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Moshava with municipal council status in northern Israel, in
the Huleh Valley.
Founded in 1883 by First Aliyah pioneers from Poland, who named
the place Yesud Hama'alah, after Ezra 9:7. Yesud Hama'alah was
the first settlement in the area. The settlers endured grave hardship
due to malaria, scarcity of food, lack of medicine, poor harvest
and Bedouin raids.
Yesud Hama'alah was one of the settlements, which received support
from Baron Edmond de Rothschild,
but its development was very slow.
In the 1940's, the situation gradually improved when a group
of young people joined the village. During the War of Independence,
the moshava was badly hit by the Syrians. After 1948, the village
absorbed a small group of immigrants.
In 1990's, Rosh Pina numbered some 700 inhabitants, mostly farmers.
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