Founding Settlements
From the beginning of 1944, Palmach members were involved in the foundation of new settlements and the reinforcement of the existing ones, starting with the first Palmach settlement of Beit Keshet. Former Palmach members founded more settlements after the War of Independence.
During 1944-1947 Palmach former Youth movement members founded 14 settlements around the country (13 Kibbutzim and a Moshav): Beit Keshet, Chukuk, Misgav Am, Amiad (Jib Yosef), Nirim (Gevulot), Mishmar Hanegev, Hatzerim, Be'eri, Revadim, Ma'yan Baruch, Dardara (Eyal), Gevim, Mashabey Sade, and Moshav Ramot Naftali.
Towards the end of the War of Independence, after the Hachsharot (groups of young men and women who joined the Palmach, some of them, from their youth movements.) were discharged from the brigade, they founded more settlements mainly on the frontier where the settlements were sparse, thus increasing both security and the number of settlements.
The following settlements were founded until the end of 1949:
Along the Northern Border: Kibbutz Yiftach, Rosh Hanikra, Malkiya, Yiron, Bar'am, Gadot, and Moshav Ben-Ami; Biriya and Ein Zaitim were deserted.
Lower Galilee and The Valleys: Hasolelim and Yizra'el. Costal Plane and Hasharon: Lehavot Havivah, Nachsholim, Palmachim, Nachshonim, Hagor and Kfar Truman. The Jerusalem Corridor: Palmach-Tzuba, Harel, Tzor'ah and Nativ Halamed-Hey. The South and the Negev: Tze'elim, Beit Govrin, Erez, Re'eam, Moshav Gan Yoshiyahu and Geulim. Seventeen additional settlements were reinforced by Palmach Hachsharot. The 39 settlements founded by Palmach on the eve of the War of Independence and during the year after the war, comprised half of the country's entire settlements, and contributed to the shaping and strengthening of the State of Israel Settlement Map, both in quality and quantity.
Towards the end of the War of Independence, after the Hachsharot (groups of young men and women who joined the Palmach, some of them, from their youth movements.) were discharged from the brigade, they founded more settlements mainly on the frontier where the settlements were sparse, thus increasing both security and the number of settlements.
The following settlements were founded until the end of 1949:
Along the Northern Border: Kibbutz Yiftach, Rosh Hanikra, Malkiya, Yiron, Bar'am, Gadot, and Moshav Ben-Ami; Biriya and Ein Zaitim were deserted.
Lower Galilee and The Valleys: Hasolelim and Yizra'el. Costal Plane and Hasharon: Lehavot Havivah, Nachsholim, Palmachim, Nachshonim, Hagor and Kfar Truman. The Jerusalem Corridor: Palmach-Tzuba, Harel, Tzor'ah and Nativ Halamed-Hey. The South and the Negev: Tze'elim, Beit Govrin, Erez, Re'eam, Moshav Gan Yoshiyahu and Geulim. Seventeen additional settlements were reinforced by Palmach Hachsharot. The 39 settlements founded by Palmach on the eve of the War of Independence and during the year after the war, comprised half of the country's entire settlements, and contributed to the shaping and strengthening of the State of Israel Settlement Map, both in quality and quantity.