She'ar Yashuv

She'ar Yashuv

שְׁאָר יָשׁוּב‎
She'ar Yashuv שְׁאָר יָשׁוּב‎
	She'ar Yashuv
	Coordinates: 33°13′35″N 35°38′48″E / 33.22639°N 35.64667°E
Country	Israel
District	Northern
Council	Mevo'ot HaHermon
Affiliation	HaOved HaTzioni
Founded	1940
Founded by	HaNoar HaTzioni and; HaOved HaTzioni members
Population (2022)	649

She'ar Yashuv (Hebrew: שְׁאָר יָשׁוּב) is a moshav in northern Israel. Located in the Upper Galilee in the northeastern Hula Valley, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mevo'ot HaHermon Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 649.^[1]

The moshav came to public awareness after the 1997 Israeli helicopter disaster, when two IDF helicopters collided in midair above the settlement, killing 73 people on board.

Name

The name "She'ar Yashuv" (Hebrew: שאר ישוב, lit. 'the remnant shall return/a few will return') is based on the eponymous son of the prophet Isaiah (see Isaiah 7:3).

History

She'ar Yashuv was first founded in February 1940 along with Beit Hillel as part of the Tower and Stockade system by 30 families from the HaNoar HaTzioni ("Zionist Youth") and HaOved HaTzioni ("Zionist Workers"). It was originally called Metzadat Ussishkin Gimel, lit. "Ussishkin Fortress (No.) 3", named after Menahem Ussishkin, before being renamed Aleh Reish ("Go Up, Take Possession"). The present name is taken from the Book of Isaiah 10:21 ("A remnant will return, (the remnant of Jacob)").

When the battles of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War ended and a ceasefire was declared at the end of 1948, most of the inhabitants abandoned the community because of artillery shells fired by Syria from Tel Azaziat, which overlooks the village from the east. In 1949 it was resettled by remnants of the original community. This time, by members of HaNoar HaTzioni from Hungary who survived the Holocaust and had come to Israel during the war. After the war it also gained some land that had belonged to the depopulated Palestinian village of al-Mansura.^[2]