On 28 November 1926 , a kibbutz named Gvat was established on the site of Jebata by a group of Fourth Aliyah pioneers from Pinsk . In 1922 , the first kibbutz members had formed a kvutza in memory of the 35 members of the Jewish community of Pinsk killed by the Polish Army on 5 April 1919 during the Pinsk massacre . The kibbutz was named after Givta , a town located near Sepphoris during the period of the Second Temple . In 1931 with the help of the Jewish National Fund and donations from Pinsk 's Jewish community , a forest commemorating the victims of the Pinsk massacre was planted near Gvat . The kibbutz was established on classical Labor Zionist principles and there has never been a synagogue in the village . New members arrived , including Poalei Zion members from Pinsk and its surrounding region , as well as by members of HeHalutz from Poland and Germany . By the 1931 census Gvat had a population of 106 ; one Muslim and 105 Jews , in a total of 19 houses
Pinsk massacre
Pinsk massacre
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