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Coordinates | 40°26′30″N80°00′00″N |
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Name | Kalya |
Caption | Kalya beach |
Imgsize | 250 |
Founded | 1930s (original)1968 (current) |
Founded by | Dead Sea Works employees |
Region | Dead Sea |
Industry | Agriculture, tourism |
Affiliation | Kibbutz Movement |
Pushpin map | Israel binyamin |pushpin_mapsize=250 |pushpin_label_position=left |
Website | www.kalia.org.il |
Kalya was spared violence in the 1936-1939 Arab rioting due to good relations with the Arabs; the plant employed many Arab laborers from Jericho. Despite negotiations between the kibbutz leadership and Jordan's Arab Legion to preserve the kibbutz under Jordanian control at the time of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, the imprisonment of Jews in the Jordanian-held Naharayim complex and the Kfar Etzion massacre led David Ben-Gurion to call for the residents' evacuation and their consolidation in the southern Dead Sea. Residents ultimately fled by boat on 20 May 1948, and the two kibbutzim were destroyed by the Jordanians. The area remained unpopulated save a Jordanian military camp.
Following Israel's capture of the West Bank from Jordan in the 1967 Six-Day War, Kalya was re-established as a paramilitary Nahal settlement in 1968, the first in the area. Civilians temporarily settled in the deserted Jordanian army camp in 1972 while planting the first date palms and building permanent houses. The completed homes were populated in 1974.
A private beach run by the kibbutz is popular with Israelis, Christian pilgrims and tourists. Since the easing of travel restrictions in the West Bank and the removal of major roadblocks, Palestinians also come to swim there.
The kibbutz serves as a rest stop between Jerusalem and Ein Gedi due to its proximity to the Beit HaArava Junction between Highway 90 and Highway 1.
Category:Israeli settlements Category:Kibbutzim Category:Kibbutz Movement Category:Non-religious Israeli settlements Category:Populated places established in the 1930s Category:Populated places established in 1968 Category:Jewish villages depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War Category:Nahal settlements
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