements." Syria remained in possession of the lake's northeast shoreline until the 1967 Arab-Israeli war . In the 1950s, Israel formulated a plan to link the Kinneret with the rest of the country's water infrastructure via the National Water Carrier , in order to supply the water demand of

3034-405: The building of rafts on Lavnun Beach , called Rafsodia. Here many different age groups work together to build a raft with their bare hands and then sail that raft across the sea. Other economic activities include fishing in the lake and agriculture , particularly bananas , dates, mangoes, grapes and olives in the fertile belt of land surrounding it. The Turkish Aviators Monument, erected during

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3108-603: The carve-up of the Ottoman territories between Britain and France, it was agreed that Britain would retain control of Palestine while France would control Syria. This required the allies to fix the border between the Mandatory Palestine and the French Mandate of Syria . The boundary was defined in broad terms by the Franco-British Boundary Agreement of December 1920, which drew it across the middle of

3182-753: The changing fate of the towns, the lake's name also changed. The modern Hebrew name Kineret comes from the Hebrew Bible , where it appears as the "sea of Kineret" in Numbers 34:11 and Joshua 13:27 , and spelled כנרות "Kinerot" in Hebrew in Joshua 11:2 . This name was also found in the scripts of Ugarit , in the Aqhat Epic . As the name of a city, Kinneret was listed among the "fenced cities" in Joshua 19:35 . A persistent, though likely erroneous, popular etymology presumes that

3256-519: The city of Tiberias founded on its western shore in honour of the second Roman emperor, Tiberius . In the New Testament, the term "sea of Galilee" ( Greek : θάλασσαν τῆς Γαλιλαίας , thalassan tēs Galilaias ) is used in the Gospel of Matthew 4:18; 15:29 , the Gospel of Mark 1:16; 7:31 , and in the Gospel of John 6:1 as "the sea of Galilee, which is [the sea] of Tiberias" (θαλάσσης τῆς Γαλιλαίας τῆς Τιβεριάδος, thalassēs tēs Galilaias tēs Tiberiados ),

3330-444: The country. This has allowed it to significantly reduce the amount of water pumped from the lake annually in an effort to restore and improve its ecological environment, as well as respond to some of the most extreme drought conditions in hundreds of years affecting the lake's intake basin since 1998. Therefore, it was expected that in 2016 only about 25 million m (880 million cu ft) of water would be drawn from

3404-556: The emigration of some of the villagers to the Hauran . Led by Elazar Rokah, the Jews moved into al-Ja'una, living among the Arabs for fear of being unable to cope with Bedouin raids on their own. They called their settlement Gei Oni ("Valley of my Strength") as a Hebrew adaptation of the Arabic name. After one year of good harvests, a year of drought saw the Arabs mortgage their lands to money lenders, but

3478-647: The growing country. The carrier was completed in 1964. The Israeli plan, to which the Arab League opposed while endorsing its own plan to divert the headwaters of the Jordan River , sparked political and sometimes even armed confrontations over the Jordan basin . The lake lies in the center of the Jordan Valley, in the northern part of the Syrian-African rift . Several directions of tectonic movements characterize

3552-571: The head of the comer." According to a census conducted in 1922 by the British Mandate authorities , Rosh Pinna had a population of 468 inhabitants, consisting of 460 Jews, 4 Muslims and 4 Christians. Botanist Aaron Aaronsohn , while trekking around Rosh Pina during his 1906 field trip, discovered wild-growing emmer ( Triticum dicoccoides ), whom he considered to be the "mother of wheat", an important find for agronomists and historians of human civilization. Geneticists have proven that wild emmer

3626-472: The inhabitants of Syria would be maintained; the government of Syria would have the right to erect a new pier at Semakh on Lake Tiberias or jointly use the existing pier; persons or goods passing between the landing-stage on the Lake of Tiberias and Semakh would not be subject to customs regulations, and the Syrian government would have access to the said landing-stage; the inhabitants of Syria and Lebanon would have

3700-405: The lake and a decreasing water line to dangerously low levels at times. The Sea of Galilee is at risk of becoming irreversibly salinized by the salt water springs under the lake, which are held in check by the weight of the freshwater on top of them. After five years of drought up to 2018, the Sea of Galilee was expected to drop near the black line. In February 2018, the city of Tiberias requested

3774-428: The lake directly into the Jordan River, bypassing the existing dams system for technical and financial reasons. The National Water Carrier of Israel , completed in 1964, transports water from the lake to the population centers of Israel, and in the past supplied most of the country's drinking water. In 2016 the lake supplied approximately 10% of Israel's drinking water needs. In 1964, Syria attempted construction of

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3848-426: The lake for Israeli domestic consumption, a small fraction of the amount typically drawn from the lake over the previous decades. Tourism around the Sea of Galilee is an important economic segment. Historical and religious sites in the region draw both local and foreign tourists. The Sea of Galilee is an attraction for Christian pilgrims who visit Israel to see the places where Jesus performed miracles according to

3922-615: The lake, contains a village from the late Natufian period. The site is considered one of the first permanent human settlements in the world from a time predating the Neolithic Revolution . According to Sugimoto (2015), the Iron Age IB (1150–1000 BCE) cities in the northeastern region of the Sea of Galilee likely reflect the activities of the Kingdom of Geshur , mentioned in the Bible. Also,

3996-465: The lake. However, the commission established by the 1920 treaty redrew the boundary. The Zionist movement pressured the French and British to assign as many water sources as possible to Mandatory Palestine during the demarcating negotiations. The High Commissioner of Palestine, Herbert Samuel , had sought full control of the Sea of Galilee. The negotiations led to the inclusion into the Palestine territory of

4070-630: The late 1st century CE name. Sea of Tiberias is also the name mentioned in Roman texts and in the Jerusalem Talmud , and it was adopted into Arabic as Buḥayret Ṭabariyyā (بحيرة طبريا), "Lake Tiberias". Some writers use the spelling "Gallilee", for example Selah Merrill in a nineteenth century journal article. From the Umayyad through the Mamluk period, the lake was known in Arabic as Bahr al-Minya ,

4144-548: The later Iron Age IIA–B cities here are linked with the southern expansion of the Aram-Damascus kingdom. Among these Galilean cities are Tel Dover, Tel ‘En Gev, Tel Hadar, Tel Bethsaida, and Tel Kinrot. The Sea of Galilee lies on the ancient Via Maris , which linked Egypt with the northern empires. The Greeks , Hasmoneans , and Romans founded flourishing towns and settlements on the lake including Hippos and Tiberias . Contemporary Roman–Jewish historian Flavius Josephus

4218-661: The lives of Jesus and his disciples. It ends at Capernaum on the shores of the Sea of Galilee, where Jesus expounded his teachings. Another key attraction is the site where the Sea of Galilee's water flows into the Jordan River, to which thousands of pilgrims from all over the world come to be baptized every year. Israel's most well-known open water swim race, the Kinneret Crossing, is held every year in September, drawing thousands of open water swimmers to participate in competitive and noncompetitive events. Tourists also partake in

4292-429: The longest found to date in western Galilee, gives the names of donors and the names and positions of church officials, including Irenaeus, bishop of Tyre in 445. Another mosaic mentions a woman as a donor to the church's construction. This inscription is the first in the region to mention a female donor. The water level is monitored and regulated. There are three levels at which the alarm is rung: Daily monitoring of

4366-471: The mid-2010s, about 400 million m (14 billion cu ft) of water was pumped through the National Water Carrier each year. Under the terms of the Israel–Jordan peace treaty , Israel also supplies 50 million m (1.8 billion cu ft) of water annually from the lake to Jordan . In recent years the Israeli government has made extensive investments in water conservation , reclamation and desalination infrastructure in

4440-407: The name Kinneret may originate from the Hebrew word kinnor ("harp" or "lyre"), because of the shape of the lake. The scholarly consensus, however, is that the origin of the name is derived from the important Bronze and Iron Age city of Kinneret, excavated at Tell el-'Oreimeh. The city of Kinneret may have been named after the body of water rather than vice versa, and there is no evidence for

4514-402: The origin of the town's name. All Old and New Testament writers use the term "sea" (Hebrew יָם yam , Greek θάλασσα), with the exception of Luke , who calls it "the Lake of Gennesaret" ( Luke 5:1 ), from the Greek λίμνη Γεννησαρέτ ( limnē Gennēsaret ), the "Grecized form of Chinnereth". The Babylonian Talmud as well as Flavius Josephus mention the sea by the name "Sea of Ginosar" after

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4588-414: The present southernmost point of the lake. Lake Lisan was preceded by Lake Ovadia, a much smaller fresh water lake. Lake Kinneret was formed in its current form less than 20,000 years ago, as a result of tectonic subsidence and the shrinking up of Lake Lisan. In 1986 the Ancient Galilee Boat , also known as the Jesus Boat, was discovered on the northwest shore during a drought when water levels receded. It

4662-407: The region, mirroring the patterns typical of the entire Syrian-African rift: north–south movements, which started about 20 million years ago; stretching movements in the east–west direction, which began later, at the beginning of the Pleistocene (about 1.8 million years ago), and caused the subsidence of the lake area. As a result of horizontal shifts in the north–south direction and subsidence of

4736-420: The same fishing and navigation rights on Lakes Huleh, Tiberias and River Jordan, while the government of Palestine would be responsible for policing of lakes. On 15 May 1948, Syria invaded the newborn state of Israel, capturing territory along the Sea of Galilee. Under the 1949 armistice agreement between Israel and Syria, Syria occupied the northeast shoreline of the Sea of Galilee. The agreement stated that

4810-469: The same year when the first moshav , Nahalal , was established by a group trained at the farm. The Jewish settlements around Kinneret Farm are considered the cradle of the kibbutz culture of early Zionism ; Kvutzat Kinneret is the birthplace of Naomi Shemer , buried at the Kinneret Cemetery next to Rachel —two prominent national poets. In 1917, the British defeated Ottoman Turkish forces and took control of Palestine , while France took control of Syria. In

4884-413: The small fertile plain of Ginosar that lies on its western side. Ginosar is yet another name derived from "Kinneret". The word Galilee comes from the Hebrew Haggalil (הַגָלִיל), which literally means "The District", a compressed form of Gelil Haggoyim "The District of Nations" (Isaiah 8:23). Toward the end of the 1st century CE, the Sea of Galilee became widely known as the Sea of Tiberias after

4958-816: The supply of water to Jordan. Droughts of the early and mid-1990s dried out the marshy northern margin of the lake. It is hoped that drastic reductions in the amount of water pumped through the National Water Carrier will help restore the lake's ecology over the span of several years. The lake, with its immediate surrounds, has been recognised as an Important Bird Area by BirdLife International because it supports populations of black francolins and non-breeding griffon vultures as well as many wintering waterbirds, including marbled teals , great crested grebes , grey herons , great white egrets , great cormorants and black-headed gulls . Aaron Aaronsohn Alexander Aaronsohn (brother) Aaron Aaronsohn ( Hebrew : אהרון אהרנסון ) (21 May 1876 – 15 May 1919)

5032-472: The valuable fresh water of the Sea of Galilee. The lake had little importance within the early Ottoman Empire . Tiberias did see a significant revival of its Jewish community in the 16th century but had gradually declined until the city was destroyed in 1660 . In the early 18th century, Tiberias was rebuilt by Zahir al-Umar , becoming the center of his rule over Galilee, and seeing also a revival of its Jewish community. In 1908, Jewish pioneers established

5106-399: The whole Sea of Galilee, both sides of the River Jordan , Lake Hula , Dan spring, and part of the Yarmouk . The final border approved in 1923 followed a 10-meter wide strip along the lake's northeastern shore, cutting the Mandatory Syria ( State of Damascus ) off from the lake. The British and French Agreement provided that existing rights over the use of the waters of the River Jordan by

5180-414: Was a Romanian-born Ottoman agronomist , botanist , and political activist , who lived most of his life in Ottoman Syria . Aaronsohn was the discoverer of emmer ( Triticum dicoccoides ), believed to be "the mother of wheat ." He founded and was head of the NILI espionage network . Aaron Aaronsohn was born in Bacău, Romania , and brought to Palestine , then part of the Turkish Ottoman Empire , at

5254-423: Was one of the experts consulted for the purpose of demarcating the northern boundary of Palestine, focusing on the need for irrigation water. He envisaged a boundary that would assure the inclusion of the sources of the Jordan, Litani and Yarmuk rivers. His approach became the official Zionist baseline presented to the Peace Conference in Paris in February 1919. During World War I, the Ottomans had joined sides with

5328-658: Was one of the first modern Jewish agricultural settlements in the history of the Land of Israel , then part of the Ottoman Empire ( Turkey ). In 1883, it became the first Jewish settlement in the Land of Israel to come under the patronage of the Baron Edmond James de Rothschild . Rothschild's agent Joshua Ossovetski expanded the settlement with more land from Safed and Ja'una. Rosh Pinna had good relations with Ja'una, even establishing

5402-510: Was put down which was part of the Jewish–Roman wars . The Romans responded by banning all Jews from Jerusalem . The center of Jewish culture and learning shifted to the region of Galilee and the Kinneret, particularly Tiberias. It was in this region that the Jerusalem Talmud was compiled. The Sea of Galilee's importance declined when the Byzantines lost control, and the area was conquered by

5476-452: Was so impressed by the area that he wrote, "One may call this place the ambition of Nature"; he also reports a thriving fishing industry at this time, with 230 boats regularly working in the lake. Archaeologists discovered one such boat, nicknamed the Jesus Boat , in 1986. In the New Testament, much of the ministry of Jesus occurs on the shores of the Sea of Galilee. In those days, there was

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