Ein Gev

32.78333333333335.638888888889Koordinaten: 32 ° 47 'N, 35 ° 38' O

En Gev, Hebrew עין גב, even Ein Gev, an Israeli kibbutz in the north- east of the country south of the Golan Heights. It was founded in 1937 at the time of the British mandate of Palestine as tower and stockade settlement.

En Gev located about 60 km east of Haifa on the eastern shore of the Sea of ​​Galilee and has about 350 inhabitants. Before the conquest of the Golan by Israel, the kibbutz ( the one kilometer away from the Golan slopes located ) was frequently shelled by Syrian troops located there.

The inhabitants live mainly from agriculture (in particular the cultivation of vegetables and other water-intensive crops) and to a lesser extent from fishing. Tourism also plays an increasing role. Annually in the music festival of En Gev during Passover. For this purpose, a concert hall with 2500 seats was built.