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Sign: Merhavia - Heritage Sites in Israel - The North-East Defense Post


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Kibbutz Merhavya, Merhavia (Kibbutz), Israel
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On the sign:
סמל המועצה לשימור אתרי מורשת בישראל
סמל מועצה אזורית עמק יזרעאל
סמל משרד התרבות והספורט
סמל קיבוץ מרחביה

עמדת ההגנה הצפון מזרחית
THE NORTH-EAST DEFENCE POST

מאז הקמתה של מרחביה ועד מלחמת העצמאות סבלה מרחביה מהתנכלותם של הכפרים הערבים סביבה: בתקופת הקואופרציה - מהכפר סולם שממזרח לה, ולפני מלחמת העצמאות מהכפר זרעין שמדרומה.
במיוחד גבר החשש בתקופת "המרד הערבי הגדול (1939-1936): על כן בנה הקיבוץ עמדות בטון בארבע פינותיו (בקיבוץ כונו עמדות אלה בשם "פילבוקס" למרות שבמקור כונו כך עמדות הגנה בריטיות עגולות, שדמו בצורתן לקופסת גלולות). את העמדות איישו "נוטרים": שוטרים מיוחדים שגויסו, אומנו וחומשו ע"י הבריטים למטרות הגנה על הישובים היהודים, אם כי עמדו גם לרשות "ההגנה". מהעמדות היו יוצאים הנוטרים גם לסיורים סביב גדר הקיבוץ.
עמדה זאת הייתה בצורת משושה, הגנה על הקיבוץ מצד השטח הפתוח הגדול מצפון לו, ובקירותיה היו חרכי ירי לשלושה כיוונים. שנים רבות לאחר מלחמת העצמאות שימשה העמדה כמחסן, עד שנהרסה ברובה בעת הכנת מגרש החניה של ביה"ס "אופקים".

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בהגנה על גדר הישוב בתקופת "המרד הגדול"
עמדת הגנה משושה
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The sign is rectangular but its head is designed according to the silhouette of the old building of the Gymnasia Herzliya, which serves as a logo of the Council for the Preservation of Heritage Sites in Israel

The post was photographed on the same day by the same photographer Click for a larger image

The pictures on the sign are enlarged here:
In the defense of the settlement’s fence during the "Great Rebellion" Click for a larger image
hexagonal defensive position Click for a larger image

Translation of the text on the sign:
Symbol of the Council for the Preservation of Israeli Heritage Sites
Symbol of the Jezreel Valley Regional Council
The symbol of the Ministry of Culture and Sports
Kibbutz Merhavia symbol

THE NORTH-EAST DEFENCE POST
From the establishment of Marhavia until the war of independence, Marhavia suffered from the harassment of the Arab villages around it: during the cooperative period - from the village of Solam to the east of it, and before the war of independence from the village of Zarein to the south.
In particular, the concern increased during the "Great Arab Revolt (1936-1939): therefore the kibbutz built concrete posts in its four corners (in the kibbutz these posts were called "pillboxes" even though they were originally called round British defense posts, which resembled a pill box in shape). The posts were manned by "Notrim": special policemen who were recruited, trained and armed by the British for the purpose of protecting the Jewish settlements, although they were also at the disposal of the "Hagana". From the posts, the guards would also go on patrols around the kibbutz fence.
This post was in the shape of a hexagon, protecting the kibbutz from the large open area to the north of it, and its walls had firing holes in three directions. For many years after the War of Independence, the post was used as a warehouse, until it was largely destroyed during the preparation of the parking lot for the "Ofakim" school.

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In the defense of the settlement’s fence during the "Great Rebellion"
Hexagonal defensive position




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