Yagur

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Jagur (Hebrew יגור ) is a kibbutz in northern Israel on the eastern edge of the Carmel mountain range on the road Haifa - Nazareth.

Jagur kibbutz was founded on December 30, 1922 by Jewish pioneers, after the land had been purchased by Yehoshua Hankin. The first settlers laid the marshes and the river Kishon dry, after which an agricultural operation has been developed. The name of the kibbutz is derived from the Arabic village Jadschur, which was formerly in the area. In the Bible, Joshua 15:21 EU Jagur a place is mentioned, which is, however, located in the Negev and was attributed to the tribal territory of Judah.

In 1946, the British occupying forces discovered in the settlement of a large arsenal of the Jewish underground organization Haganah; many Zionist leaders were subsequently arrested under the British Operation Agatha.

The settlement has long been the largest collective settlement of Israel; still Jagur is one of the largest kibbutzim. Important economic activity fields of the kibbutz are agriculture and industry.