Giladi, Israel
Son of Chaika and Shmuel Butrebrodet. Born in 1836 in Karash, in Sarabia, his father was a policeman and the boy was far from the atmosphere of a Jewish society, but approached Judaism when he was a student in the Shire and then became interested in the problems of the Jewish people in Eastern Europe. And in 1906 he immigrated to Eretz Israel in the first wave of the Second Aliya and became a laborer in Zichron Ya’akov, Shfeya and Sejera, and he stood out in his diligence and dedication to work despite the harsh living conditions in the first moshavot. On Jewish life and property, and in 1907 he belonged to Yitzhak son of-Zvi, Alexander Zaid, Yisrael Shochat and others The founders of the “Bar-Giora” Association, from which the “Hashomer” Society was founded, was established in 1909. As the first operation area for preservation, the Galilee and Israel were chosen after a guard attempt in Zichron Ya’akov, organizing the guard in Sejera, Kfar Tavor, Metula and other moshavot in the Galilee. That Israel Shochat was exiled to Turkey, Giladi was the head of the “Hashomer.” In this role, he was discovered to have a strong character, iron reason and ability to employ people impartially, both Jews and Arabs had respect and affection for him and even appointed him as an arbitrator. The Land and the Hebrew Guard and initiated and organized the settlement in “Kfar Giladi” named after him after his death. During the First World War the village was destroyed by Arabs after the imprisonment of its members by the Turks during the days that haunted the Jewish settlement. In 1918, after the British conquest of the country, an assembly of members of the association was convened in Tiberias followed by an agricultural conference of Galilee workers in the Sea of Galilee. A few days after the conference, Israel fell ill. He died in Tiberias on the 27th of Cheshvan 1819 and was buried at Kibbutz Kinneret. His bones were later transferred to the guards’ graves in Kfar Giladi. He left a wife, a daughter and a son. His name was immortalized in the books “History of the Haganah”, “The Land Family”, “Warriors and Dreamers”, “Tidhar” and “Hashomer”. Kibbutz Kfar Giladi is named after him.
